California Common
Wood Buffalo Brewing Co.

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From:
Wood Buffalo Brewing Co.
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
California Common / Steam Beer
ABV:
5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3.43 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 14, 2018
Added:
Oct 14, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.43/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square.

This beer appears a clear, medium bronzed amber colour, with a thin cap of wispy and bubbly off-white head, which leaves a decent array of pockmarked limestone wall lace around the glass as things slowly sink away.

It smells faintly of gritty and grainy cereal malt, some pithy yeastiness, a bit of dark stone fruity notes, and ethereal earthy, musty, and floral hop bitters. The taste is bready and grainy pale malt, white grape juice, subtle yeast, and more understated earthy, herbal, and dead floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-assuring frothiness, the body a so-so middleweight, and generally smooth, with little existing here that might be a cause for concern. It finishes trending dry, the malt kind of murmuring about some side deal elsewhere.

Overall - this is a prototypical version of the style, and I don't consider that a particularly good thing. There is nothing redeeming about offerings such as this, and we all have Anchor Brewing to thank for it.
Oct 14, 2018