Yellowhead Premium Lager
Yellowhead Brewery

 

473ml can into tulip 23/9/17
Its a decent lager, sweet grains, dry cereal, some floral hops , maybe some lemon and apple, easy enough to drink, not the kind of beer that's going to blow a beer geek away but as far as the style goes its pretty good

20oz at Meat.

Pours a bright golden yellow with a thin cap of white head that leaves snowcap mountain lace as it recedes.

Smells of rising dough, mild lemon zest, almond skin and soft grassy hops.

Tastes of crisp cereal, doughy pale malt, more zesty citrus and wet grass.

Feels light and creamy. Light bodied with frothy carbonation. Finishes off-sweet.

Verdict: Recommended. If you're thirsty in Edmonton, this is a winner.

 

My favourite lager. Great flavour, very refreshing , and has a unique creamy characteristic that sets it apart from other lagers.

 

 

 

 

From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #64 (May 2012):

LOOK: Brilliant gold, impressive lacing

SMELL: Grassy, biscuity, doughy, nutty, faint malt sweetness, floral, clean

TASTE: Smooth, moderate body, pale malt, Grape Nuts, grassy, taffy, floral, mild hop bitterness, yeast, clean; dry, grainy finish

Extremely well balanced, perhaps the best lager out of Canada to meet our lips to date. The drinkability scale is showing off the charts. Pit this up blindly against a fine German lager, and we'd have a tough time picking which one is from Canada.

At least as far as Alberta microbreweries are concerned, Yellowhead produces by far the best lager. Now granted, the Alberta scene isn't nearly as big as some other provinces, let alone that of the U.S, but for a locally produced lager, Yellowhead is heads and shoulders above it's competition.
Lager's personally aren't my favorite style, but it's hard to be a pint of Yellowhead premium lager on the rare occasion Edmonton has a hot day. For the best quality, stop by the brewery downtown and fill up a growler; it's cheap, environmentally friendly, and you get the freshest possible product.

Visited the Brewery / tasting room in Edmonton. Unfortunately they had just sold their last available bottle, so none to take home, but still got to enjoy a fresh tapped version.
Clear, dark golden color, foam settled quickly to a thin floating cap, thin stringy lace.
Smell of fresh, biscuit malt, some slight herbal grassiness. Taste started with the same light grains, good overall lager flavors, hint of lemon at the end.
Light body, good carbonation, refreshing and easy to drink.
Nothing spectacular, but nicely done. Looks like they are going the Steam Whistle route and sticking with just one beer.
I will look for it again next time I am in Edmonton.

 

 

from notes last summer at a restaurant in Edmonton
A - clear golden copper, showed up with head having settled at a thin covering with some random lacing
S - biscuity malt with faint adjunct aroma, mildly pepper and herbal
T - bready grains, straw, some very mild citrus, generally a run of the mill lager flavour
M - light with gentle carbonation, a down the gullet type feel which I suppose it the point
O - always glad to see a new local brewer, this one seems to be made for the average Joe beer drinker, and while I am an average Joe in general, I am not when it comes to beer, so I have to rate it average overall

 

The first time I had this beer, I distinctly remember it being among the worst I had ever had. Apparently my BA colleagues disagree, so I'm giving it another try.

It pours a dark golden/medium amber colour with a nice thin foamy head.

The aroma is distinctly sweet and has hints of caramel and spice. Notes of vanilla toasted grain float around in the background.

The taste is rich and toasty with some nice hints of popcorn and vanilla/marshmallow. There is some faint grassy hops, but this beer is mostly about the malt character.

Overall, this is WAY better than I remember. I might have to make this a regular part of my beer fridge! My first bottle must have been bad. Or perhaps they hadn't figured things out when the brewery was just getting started. Glad that there's another quality beer in E-town.

Big off-white head atop a clear coppery coloured body. decent retention and some sticky lacing left behind.

Aroma comes across somewhat soapy at first, but seems to separate to a bready malt with a healthy dose of citric hops.

Tastes of crackery/biscuity malt, with some caramel in the middle that seems to grow in influence with each sip. Becomes quite sweet for a lager, hops come across as a light herbal impression at the finish.

Fairly full bodied and a little sticky feeling, with healthy carbonation. A touch heavier than I'd suggest for the style.

Not a bad beer, a little fuller and sweeter than I prefer for a session lager.

Bottle: Poured a golden color ale with a relatively large white foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of lightly sweet malt with clean cereal notes is refreshing. Taste is also dominated by clean cereal taste with lightly sweet ending. Body is quite full with good carbonation. Not bad but lacking fresher cereal notes and maybe some light crisp hops.

From a 500 ml brown bottle. Pours out a clear golden hue, tall creamy white head.

Clean biscuit malt on the nose, faint spicy hops in the background.

Things bottom out in the flavour. Flat grainy malt offers no backbone whatsoever for the otherwise adequate spicy hops, it just doesn't pull together.

Slick, thin mouthfeel, low carbonation, not much body.

Underwhelming, it has room to grow if they work out the kinks, however for now I have no desire to have another one of these.