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Grand Royal
Oxbow Brewing Company
- From:
- Oxbow Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Helles
Ranked #39 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #10,624 - Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 8.87%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 18, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Grand Royal is a Munich-style pale lager brewed with European malts and noble hops. This bright, Bavarian-born lager is our take on a style driven by technique, tradition, and simplicity. Gold in color with notes of bread dough, biscuits, fresh-cut grass, and flowers with a moderate malt sweetness, balanced bitterness, and crisp finish.
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Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
4.59/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Wowee what an absolute treat. Been drinking a lot of classics of the style lately, and this one stands right up there. #4 of a 4pk, and first time on a clean palate. It's been excellent in every scenario. Such a well-balanced, yet full-flavored lager. Delicious malt, super clean finish. I will be buying more for sure.
Jul 18, 2023
Reviewed by DS_Long from Vermont
5/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This is perhaps the best iteration of the style I've had. Poured out of the can into a dimpled glass mug. Very dry and crispy, with a little hop bitterness on the outside of the tongue as it finishes. Fresh-cut grass is a spot-on descriptor. Hint of white grape in there. Supremely drinkable and refreshing. A worthy helles counterpart to Oxbow's excellent Zeit Pils German pilsner. At 5%, it's at the top of what I'd want from a helles in terms of abv. It's a beer that insists on at least 2 rounds.
Nov 11, 2022
Reviewed by argock from Virginia
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned on date is not readable ends in 6/20 form bottom stamp. Poured into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.
A: Clear gold hue with 1-finger off-white frothy head with average retention and spotty lacing.
S: Bready malt with touch of nuttiness with lemony, herbal, floral noble hop character
T: Flavor is clean and malt-forward with bready and light biscuit notes and strong malt burst in the finish countered with light lemon, floral, and grassy/herbal hop notes. No esters, very clean, with malty aftertaste and no alcohol notes.
M: Crisp finish but a somewhat out of character slickness with light body.
O: A very enjoyable helles from a solid American lagerbier maker.
Feb 16, 2021A: Clear gold hue with 1-finger off-white frothy head with average retention and spotty lacing.
S: Bready malt with touch of nuttiness with lemony, herbal, floral noble hop character
T: Flavor is clean and malt-forward with bready and light biscuit notes and strong malt burst in the finish countered with light lemon, floral, and grassy/herbal hop notes. No esters, very clean, with malty aftertaste and no alcohol notes.
M: Crisp finish but a somewhat out of character slickness with light body.
O: A very enjoyable helles from a solid American lagerbier maker.
Reviewed by ANIMOUL from Vermont
4.25/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 16 oz can dated 12/16/20. Pours dark straw yellow with initial good head that rapidly recedes. Crisp - but not overly - hops flavor with a decent amount of malt to hold it up. Very good!
Jan 30, 2021
Reviewed by Bluecrow from New York
3.91/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
-golden-orange can pour holds a distinct haze and a 1/2 cm foam cap that dissipates quickly. The aroma includes faint woody hop notes and a lemony aspect.
The flavor is malt dominated with bread-cracker most prominent. The hops balance malt sweetness.
The brew is less dry than expected.
-flavorful and welcomed
Dec 29, 2020The flavor is malt dominated with bread-cracker most prominent. The hops balance malt sweetness.
The brew is less dry than expected.
-flavorful and welcomed
Rated by bret27 from California
4.31/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can courtesy of SierraNevallagash.
Oct 31, 2020
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.66/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is clear light golden yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that quickly died down, leaving only a minuscule ring around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of floral and spicy hops are present in the nose along with hints of biscuity malts.
T: The taste follows the smell but there are stronger underlying notes of biscuit malts. The hops also contribute a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and a bit clean and dry on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I liked the delicate nature of the malts and hops in this lager as neither of them were all that strong in nature.
Serving type: can
Jul 01, 2020S: Light to moderate aromas of floral and spicy hops are present in the nose along with hints of biscuity malts.
T: The taste follows the smell but there are stronger underlying notes of biscuit malts. The hops also contribute a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and a bit clean and dry on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I liked the delicate nature of the malts and hops in this lager as neither of them were all that strong in nature.
Serving type: can
Grand Royal from Oxbow Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
20 ratings
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