Up North Wisconsin Lager
One Barrel Brewing Company
- From:
- One Barrel Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #85 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,343 - Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 10.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 29, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2019
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
What could be better than sipping a classic refreshing lager while relaxing in Wisconsin’s beautiful and serene northern areas? We don’t know, and we don’t want to know. Enjoy this new seasonal release on draft or straight from the can at your neighborhood bar or favorite fold-up chair. Watch the sun rise and/or set and take er easy with Up North.
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Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.16/5 rDev -11%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -11%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Up North Wisconsin Lager pours a golden color, with lots of bubbles, and a larger, long-lasting, frothy, lacing head. The aroma is sweet, with a hint of lemon and a chemical smell. The flavor is much the same, sweeter, with a hint of corn, but overall, very chemical. Good feel. Overall, lots of flavors, but not the most enjoyable.
Nov 29, 2025
Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours yellow orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of sweet cereal grain, nice and strong. Tastes of bright fruit and sweet grain, nice combo. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Aug 27, 2023
Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois
3.77/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. can, canned 03/13/23. A new one to me, and my first beer from One Barrel Brewing Company, acquired as part of a mixed six pack on a recent excursion to Wisconsin.
Poured to Central Waters snifter.
A: Pours crisp & golden. Typical lager body, small finger of frothy white head. Appears adequately carb'd. Looks befitting of the style.
S: Aroma is super grainy, corny, husky, but also fresh, floral, grassy, giving an added layer of depth to what would probably be a pretty boring aroma otherwise. Smells super fresh, so points for that.
T: Grainy, corny, husky, grassy, floral. There are some berry-ish hop notes to be found here also, again adding a layer of depth & flavor not normally found in AAL swill.
F: Smooth, crisp, light-bodied, drinkable. Slightly watery / grainy aftertaste. Feels maybe just a touch lighter than the listed 5.0% abv.
Overall, a decent 'Wisconsin lager' from One Barrel, fairly average, but decent. Looking forward to trying more from this brewery (I have their Juicy IPA on deck next).
One Barrel Up North Wisconsin Lager -----3.75/5
Jun 11, 2023Poured to Central Waters snifter.
A: Pours crisp & golden. Typical lager body, small finger of frothy white head. Appears adequately carb'd. Looks befitting of the style.
S: Aroma is super grainy, corny, husky, but also fresh, floral, grassy, giving an added layer of depth to what would probably be a pretty boring aroma otherwise. Smells super fresh, so points for that.
T: Grainy, corny, husky, grassy, floral. There are some berry-ish hop notes to be found here also, again adding a layer of depth & flavor not normally found in AAL swill.
F: Smooth, crisp, light-bodied, drinkable. Slightly watery / grainy aftertaste. Feels maybe just a touch lighter than the listed 5.0% abv.
Overall, a decent 'Wisconsin lager' from One Barrel, fairly average, but decent. Looking forward to trying more from this brewery (I have their Juicy IPA on deck next).
One Barrel Up North Wisconsin Lager -----3.75/5
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.51/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Had on tap. Clear bright yellow body with a sudsy white head. Reall sweet almost cereal malts, light grains, and bread in the nose. Taste is pretty much the same setup, get a kiss of grassy hops on the finish which cuts the sweetness a touch. Feel is light yet full, somewhat bready but mostly malty, crushable. Went well with pizza
Jul 29, 2021
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
3/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Can. White head that fades. Clear golden color.
Not a lot here. Pretty basic lager. Straw, grass, bread, corn. Light bodied.
No apparent flaws, just nothing exciting.
Oct 22, 2020Not a lot here. Pretty basic lager. Straw, grass, bread, corn. Light bodied.
No apparent flaws, just nothing exciting.
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
3.29/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
12oz can, english pint glass. Cloudy golden yellow body, one finger white head, decent retention, not much lacing. Smell is sweet grainy malt, a bit of mineral, and really, that is about it. Maybe a touch of noble hops. Flavour is fairly sweet, not watery, but not great either. It tastes like you're drinking cold wort or malt water. Doesn't have that crisp dry balance that better examples of lagers have. Lighter medium bodied, slightly slick, again not crisp or dry, but still fairly drinkable.
Apr 18, 2019
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