Merry and Bright
Railway City Brewing Company
- From:
- Railway City Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Vienna Lager
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 5.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 28, 2021
- Added:
- Nov 19, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.81/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer may be the same as their retired “Cranberry Festive Lager” of the same 5.5 % ABV.
Pours copper colour, no red colour. Medium head. Biscuits on the nose. Just hints of cranberry on the taste, leaving a bit of hops and grains in the background. Not a lot of fruit here
Dec 6 2021
Feb 15, 2021Pours copper colour, no red colour. Medium head. Biscuits on the nose. Just hints of cranberry on the taste, leaving a bit of hops and grains in the background. Not a lot of fruit here
Dec 6 2021
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.48/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
473 mL can from the LCBO; no canning date, served barely chilled. Railway City has done a cranberry lager each Christmas for many years now, so my guess is that this is more or less the same beer with a bit of a makeover.
Pours a bright, clear amber-orange colour, capped off with one finger of foamy white head that lasts for three minutes or so. A thin collar of froth is the only remnant of note - no lace or cap to speak of. It smells of gingerbread, caramelized malts and bread, with subtle hints of toasted nuts and cranberries.
A decent spiced lager - toasted grains, gingerbread and caramelized malt sweetness towards the forefront, with just a touch of cranberry underneath. It finishes with biscuity, bready malts and earthy, herbal hops; the cranberry is most noticeable here, carrying on briefly into an earthy, malty-sweet aftertaste. Medium-light in body, with moderate carbonation levels that provide some crispness to this brew's smooth mouthfeel. Good drinkability - I wouldn't have minded another glass, but I wouldn't want to drink it all night.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Merry & Bright ain't half bad. I reviewed their Cranberry Festive Lager about four years ago now... and sure, that's a fairly long time, but I'm pretty confident in saying that I don't think they're identical. Based on the same recipe? OK, maybe - but for one thing, the ginger presence seems novel, and it does improve the lager IMO, giving it more depth / character while also aiding its 'Xmas / winter holiday' beer cred. I liked this more than the old cranberry lager, and it's worth trying at least once as a spiced, pseudo-winter-warmer-type offering.
Dec 14, 2020Pours a bright, clear amber-orange colour, capped off with one finger of foamy white head that lasts for three minutes or so. A thin collar of froth is the only remnant of note - no lace or cap to speak of. It smells of gingerbread, caramelized malts and bread, with subtle hints of toasted nuts and cranberries.
A decent spiced lager - toasted grains, gingerbread and caramelized malt sweetness towards the forefront, with just a touch of cranberry underneath. It finishes with biscuity, bready malts and earthy, herbal hops; the cranberry is most noticeable here, carrying on briefly into an earthy, malty-sweet aftertaste. Medium-light in body, with moderate carbonation levels that provide some crispness to this brew's smooth mouthfeel. Good drinkability - I wouldn't have minded another glass, but I wouldn't want to drink it all night.
Final Grade: 3.48, a B-. Merry & Bright ain't half bad. I reviewed their Cranberry Festive Lager about four years ago now... and sure, that's a fairly long time, but I'm pretty confident in saying that I don't think they're identical. Based on the same recipe? OK, maybe - but for one thing, the ginger presence seems novel, and it does improve the lager IMO, giving it more depth / character while also aiding its 'Xmas / winter holiday' beer cred. I liked this more than the old cranberry lager, and it's worth trying at least once as a spiced, pseudo-winter-warmer-type offering.
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