Gilroy Lager
Gilroy's Brewery
- From:
- Gilroy's Brewery
- South Africa
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
- ABV:
- 3.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.24 | pDev: 14.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 07, 2015
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire
2.59/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.59/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Bottle smuggled back by Tony, thanks for the hookup.
Lightly hazy deep golden color with a tiny white bubbled head that dissipates quickly. Great bready sweet pilsner malt aroma with bits of spicy hop butterscotch and pomme fruit. The flavor is heavy with diacytyl and sweet bready malt with just faint hop flavor or bitterness. Medium body, barely any carbonation. Not horrible, but not great either.
Jan 07, 2015Lightly hazy deep golden color with a tiny white bubbled head that dissipates quickly. Great bready sweet pilsner malt aroma with bits of spicy hop butterscotch and pomme fruit. The flavor is heavy with diacytyl and sweet bready malt with just faint hop flavor or bitterness. Medium body, barely any carbonation. Not horrible, but not great either.
Reviewed by SSBrennan from District of Columbia
3.76/5 rDev +16%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
3.76/5 rDev +16%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark golden color with no head and only an initial burst of carbonation. Slightly cloudy against the light
The smell is strong with slightly fruity tones in addition to yeast. Overall slightly sweet with a hint of acidity.
The taste is mild with a bit of the fruit. Crisp with a good balance of sweetness and acidity. There is a grainy aftertaste that takes away from the finish but the beer is refreshing and light.
The feel is rich, with more carbonation than is visible and a clean finish.
The beer is very sessionable with no harshness and low alcohol.
Apr 14, 2007The smell is strong with slightly fruity tones in addition to yeast. Overall slightly sweet with a hint of acidity.
The taste is mild with a bit of the fruit. Crisp with a good balance of sweetness and acidity. There is a grainy aftertaste that takes away from the finish but the beer is refreshing and light.
The feel is rich, with more carbonation than is visible and a clean finish.
The beer is very sessionable with no harshness and low alcohol.
Reviewed by hunteraw from China
3.83/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Wow, glad to be the first to review this one! It was definitely one of the most interesting beers I had in South Africa - ran across it randomly at a liquor store in Pretoria and I'm glad I did.
Appearance: looks like cloudy (unfiltered), pale apple juice. no head at all (the label indicates that it's "not artificially carbonated" - nor naturally carbonated in the bottle, apparently), obviously no lacing either.
Smells yeasty, vaguely sweet, perhaps a bit vinous.
Taste: yes, vinous is a good description. slightly acid, fruity, sweet and yeasty finish. This much fruitiness in a lager surprised me, but when I spoke with a microbrewer in Pretoria who is friends with the brewer of Gilroy, and he indicated that this one is "not actually a lager" - I'm curious what yeast is used in this one and at what temperature.
Mouthfeel is very clean, finishing very well despite the lack of carbonation.
Drinkability: what an interesting beer! I only found one bottle, so I can't speak to how it would go as a sessioner, but it was definitely a delightful change from the ordinary. Very much like drinking a cloudy, low-alcohol white wine. Very unique.
Jun 07, 2006Appearance: looks like cloudy (unfiltered), pale apple juice. no head at all (the label indicates that it's "not artificially carbonated" - nor naturally carbonated in the bottle, apparently), obviously no lacing either.
Smells yeasty, vaguely sweet, perhaps a bit vinous.
Taste: yes, vinous is a good description. slightly acid, fruity, sweet and yeasty finish. This much fruitiness in a lager surprised me, but when I spoke with a microbrewer in Pretoria who is friends with the brewer of Gilroy, and he indicated that this one is "not actually a lager" - I'm curious what yeast is used in this one and at what temperature.
Mouthfeel is very clean, finishing very well despite the lack of carbonation.
Drinkability: what an interesting beer! I only found one bottle, so I can't speak to how it would go as a sessioner, but it was definitely a delightful change from the ordinary. Very much like drinking a cloudy, low-alcohol white wine. Very unique.
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