Death And Taxes
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sawdust City Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 11.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2017
- Added:
- Jul 22, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.53/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated May 16 2017 and served well chilled.
Pours a pale hue somewhere between squeezed watermelon juice and apricot; slightly hazy, with flecks of sediment hovering throughout the liquid. A solid inch of soapy, puffy, sparkling white head steadily fades down to a smooth cap and creamy collar over the course of the following few minutes. Looks fine, but unfortunately the aroma is fairly bland, with only a few hints of gritty wheat husk and pale malt sweetness coming through clearly. There's also an indistinct berry fruit note, but if this were a blindfolded affair then I'd be hard-pressed to identify it as raspberry.
It's an easy drinking light ale, but an unimpressive quaff overall. The wheat malt shines through on the front end, providing a bready sweetness that overlaps with grainy barley malt flavours and subtle raspberry flesh tartness. A flash of raspberry juice sweetness passes over the taste buds towards the finish, followed with a hint of grassy straw. There's little in the way of an aftertaste - merely a hint of berry that quickly fades. Light in body, with lively carbonation that continuously prickles the palate, giving this so-called radler a crisp, refreshing texture and a bit of a palate-scrubbing quality.
Final Grade: 3.53, a B grade. Death and Taxes calls itself a "raspberry radler", but that's a bit of a misnomer - there's no citrus in this at all, so the use of the term 'radler' here seems like more of a marketing angle than anything else. Which is too bad, because I have a feeling that a bit of tartness, zestiness, juiciness or even pithiness would make this into a more compelling beer. As it stands, the raspberry flavour is just a little too muted for my tastes, and the underlying golden ale isn't interesting enough to carry the load by itself. More raspberry puree might help out a bit. Don't get me wrong - this is a sessionable, mildly fruity light ale that is both approachable and thirst-quenching... I just think it could've been better than it is.
Sep 22, 2017Pours a pale hue somewhere between squeezed watermelon juice and apricot; slightly hazy, with flecks of sediment hovering throughout the liquid. A solid inch of soapy, puffy, sparkling white head steadily fades down to a smooth cap and creamy collar over the course of the following few minutes. Looks fine, but unfortunately the aroma is fairly bland, with only a few hints of gritty wheat husk and pale malt sweetness coming through clearly. There's also an indistinct berry fruit note, but if this were a blindfolded affair then I'd be hard-pressed to identify it as raspberry.
It's an easy drinking light ale, but an unimpressive quaff overall. The wheat malt shines through on the front end, providing a bready sweetness that overlaps with grainy barley malt flavours and subtle raspberry flesh tartness. A flash of raspberry juice sweetness passes over the taste buds towards the finish, followed with a hint of grassy straw. There's little in the way of an aftertaste - merely a hint of berry that quickly fades. Light in body, with lively carbonation that continuously prickles the palate, giving this so-called radler a crisp, refreshing texture and a bit of a palate-scrubbing quality.
Final Grade: 3.53, a B grade. Death and Taxes calls itself a "raspberry radler", but that's a bit of a misnomer - there's no citrus in this at all, so the use of the term 'radler' here seems like more of a marketing angle than anything else. Which is too bad, because I have a feeling that a bit of tartness, zestiness, juiciness or even pithiness would make this into a more compelling beer. As it stands, the raspberry flavour is just a little too muted for my tastes, and the underlying golden ale isn't interesting enough to carry the load by itself. More raspberry puree might help out a bit. Don't get me wrong - this is a sessionable, mildly fruity light ale that is both approachable and thirst-quenching... I just think it could've been better than it is.
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.38/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
An ordinary North American style wheat with a gentle dose of raspberry happening. Im not big on NA wheats because I find them generally to be harsh and metallic. This brew has managed largely to avoid that. Overall, drinkable, thin bodied, slightly bland.
Sep 05, 2017
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