Last Mountain Lager
Bushwakker Brewing Company

 

 

Pale orange in colour with moderate carbonation. Aromas are of toasted bread, munich malt, orange marmalade, and light floral hops. The toast flavors are more toasted-nutlike. The bread element in the mouth is a bit more untoasted. A bit of spice, and a bit more of the malty orange thing. More hop flavor than expected, but still within style guidelines. Medium to light bodied. Very well executed, and very drinkable. Well done!

650ml Bomber filled fresh from the brewery.

Pour puts a beautiful red-copper lager in the glass with a very slight protien haze...has a puffy, clinging 2 finger sandy colored cap which lasts well and laces. Moderate carbonation.

Aromas of rich toasty-sweet red Munich malts and just the slightest whisp of herbal noble hopping. Meduim bodied, gentle creamyness to the mouth feel....wunderbar!

Flavour profile starts out with a nice infusion of toasty-nutty-cake like malts that give a impression of liquid Bavarian walnut cake then the attenuated nobels give some herbal buffering to the rich nutty malts midway and produces a soft elegant mix of maltiness and herbs that dries out in the finish just enough to keep the drink from being sweet.... appetising biscuit snap in the after taste...

A great authentic Canadian Vienna true to style and infinately drinkable. Absolutely no technical flaws. Bravo to the brewer for recreating this elegant, subtle and increasingly uncommon lager style!

650ml brown bottle, generic Bushwakker label, brought back from Regina. One of the regular offerings. Pours a deep orange color, slightly hazy, with light orangy/gold foam. Nice thick head of tight small bubbles, but shrank away quickly, limited if any lace. Grainy and malty smell, not much hops, typical of an all-malt brew. Mild toasted malty flavor, well balanced with the hops. Just enough of a hoppy finish, touch of pine and citrus. Medium mouthfeel, sharp tingle on the tongue. A good full flavored lager. Because of the large bottle, my second glass was a touch warmer (big bottle won't fit in the fridge upright). The hops were way more pronounced in my second glass, both in smell and taste - kind of reminded me of a pale ale (Headstrong, maybe).

Pint glass served on tap at Bushwakker's.

Orange-red amber colour. Hazy with a light beige thin head. Lots of lacing.

A fairly mild aroma that is a little hoppy and grainy.

A nice and hoppy taste throughout. Not overly hoppy, but rather moderate in character. Subtle malt undertones and a little piney with a mild hoppy/bitter finish.

Medium body, a little nutty, a little fizzy and crisp.

This is one of the regulars on tap at Bushwakker's. Available year round, it is satisfactory, but doesn't wow you. Maybe I feel this way because I've always had it available, but I consider it a good, but not great beer.