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Stanley Park Brewing
- From:
- Stanley Park Brewing
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.39 | pDev: 14.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 01, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by headlessparrot from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I'd venture this is more "pale lager" than "adjunct lager". The distinction might be trivial, but maybe it's worth saying: as an AAL, this is pretty good. As a "craft pale lager", it's pretty "meh."
Gold juice-meets-dehydrated pee colour, decent head that recedes to some lacing. Smell is lemongrass, chinook, some spiciness, biscuit, cracker. Taste is similar--seems like it wants to be pilsner-y but can't fully commit, instead going for the Pacific Northwest hops. Nice body, though, and balanced carbonation.
Of course, nothing says "Buddhism" like beer. I don't know. I actually like it more the more I drink of it (which I guess is true of all alcohol, at least until the next morning), but it's difficult to tear through all the pretense and BS. I'd drink it, but wouldn't pay an inflated price for it. Rather than go to a bar that served it exclusively, I'd Namaste home.
Feb 26, 2016Gold juice-meets-dehydrated pee colour, decent head that recedes to some lacing. Smell is lemongrass, chinook, some spiciness, biscuit, cracker. Taste is similar--seems like it wants to be pilsner-y but can't fully commit, instead going for the Pacific Northwest hops. Nice body, though, and balanced carbonation.
Of course, nothing says "Buddhism" like beer. I don't know. I actually like it more the more I drink of it (which I guess is true of all alcohol, at least until the next morning), but it's difficult to tear through all the pretense and BS. I'd drink it, but wouldn't pay an inflated price for it. Rather than go to a bar that served it exclusively, I'd Namaste home.
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
3.53/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml can poured into tulip 7/10/15
A bright golden yellow with what could be a chill haze, lots of bubbles feed a finger of foam that quickly falls to a thin film leaving single ring
S honey on corn flakes, some sweet lemon, sprite, soggy bread, and some floral hops
T lots of sweet grains with faint citrus rind I didn't smell, fairly tame
M light but soft and fluffy, finish fairly clean with sweet malts in the background
O not a whole lot going on but its easy to drink and refreshing, no flaws but nothing stands out either
I've never heard of Lemondrop hops before and I'm surprised to have a first from these guys, this beer has sparked interest in a hop anyways
Oct 08, 2015A bright golden yellow with what could be a chill haze, lots of bubbles feed a finger of foam that quickly falls to a thin film leaving single ring
S honey on corn flakes, some sweet lemon, sprite, soggy bread, and some floral hops
T lots of sweet grains with faint citrus rind I didn't smell, fairly tame
M light but soft and fluffy, finish fairly clean with sweet malts in the background
O not a whole lot going on but its easy to drink and refreshing, no flaws but nothing stands out either
I've never heard of Lemondrop hops before and I'm surprised to have a first from these guys, this beer has sparked interest in a hop anyways
Rated by KaraBoBeera from Canada (AB)
2.06/5 rDev -39.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.06/5 rDev -39.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Wanted to like this one, but just a plain lager.
Sep 05, 2015
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.38/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
500ml can, a so-called 'Seawheeze Release', and oh, yeah, constructed in conjunction with Lululemon, that bastion of craft beer appreciation.
This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, densely foamy, and somewhat creamy off-white head, which leaves some grotesque tree branch lace around the glass as it quickly subsides.
It smells of bready, doughy pale malt, a further biscuity caramel thing, maybe a hint of corn grits, subtle earthy yeast, and dead leafy, weedy, and mildly floral hops. The taste is grainy pale and probably corn cereal malt, lemon zest, a fading wet white cracker thing, some still loitering yeast, and weakening leafy, earthy, and wet grassy hop bitters.
The carbonation is adequately supportive and just a wee bit playful in its swirling frothiness, the body a wan middleweight, and generally smooth, I suppose, the weird yeast and underdeveloped hops having an effect by merely sniffing around. It finishes off-dry, just, as the mutt-ish malt gives one last push, but to no avail - not that anything else is ready to get 'er on.
Yeah, I'm not 100% certain that this is a full-on, corn-heavy AAL, but there's nothing dissuading me of the idea here, either. More of a plain, unassuming Canadian craft(ish) lager, one that the majority of the target market for this offering won't have a freaking clue about. Not worth seeking out, especially if your significant other is a practitioner of the sort that the 'brewing' partner here caters to.
Aug 10, 2015This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, densely foamy, and somewhat creamy off-white head, which leaves some grotesque tree branch lace around the glass as it quickly subsides.
It smells of bready, doughy pale malt, a further biscuity caramel thing, maybe a hint of corn grits, subtle earthy yeast, and dead leafy, weedy, and mildly floral hops. The taste is grainy pale and probably corn cereal malt, lemon zest, a fading wet white cracker thing, some still loitering yeast, and weakening leafy, earthy, and wet grassy hop bitters.
The carbonation is adequately supportive and just a wee bit playful in its swirling frothiness, the body a wan middleweight, and generally smooth, I suppose, the weird yeast and underdeveloped hops having an effect by merely sniffing around. It finishes off-dry, just, as the mutt-ish malt gives one last push, but to no avail - not that anything else is ready to get 'er on.
Yeah, I'm not 100% certain that this is a full-on, corn-heavy AAL, but there's nothing dissuading me of the idea here, either. More of a plain, unassuming Canadian craft(ish) lager, one that the majority of the target market for this offering won't have a freaking clue about. Not worth seeking out, especially if your significant other is a practitioner of the sort that the 'brewing' partner here caters to.
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