Munich Lager
Brock Street Brewing Company
- From:
- Brock Street Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 6.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 06, 2021
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
This delicious Munich Lager has a frothy cream-coloured head, provides caramel on the nose and finishes with molasses cookies, and hints of bittersweet chocolate.
Awards: 2019 Ontario Brewing Awards: Bronze in 'Pale Malty European Lager' category
2018 Canadian Brewing Awards: Silver in 'Bock - Traditional German Style' category
20 IBU
Awards: 2019 Ontario Brewing Awards: Bronze in 'Pale Malty European Lager' category
2018 Canadian Brewing Awards: Silver in 'Bock - Traditional German Style' category
20 IBU
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Reviewed by ewpass from Canada (PE)
3.55/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear amber with a solid even head. Cereal malt nose, not toasted. Light-medium malt body, some toastiness and dryness here. Crisp and thirst-quenching.
Sep 23, 2021
Reviewed by InspectorHound from Canada (ON)
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Look: Bright orange translucent with a 1 finger white tightly bubbled head. The head disappears quickly.
Smell: Bready with notes of caramel and a slight grassy aroma.
Taste: Follows the smell very closely. All doughy malts and sweet caramel, with hints of green apple and grass. Finishes with a sweet stickiness.
Feel: Light bodied. Syrupy sweetness on the finish.
It's like if you tried to malt up a Zyweic. It's billed as Munich Lager and a dunkel as well on this page. I don't agree with that characterization, the colour and flavours don't place it in the dunkel category in my book. This earns a B-
Apr 20, 2021Smell: Bready with notes of caramel and a slight grassy aroma.
Taste: Follows the smell very closely. All doughy malts and sweet caramel, with hints of green apple and grass. Finishes with a sweet stickiness.
Feel: Light bodied. Syrupy sweetness on the finish.
It's like if you tried to malt up a Zyweic. It's billed as Munich Lager and a dunkel as well on this page. I don't agree with that characterization, the colour and flavours don't place it in the dunkel category in my book. This earns a B-
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; coded 232-233 0238 and served slightly chilled.
Pours clear medium gold with some hovering sediment fogging its complexion up ever so slightly. One finger of frothy white head gathers atop, then recedes over the next couple of minutes; it leaves behind a scant spattering of lace, a tight collar and a few filmy wisps on the surface. The nose is clean and subdued, including notes of grainy pale malts, biscuity bread and caramelized sugars, with just a hint of nuttiness.
After the first sip, I'm no less confused about its style - it kind of reminds me of a festbier more than a helles OR a dunkel, to be honest. It's a little sweet, with lightly caramelized malt sweetness coming through alongside biscuity, doughy pale malts and cereal grains. Towards the finish, hints of leafy, spicy hops begin to develop, leading up to a bittersweet aftertaste that trends toward sweet & malty before fading entirely. Medium-light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles the palate aggressively, resulting in a crisp, firm bite with each sip; smooth and very easy to toss back. It'd be borderline sessionable if the abv were lower - two in a row would be fine, but after that point I'd want to move on to something else.
Final Grade: 3.62, a B. Brock Street's Munich Lager is a pretty good strong German-style beer... but what exactly is it? A helles? A dunkel? A festbier, or maybe a märzen? To be honest, I think you could've blindfolded me and insisted that it was any one of those styles - and I'd probably have believed you after tasting it, regardless of which Munich-style lager you picked. Helles would be the hardest sell, IMO, as the (lightly) caramelized sugars are something I tend to associate more with the other three, while Brock Street's own marketing description leans more toward a dunkel. Taxonomy aside, it's worth trying if you have an affinity for German lagers, and I'm sure I'll return to it again at some point.
Nov 13, 2020Pours clear medium gold with some hovering sediment fogging its complexion up ever so slightly. One finger of frothy white head gathers atop, then recedes over the next couple of minutes; it leaves behind a scant spattering of lace, a tight collar and a few filmy wisps on the surface. The nose is clean and subdued, including notes of grainy pale malts, biscuity bread and caramelized sugars, with just a hint of nuttiness.
After the first sip, I'm no less confused about its style - it kind of reminds me of a festbier more than a helles OR a dunkel, to be honest. It's a little sweet, with lightly caramelized malt sweetness coming through alongside biscuity, doughy pale malts and cereal grains. Towards the finish, hints of leafy, spicy hops begin to develop, leading up to a bittersweet aftertaste that trends toward sweet & malty before fading entirely. Medium-light in body, with lively carbonation that prickles the palate aggressively, resulting in a crisp, firm bite with each sip; smooth and very easy to toss back. It'd be borderline sessionable if the abv were lower - two in a row would be fine, but after that point I'd want to move on to something else.
Final Grade: 3.62, a B. Brock Street's Munich Lager is a pretty good strong German-style beer... but what exactly is it? A helles? A dunkel? A festbier, or maybe a märzen? To be honest, I think you could've blindfolded me and insisted that it was any one of those styles - and I'd probably have believed you after tasting it, regardless of which Munich-style lager you picked. Helles would be the hardest sell, IMO, as the (lightly) caramelized sugars are something I tend to associate more with the other three, while Brock Street's own marketing description leans more toward a dunkel. Taxonomy aside, it's worth trying if you have an affinity for German lagers, and I'm sure I'll return to it again at some point.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.87/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a nice dark gold colour with a small head. A bit sweet smelling. The taste is quite malty, sweet, with hidden alcohol. Smooth mouthfeel, light carbonation level. Overall a very nice Munich Lager
Nov 8 2021
Nov 11, 2020Nov 8 2021
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.71/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Review from notes.
Appearance - Lightly hazy honey brown color. Small finger of white head rests on top and stays for a little while.
Smell - Bready aromas and some caramel too. Good intensity.
Taste - Similar to the nose with some pumpernickel thrown in. Middling bitterness and hints of mineral water.
Mouthfeel - Pretty smooth, good carbonation and medium bodied with a dry finish.
Overall - More than respectable Munich Dunkel that hides the 6% ABV pretty well. Worth a try especially while it's in season.
Oct 31, 2020Appearance - Lightly hazy honey brown color. Small finger of white head rests on top and stays for a little while.
Smell - Bready aromas and some caramel too. Good intensity.
Taste - Similar to the nose with some pumpernickel thrown in. Middling bitterness and hints of mineral water.
Mouthfeel - Pretty smooth, good carbonation and medium bodied with a dry finish.
Overall - More than respectable Munich Dunkel that hides the 6% ABV pretty well. Worth a try especially while it's in season.
Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.88/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I bought a can of this beer at the lcbo 473ml can at 6%.poured a 2 finger head good carbonation leaves a frothy head as you drink it .
meduim bodied hints of fresh biscuit with medium bitterness
very refreshing and enjoyable to drink this Munich lager.
cheers
Oct 17, 2020meduim bodied hints of fresh biscuit with medium bitterness
very refreshing and enjoyable to drink this Munich lager.
cheers
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.33/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Can : Pours a lightly hazed gold with a 2 finger white cap...aromas of bold grains and some apple cider tones, musty-earthy sub tones...malty up front then hopping kicks in...goes to a dry spritzy increasingly bitter finish..effervescent and sharp on the palate...not what i's consider a Munich helles...more like a commercial euro strong lager
Oct 01, 2020
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