Killer Cucumber Ale
Steamworks Brewing Company

 

From the bottle, it pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a large white head that slowly reduces. In the nose, you definitely get citrus from the hops, but it is confused by another scent, possibly the cucumber addition. In the mouth, it is definitely influenced by cucumber, with a smooth feel in the mouth.

Steamworks Brewpub 'Killer Cucumber Ale' @ 4.7% , served from a 473 ml can
A-pour is pale gold from the can to a hazy gold in the glass with a minimal white head leaving a fine spotty lace ring along the tulip
S-disappointing , nothing special , no wow factor
T-ok pale ale with a cucumber swallow
MF-mild carbonation , medium body
Ov-just an ok pale ale , possible good fruit & field beer
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Pours a light gold, straw coloration with a small, fizzy head and visible carbonation. Smells of grainy, biscuity malt, citrus, grass and a hint of cucumber. The cucumber note is stronger on the tongue, but still not all that intense. Taste is dominated by grainy, biscuity malt and grassy, citrus hops, with a good amount of cucumber coming through as well. Finishes quite crisp, with a light bitterness and some more cucumber coming through in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a light/medium body and lively carbonation.

This is actually quite well-balanced, with the cucumber lending an interesting, refreshing note to this, but not being too overpowering. Also doesn't have that somewhat astringent cucumber rind note I've noticed in other cucumber beers. Nothing spectacular, but a nice, refreshing summer beer with a slight cucumber edge to it.

 

473ml can - the march of cucumber brews in 2018 continues unabated!

This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and fizzy off-white head, which leaves some decent skewed bonsai tree hedge lace around the glass as it quickly melts away.

It smells of fresh-cut cucumber, gritty and grainy cereal malt, faint citrus peel, and equally ephemeral earthy, musty, and floral hop bitters. The taste is grainy and crackery pale malt, a more overripe cucumber vegetal thing, some miserly orange fruitiness, and a plain earthy, floral, and weedy green hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-probing frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and generally smooth, with maybe a minor veggie acridity making a dent in the surface veneer at this particular juncture. It finishes trending dry, the malt bottoming out, and the cucumber lingering on like the unexpected boss that it is.

Overall - yeah, like a few others that I've had recently, it seems that brewers have found out how to retain the flavours of weak and watery foodstuffs (like cucumber and watermelon), without resorting to artificial enhancers. So, that said, if you like cucumbers, you'll probably like this, but if you don't, well, I'll leave you to do the math.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L:
-pours a clear golden with a very small,fizzy,white head
-low carbonation visible
-lots of particle floaties visible
S:
-sweet cucumber,grainy,faint citrus,pears,cereals
T:
-cucumber,citrus,grainy,cooked potatoes,oranges,grassy,cereals
-finishes dry
-low to medium bitterniss
F:
-medium carbonation
-light body
O:
Unless you're craving a Cucumber Beer, this ain't worth it.