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Vintage Lager
HogsBack Brewing Company
- From:
- HogsBack Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 14.5%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 11, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 05, 2010
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 10
Our inaugural and flagship style is a European-inspired lager with superior flavour derived from using only premium ingredients combining three malt types (2-Row, Munich and Vienna), unique Saaz hops and German lager yeast. The result is a crisp, flavourful lager experience.
18 IBU
18 IBU
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Ratings by Electros:
Rated by Electros from Canada (ON)
3.48/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Apr 24, 2016
3.48/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Apr 24, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Borbly from Canada ()
3.62/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours to yield a lightly hazy golden body, with a strong, vigorous head. On the nose, the beer is fairly grain-heavy, with some sweet malt and some very faint floral notes. On the palate, a crisp hoppy sharpness accompanies fairly clean malt flavours and a nice herbaceous hop flavour, leading into a very clean finish. This is a really good, flavorful lager, that does so without being to heavy on the stomach.
Dec 11, 2017Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
3.79/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A - Golden-copper, clear with a thin white head that wisps. A little lacing, but not much.
S - Sweet grains, honey and a slight floral note. A bit of grass.
T - Follows the nose, with a strong sweet malt forward open and a mild bite of acid and bitterness in the close.
M - Lovely to drink, clean and quaffable.
O - I'd nearly tilted this one back before I wrote a word, so it being easy to drink is not strong enough. Ultimately not very deep or layered, but if it were local I'd keep some around for its easy drinking.
Aug 07, 2016S - Sweet grains, honey and a slight floral note. A bit of grass.
T - Follows the nose, with a strong sweet malt forward open and a mild bite of acid and bitterness in the close.
M - Lovely to drink, clean and quaffable.
O - I'd nearly tilted this one back before I wrote a word, so it being easy to drink is not strong enough. Ultimately not very deep or layered, but if it were local I'd keep some around for its easy drinking.
Reviewed by staubot from Canada (MB)
3.69/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from can and produced about a finger of head which dissipated rather quickly with little lacing. A somewhat pale hazy colour. Smelt of Tasted of a nice malt melody with noticeable back up of hops and ended with a taste of butter. Smooth feel and only slight bitterness that is cut off quickly at the end for a good feel. Is somewhat unique in taste. So far one of the better brews brought back for me from this region.
Sep 03, 2015Reviewed by Catalysts from Canada (NB)
4.25/5 rDev +25.7%
4.25/5 rDev +25.7%
Bought it because it said European style Lager. Brought it to my British boyfriend and he gave it a stamp of approval, so that says something. I liked it as well :)
Nov 06, 2014Reviewed by Mit from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -11.2%
3/5 rDev -11.2%
Pours a light amber colour with a lasting head.
Smells malty with a slight spice...some slight yeast smells.
Kind of muted in taste...the malty smells are in the background....tasted a little flat
Mouthfeel is good for the Abv.
Drinkability is good....I have had this in the past on tap and it was much more flavourful. I would buy it again for sure.
Sep 15, 2014Smells malty with a slight spice...some slight yeast smells.
Kind of muted in taste...the malty smells are in the background....tasted a little flat
Mouthfeel is good for the Abv.
Drinkability is good....I have had this in the past on tap and it was much more flavourful. I would buy it again for sure.
Vintage Lager from HogsBack Brewing Company
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
71 ratings
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