Craft Lager
Big Rock Brewery
- From:
- Big Rock Brewery
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 3.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 07, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 04, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.54/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I had this beer on-tap in a pilsner glass at the Calgary airport.
Appearance: pale golden hue with a clear body and a thin layer of white foam atop. Color is good, but the head doesn’t really manage to stick around much.
Smell: quite light with a grainy character; there’s also a little hint of fruitiness here.
Taste: a little sweet with more of that sort of cidery fruity character. It’s got a decent graininess as well, and though it’s OK overall, it’s not particularly crisp.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: it’s not terrible, but it doesn’t have quite the crispness I’m looking for in a lager of this sort.
Oct 07, 2023Appearance: pale golden hue with a clear body and a thin layer of white foam atop. Color is good, but the head doesn’t really manage to stick around much.
Smell: quite light with a grainy character; there’s also a little hint of fruitiness here.
Taste: a little sweet with more of that sort of cidery fruity character. It’s got a decent graininess as well, and though it’s OK overall, it’s not particularly crisp.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: it’s not terrible, but it doesn’t have quite the crispness I’m looking for in a lager of this sort.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.27/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
There are far better lagers available. This one is very plain. Meh. Better than Bud but not by much. I was expecting better from this brewery
March 23 2020
Mar 23, 2020March 23 2020
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.47/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from Superstore; best before Nov 9 2019 and served well chilled.
Pours bright and clear, with a golden-yellow coloured body that is initially capped off with nearly a finger of foamy white head. Dissipating within the next minute or two, it leaves behind a wide collar of creamy froth and a thin cap, as well as a modest band of lace; looking at it makes me thirsty. Clean, basic pale lager aroma - cereal grains, some bready malt sweetness, along with hints of grassy hay and weedy hops.
A serviceable American all-malt lager with absolutely no bells or whistles. Grainy malts and cereal sweetness comprise the bulk of the flavour profile, with hints of apples and a very meek suggestion of grassy hops towards the finish. Light malt sweetness lingers briefly past the finish, fading to off-dry in the aftertaste. Light-bodied, with a good, crisp bite from the carbonation and excellent drinkability, by far its strongest quality. I wasn't sure about this one at first, but it grew on me and I've concluded it's basically fine for what it is.
Final Grade: 3.47, a B-. Big Rock's Craft Lager is alright, but even that weak praise feels like an overstatement. Sure, I finished my can quickly enough, and wouldn't have minded another, but it's not something I feel a great desire to revisit. On the positive side, it's much better than the AGD I had a few days ago. Big Rock themselves have done better in the past - e.g. I think I'd take their Pilsner over this, but I also prefer pilseners over regular American lagers, so your mileage may vary.
Jul 12, 2019Pours bright and clear, with a golden-yellow coloured body that is initially capped off with nearly a finger of foamy white head. Dissipating within the next minute or two, it leaves behind a wide collar of creamy froth and a thin cap, as well as a modest band of lace; looking at it makes me thirsty. Clean, basic pale lager aroma - cereal grains, some bready malt sweetness, along with hints of grassy hay and weedy hops.
A serviceable American all-malt lager with absolutely no bells or whistles. Grainy malts and cereal sweetness comprise the bulk of the flavour profile, with hints of apples and a very meek suggestion of grassy hops towards the finish. Light malt sweetness lingers briefly past the finish, fading to off-dry in the aftertaste. Light-bodied, with a good, crisp bite from the carbonation and excellent drinkability, by far its strongest quality. I wasn't sure about this one at first, but it grew on me and I've concluded it's basically fine for what it is.
Final Grade: 3.47, a B-. Big Rock's Craft Lager is alright, but even that weak praise feels like an overstatement. Sure, I finished my can quickly enough, and wouldn't have minded another, but it's not something I feel a great desire to revisit. On the positive side, it's much better than the AGD I had a few days ago. Big Rock themselves have done better in the past - e.g. I think I'd take their Pilsner over this, but I also prefer pilseners over regular American lagers, so your mileage may vary.
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