Moosehead Lager
Moosehead Breweries Ltd.

Moosehead LagerMoosehead Lager
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From:
Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
 
New Brunswick, Canada
Style:
American Lager
Ranked #291
ABV:
5%
Score:
71
Ranked #27,894
Avg:
3.09 | pDev: 21.68%
Reviews:
597
Ratings:
1,682
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 02, 2024
Added:
Jul 26, 2001
Wants:
  42
Gots:
  374
Sold throughout Canada, The United States, and in select countries around the world, our flagship Moosehead Lager is often regarded as Canada’s premium lager. This golden, refreshing lager offers a fine balance between malt sweetness and hop bitterness. Brewed with 100% Canadian two-row pale malt and Moosehead’s own lager yeast, Moosehead Lager is cool-fermented and cold-aged to impart its award-winning flavour.
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Ratings by MSchae1017:
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Reviewed by MSchae1017 from Georgia

1.87/5  rDev -39.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
This was tasted in a pilsener glass from the bottle.

There is a good golden color with poor head retention. This beer makes you suspect that the color might be artificial. It smells every so slightly hoppy but there are no presence of malts. You can defeinetly smell that skunk though. Again the taste is skunk. This overpowers and other hops or malts. The beer is watery but there is good carbonation. This could be artificial too though. Maybe if this beer was cold enough, your tastebuds cold be numbed enough just to enjoy a buzz.
Nov 29, 2005
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.49 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Mar 02, 2024
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Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio

2.87/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
L: Looks the part; lots of activity, very pale, soft white head with average retention and some lacing
S: Getting past the skunk (I think every bottle I've had is light-struck or it's just what they're going for), there's some grass and floral hops and plenty of sweetness and toast before going more generically grainy
T: The grainy sweetness starts it off, but it does show some grass before giving a bit of a black pepper bite; skunk on the tongue as well
F: The body is light but consistent, not falling off into the finish, while it stays crisp and is smoother than expected
Feb 15, 2024
 
Rated: 3.84 by DentedArthur from Vermont

Feb 13, 2024
 
Rated: 3.28 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Jan 30, 2024
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Reviewed by tucson_brewson from Arizona

4.01/5  rDev +29.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle poured into pint glass.

L- pours a clear, golden straw color with about a finger of white head that leaves a good lacing

S- skunky, cereal grain, corn, honey, metallic, typical green bottle beer

T- malty sweet with earthy, bitter hops, sweet corn, bready malt, good balance of sweet and bitter

F- light-bodied, crisp, carbonated, crushable, finishes clean

O- one of the better adjunct lagers Canada has to offer at a very reasonable price. I always like to pick up a 12-pack when I want something different from Miller or Rolling Rock. Kind of drinks like a discount Heineken so I’ll take it every time.
Jan 13, 2024
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Rated by RoryG1979 from West Virginia

4.11/5  rDev +33%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I like the taste . It is similar to European lagers - like Grolsch . I like how Moosehead is still independently owned , also .
Jan 03, 2024
 
Rated: 3.34 by Spade from Pennsylvania

Dec 29, 2023
 
Rated: 3.09 by foamy-afterglow from Canada (ON)

Dec 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.18 by KeithGreatNorth from Canada (BC)

Dec 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.02 by smithj4 from New York

Nov 11, 2023
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Reviewed by LeinenkugelDrinker from Nevada

3.57/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
The best mass-produced Canuck beer out there. Refreshing, crisp, and a little malty. Everything you want in a in cheap brew. Great if you want something poundable.
Nov 09, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Oct 15, 2023
 
Rated: 3.25 by Dethark from England

Oct 09, 2023
 
Rated: 2.73 by TreyJ88

Oct 06, 2023
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Rated by pkalix from California

3.1/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
skunky old childhood favorite....
Sep 10, 2023
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Reviewed by BillyNoonan from Ireland

3.02/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Deciding to rate this one on relative merits. It's a decent looking lager, pours clear straw gold with decent carbonation. Slightly dank on nose, funnily enough. Full enough feel and lagerish yeast and malts. Not overly sweet which is definitely a positive. Grand old brew for an easy night.
Sep 10, 2023
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Reviewed by mikeinportc from New York

2.42/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.25
This was the premium beer of my college days, when we felt like splurging, or were up north in Almost-Canada (northern NY) , and other options were depressing. I suspect it will seem less special now, but I haven't had this in at least 30 years, so have no idea. Let's find out........... ;)

Clear gold with moderate white head.

Smell is....well...skunky. Not sure if that is due to age [I have no idea of it's age], or if that's its normal state. After the head dies down, so does the skunkiness. There is some sweet roasted grain, a bit of floral and honey aromas, and the barest hint of spiciness...all on top of a lightly-skunky base. Basically light & inoffensive, overall.

Taste is sweet , & corny, with a little noble hop spiciness at finish. Light lingering bitterness.

Feel is light, and smooth , with a brief flash of watery-ness in the middle, though overall, not watery. The latter third, & post swallow are somewhat drying, which is the saving grace of this beer, preventing it from being too sweet.

Overall, not something I'd want to have more than once in a great while, but tolerable enough for the occasional revisit for the nostalgia value. ; )
Sep 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Zachboyd3334 from Indiana

Jul 28, 2023
Moosehead Lager from Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
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