New Zealand Lager
Anderson Craft Ales
- From:
- Anderson Craft Ales
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 5.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 20, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 23, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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A crisp, refreshing New World Lager featuring notes of orange, citrus, and tropical fruits from New Zealand hops.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from their Lager Mix Six boxset at my favourite LCBO at The Roundhouse Centre in nearby Windsor. My second beer from the London, ON brewery.
Feb 20, 2025
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.79/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can from local bottle shop - Pours a hazed pale gold with a 2 finger puffy white cap that lasts.....aromas of grains, leafy hops, citrus...bright hoppy character, light on the palate, dray....flavor has hops and malts in balance in the front side but hopping increases in the dry bittering finish...a really nice lager...refreshing and hoppy
May 13, 2023
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.65/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 5 2024
Apr 13, 2021
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.92/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.92/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
355 mL can from a six-pack purchased at the LCBO; dated Mar 10 2021 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a clear, pale golden-yellow colour, topped off with one finger of soapy, foamy white head that recedes within two or three minutes' time. A modest swath of lace is left in its wake, in addition to a thin, filmy cap and collar - looks like your average craft lager to me, but the aroma suggests that better things are coming. Smells clean, fresh and a little fruity - there's some gritty, grainy pale malts, as well as hints of lime, passion fruit, apricot, and grassy hay.
Its flavours are along the same lines - grainy pale malts and light doughy sweetness, backed by light, fruity hop characteristics of lemon-lime citrus, apricot and passion fruit. Hints of grassy hay and floral hop bitterness crop up at the back end of the sip, with a very clean finish followed by a relatively dry aftertaste. Light in body, with zippy carbonation that prickles and prods the palate enthusiastically with each sip; crisp, refreshing mouthfeel that encourages you to keep sipping. Maybe I've become too accustomed to tallboys, but one can of this just doesn't seem like enough - not even close.
Final Grade: 3.92, a very respectable B+. While it's true that my review history is overwhelmingly dominated by pale ales, I still drink pale lagers on a daily basis, and it's always wonderful to discover a new gem, a lager that I could easily see myself drinking with such regularity. Anderson's New Zealand Lager is just that - it's got just the right mix of simplicity, drinkability, and hoppiness, almost as if it were tailor made. A definite must-try if you enjoy craft lagers - I'll be picking it up again, that's for sure.
Apr 01, 2021Pours a clear, pale golden-yellow colour, topped off with one finger of soapy, foamy white head that recedes within two or three minutes' time. A modest swath of lace is left in its wake, in addition to a thin, filmy cap and collar - looks like your average craft lager to me, but the aroma suggests that better things are coming. Smells clean, fresh and a little fruity - there's some gritty, grainy pale malts, as well as hints of lime, passion fruit, apricot, and grassy hay.
Its flavours are along the same lines - grainy pale malts and light doughy sweetness, backed by light, fruity hop characteristics of lemon-lime citrus, apricot and passion fruit. Hints of grassy hay and floral hop bitterness crop up at the back end of the sip, with a very clean finish followed by a relatively dry aftertaste. Light in body, with zippy carbonation that prickles and prods the palate enthusiastically with each sip; crisp, refreshing mouthfeel that encourages you to keep sipping. Maybe I've become too accustomed to tallboys, but one can of this just doesn't seem like enough - not even close.
Final Grade: 3.92, a very respectable B+. While it's true that my review history is overwhelmingly dominated by pale ales, I still drink pale lagers on a daily basis, and it's always wonderful to discover a new gem, a lager that I could easily see myself drinking with such regularity. Anderson's New Zealand Lager is just that - it's got just the right mix of simplicity, drinkability, and hoppiness, almost as if it were tailor made. A definite must-try if you enjoy craft lagers - I'll be picking it up again, that's for sure.
Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.96/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
just picked it up today a 6 pack 355ml cans for about 14.95 Canadian money at the lcbo
march 10th 21 brew date on can so it's very fresh.
poured a 1finger head into glass .
smell fresh fruits .the beer leaves a lace as you drink it which I like very much
taste was fantastic very smooth and a light tropical flavor .
it's very refreshing and enjoyable excellent on a hot summers day a little bitterness not much
A crisp refreshing new world lager featuring notes of orange ,citrus and tropical fruits from New Zealand hops .it says that on the side of the can.
overall this is a great lager with a little flavor in it .
excellent summer beer. I would definitely buy it again
cheers
Mar 30, 2021march 10th 21 brew date on can so it's very fresh.
poured a 1finger head into glass .
smell fresh fruits .the beer leaves a lace as you drink it which I like very much
taste was fantastic very smooth and a light tropical flavor .
it's very refreshing and enjoyable excellent on a hot summers day a little bitterness not much
A crisp refreshing new world lager featuring notes of orange ,citrus and tropical fruits from New Zealand hops .it says that on the side of the can.
overall this is a great lager with a little flavor in it .
excellent summer beer. I would definitely buy it again
cheers
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