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Vim And Vigor
Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
- From:
- Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #229 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #17,046 - Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 7.77%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 17, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.95/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.95/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
355 mL can from the Toronto Brewing 2021 advent calendar; no canning date and served slightly chilled.
Pours a clear golden-yellow colour, capped off with nearly a finger of foamy, bone white head that falls apart within a minute or two. It leaves behind a light speckling of lace, in addition to a tight collar and some filmy wisps on the surface - looks fine. Cereal grains and bready, biscuity pale malts on the nose, with hints of grassy hay, herbal hops and a touch of crackery sweetness.
A very good North German-style pils showcasing ample noble hop character. Cereal grain sweetness, bready malts and biscuit, followed by grassy, floral hops; hints of lemon and spicy, herbal bitterness round out the back end, with the latter lingering into a faintly metallic aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation that remains lively and prickly for the entirety of the glass; feels crisp and refreshing on the tongue. It's very drinkable, to the point that I almost ran out of beer before I finished this review.
Final Grade: 3.95, a solid B+. Tooth and Nail's Vim & Vigor is easily one of the better Ontario-brewed, German-inspired lagers that I've tried in recent memory. I'd eagerly recommend this to fans of Jever in particular - a favourite, go-to pils of mine, with V&V's robust noble hop presence being highly reminiscent. Needless to say, I'd happily drink more of this in the future, but Ottawa is a long ways away and I've never seen it being sold locally.
Dec 04, 2021Pours a clear golden-yellow colour, capped off with nearly a finger of foamy, bone white head that falls apart within a minute or two. It leaves behind a light speckling of lace, in addition to a tight collar and some filmy wisps on the surface - looks fine. Cereal grains and bready, biscuity pale malts on the nose, with hints of grassy hay, herbal hops and a touch of crackery sweetness.
A very good North German-style pils showcasing ample noble hop character. Cereal grain sweetness, bready malts and biscuit, followed by grassy, floral hops; hints of lemon and spicy, herbal bitterness round out the back end, with the latter lingering into a faintly metallic aftertaste. Light in body, with aggressive carbonation that remains lively and prickly for the entirety of the glass; feels crisp and refreshing on the tongue. It's very drinkable, to the point that I almost ran out of beer before I finished this review.
Final Grade: 3.95, a solid B+. Tooth and Nail's Vim & Vigor is easily one of the better Ontario-brewed, German-inspired lagers that I've tried in recent memory. I'd eagerly recommend this to fans of Jever in particular - a favourite, go-to pils of mine, with V&V's robust noble hop presence being highly reminiscent. Needless to say, I'd happily drink more of this in the future, but Ottawa is a long ways away and I've never seen it being sold locally.
Reviewed by rapayn01 from Kentucky
3.85/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ventured to the brewery to buy assorted 355 ml cans, which are hard to find in Canada. Consumed this one in a pilsner glass found in my AirBnb. Vig and Vigor proved to be a very smooth pilsner. SIt smells like a regular pilsner, but had less of a tart grassy bite in the finish. I would buy it again even though it's not my preferred style of beer.
Nov 02, 2018Rated by eberesford from Canada (ON)
3.87/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Very clean pilsner - not much of the usual sulpher from the light malt - nicely balanced noble hops.
Jul 02, 2018Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.14/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Can: Poured a clear blonde color ale with a nice pure white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal notes with light floral hops is good. Taste is a mix of cereal notes with light dry hoppy notes with some buttery notes which I wasn’t find of. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Too much buttery notes for my tats buds.
Mar 13, 2017Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
3.43/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can from the brewery for around $3.
Feb 27, 2017Reviewed by dipso123 from Oregon
4.18/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Brilliant pale honey in colour. Malty grain sweet appealing aroma. Tastes much like a solid Helles - complex mix of grain, malt, a bit of bisquit, with herbal hop character. Overall, very happy with this Ontario Pilsner.
Jan 28, 2017Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)
4.35/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.35/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Vim & Vigor has a very light daisy yellow colour and somewhat misty complexion but it still shines with confident, brilliant golden highlights. It's also quite the popular hangout spot for bubbles, though head not so much; little foam lasted in tonight's sample. Nevertheless, one can be confident about the quality and stylistic accuracy of this Pilsner just looking at it.
To many a hoppy bouquet means jamming giant grapefruits up your nose but, for me, this smell is what it's really all about: elegant, ambrosial, delicately floral and grassy notes. It's aromatherapy. And some of the credit actually belongs to the malt which provides a soft, doughy, biscuity-sweet contrast that fully highlights that spicy herbal fragrance.
Vim & Vigor is a term that relates to vitality and energy - indeed, this flavour provides plenty to be enthusiastic about! Gentle, cracker-y pale malts combine with the floral, grassy zestfulness like two perfectly fitted puzzle pieces. Neither the grain nor the hops are remotely intense - 'delicate' is actually a fair descriptor - and yet the presence of each is so strongly sensed.
Tasty grain and balmy hops, however, don't account in and of themselves for why the style is so pleasing and popular. Soft water, clean and extended fermentation, crisp finish and brisk carbonation all play a part as well. Taken as a whole it's easy to understand why pilsners like this were the ancestor of today's most ubiquitous lagers.
It's been roughly a year since Tooth & Nail opened its doors and in that short time they've offered great IPAs, stouts, Belgian ales, an incredible doppelbock and, perhaps most impressive of all, an immaculate classically styled Pilsner that's better than most you'd in Germany or the Czech Republic. In fact, Vim & Vigor may be the best overall Ontario beer I've tried this year.
Dec 05, 2016To many a hoppy bouquet means jamming giant grapefruits up your nose but, for me, this smell is what it's really all about: elegant, ambrosial, delicately floral and grassy notes. It's aromatherapy. And some of the credit actually belongs to the malt which provides a soft, doughy, biscuity-sweet contrast that fully highlights that spicy herbal fragrance.
Vim & Vigor is a term that relates to vitality and energy - indeed, this flavour provides plenty to be enthusiastic about! Gentle, cracker-y pale malts combine with the floral, grassy zestfulness like two perfectly fitted puzzle pieces. Neither the grain nor the hops are remotely intense - 'delicate' is actually a fair descriptor - and yet the presence of each is so strongly sensed.
Tasty grain and balmy hops, however, don't account in and of themselves for why the style is so pleasing and popular. Soft water, clean and extended fermentation, crisp finish and brisk carbonation all play a part as well. Taken as a whole it's easy to understand why pilsners like this were the ancestor of today's most ubiquitous lagers.
It's been roughly a year since Tooth & Nail opened its doors and in that short time they've offered great IPAs, stouts, Belgian ales, an incredible doppelbock and, perhaps most impressive of all, an immaculate classically styled Pilsner that's better than most you'd in Germany or the Czech Republic. In fact, Vim & Vigor may be the best overall Ontario beer I've tried this year.
Reviewed by TheDoctor from Canada (QC)
3.88/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Serving: Can
No date
A;
Pours a crystal clear, anemic straw with a finger of white pop head that fizzles out quick. Made for a can. (3)
S:
Pils malt and toasty grains. Lightly herbal hop snap with some dirty mineral water hanging out with the toasty cereals and detectable sweetness. (3.75)
T:
Pils malt and a spicy hop finish. Warm toasted malt body with a touch of DMS, grassy, peppery Euro-hop palate cleanse. (4)
M:
Crisp with slight aftertaste, medium carbonation. Fluffy prickle in mouth. (4)
O:
Decent pilsner.
Tasty, quenching, clean, good balance of flavors, drinkable, not too much DMS for my tastes (some examples are too much for me). The little sweet tang had me thinking if was a little more like an American pilsner. Enjoyable regardless, but it'd be nice a little drier (although that is just for my tastes). Good beer all around.
Would have again. Begs to be drunk ice cold from the can, in a koozie (especially since it ain't much to look at in a glass). (4)
Sep 01, 2016No date
A;
Pours a crystal clear, anemic straw with a finger of white pop head that fizzles out quick. Made for a can. (3)
S:
Pils malt and toasty grains. Lightly herbal hop snap with some dirty mineral water hanging out with the toasty cereals and detectable sweetness. (3.75)
T:
Pils malt and a spicy hop finish. Warm toasted malt body with a touch of DMS, grassy, peppery Euro-hop palate cleanse. (4)
M:
Crisp with slight aftertaste, medium carbonation. Fluffy prickle in mouth. (4)
O:
Decent pilsner.
Tasty, quenching, clean, good balance of flavors, drinkable, not too much DMS for my tastes (some examples are too much for me). The little sweet tang had me thinking if was a little more like an American pilsner. Enjoyable regardless, but it'd be nice a little drier (although that is just for my tastes). Good beer all around.
Would have again. Begs to be drunk ice cold from the can, in a koozie (especially since it ain't much to look at in a glass). (4)
Vim And Vigor from Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
27 ratings
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