Northern Reserve Golden Lager
Cold Spring Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cold Spring Brewing Co.
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 64
- Avg:
- 2.25 | pDev: 34.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 15
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 25, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
64
Poor
64
Poor
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Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
2.82/5 rDev +25.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.82/5 rDev +25.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Taste: very crisp, light malts, hint of honey sweet, mild hops. mild earthy grain nose. Very pale straw colored hue, clear, with white foam head and small lace. light body. Mild to a fault.
Dec 10, 2020
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
1.51/5 rDev -32.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
1.51/5 rDev -32.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
Another in the Northern Series. Cold Spring just keeps on keepin on.
Pours a finger of white head that fades down. Decent retention for the ring that is left. Color is a clear golden orange.
Aroma: Sweet and malty. Caramel malts stick out the most. Grains.
Taste: This beer almost reminds me of a watered down bock. All malts. Caramel and bready. Candy-like sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy. Kind of bland. Light bodied with a higher amount of carbonation. Ends dry and bland... a very bad aftertaste.
Overall, another beer that is cheap and I could drink if I had to, but I would never actually seek this out. It is more flavorful than bmc beers, but the mouthfeel is just off.
Aug 11, 2011Pours a finger of white head that fades down. Decent retention for the ring that is left. Color is a clear golden orange.
Aroma: Sweet and malty. Caramel malts stick out the most. Grains.
Taste: This beer almost reminds me of a watered down bock. All malts. Caramel and bready. Candy-like sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy. Kind of bland. Light bodied with a higher amount of carbonation. Ends dry and bland... a very bad aftertaste.
Overall, another beer that is cheap and I could drink if I had to, but I would never actually seek this out. It is more flavorful than bmc beers, but the mouthfeel is just off.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.63/5 rDev +61.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +61.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a deep golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of grains, some corn. Taste is crisp, slightly sweet, grains and malts, very refreshing. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer on a hot summer night.
Jul 30, 2011
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.86/5 rDev +71.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +71.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Despite my (seeming) many hatas, I am proud to say that The CANQuest is going to CANtinue unabated! I walked into one of my locals in search of a DFH Ancient Ale, found two and proceeded back to the coolers, where I found a couple of new CANs! CAN you dig it?!? And just in time for New Beer Sunday ...
The woodland pattern on the CAN reminded me of hunting season and the Crack really got me in the game. The Glug produced nearly two fingers of dense bone-white head that seemed determined to hang around even in the heat and humidity that had reduced my collection of chocolate Easter Bunnies to syrup. Dang! Color was a deep gold with NE-quality clarity and with the current price of gold, I felt like I had a bargain. Nose was filled with cereal adjuncts, but I have come to expect that from the style. It was nothing new nor terribly unpleasant. Mouthfeel was medium and the taste reminded me of coconut oil. I kid you not, it was like massaging oil onto some honey honey's back while down at the shore! This is CANsidered unpleasant by the majority? Dudes, do you know how coveted Maui's Coconut Porter is?!? The flavor on this may not have been intended, but it is a winner. Stylistically, it is out of bounds, but I am not a style guideline guy and it barely shook the needle. The finish was crisp and lightly sweet and I did not mind its getting warm, which is not something that I CAN say for the majority of AALs.
Drinakbility was rather good. I would definitely be taking this to the beach, especially at its price point. Maybe I should take a cue from this and put the doll's coconut oil in the cooler also ...
Jul 24, 2011The woodland pattern on the CAN reminded me of hunting season and the Crack really got me in the game. The Glug produced nearly two fingers of dense bone-white head that seemed determined to hang around even in the heat and humidity that had reduced my collection of chocolate Easter Bunnies to syrup. Dang! Color was a deep gold with NE-quality clarity and with the current price of gold, I felt like I had a bargain. Nose was filled with cereal adjuncts, but I have come to expect that from the style. It was nothing new nor terribly unpleasant. Mouthfeel was medium and the taste reminded me of coconut oil. I kid you not, it was like massaging oil onto some honey honey's back while down at the shore! This is CANsidered unpleasant by the majority? Dudes, do you know how coveted Maui's Coconut Porter is?!? The flavor on this may not have been intended, but it is a winner. Stylistically, it is out of bounds, but I am not a style guideline guy and it barely shook the needle. The finish was crisp and lightly sweet and I did not mind its getting warm, which is not something that I CAN say for the majority of AALs.
Drinakbility was rather good. I would definitely be taking this to the beach, especially at its price point. Maybe I should take a cue from this and put the doll's coconut oil in the cooler also ...
Reviewed by WYVYRN527 from Minnesota
1.48/5 rDev -34.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
1.48/5 rDev -34.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
My buddy brought two cases of this stuff up for fishing opener, and I felt obliged to pour one into a glass and review.
This beer pours pale golden yellow with a foamy white head that quickly settles to nothing. Smell is rather metallic, with some gariany hints, and a slight floral character. This however, all fades within a few minutes. The taste is not much better. Grainy with some slight grassy hints, along with a tinge of musty water. This is the typical case beer they brew up at this location. Will they ever get anything right? Or will they just keep making cheap beer for the Minnesota masses? This is just downright bad beer. Can I even call it beer?
May 16, 2011This beer pours pale golden yellow with a foamy white head that quickly settles to nothing. Smell is rather metallic, with some gariany hints, and a slight floral character. This however, all fades within a few minutes. The taste is not much better. Grainy with some slight grassy hints, along with a tinge of musty water. This is the typical case beer they brew up at this location. Will they ever get anything right? Or will they just keep making cheap beer for the Minnesota masses? This is just downright bad beer. Can I even call it beer?
Reviewed by budgood1 from Minnesota
2.48/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.48/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
pours out a brilliant golden colour with an egg shell white head supported by some big bubbled carbonation. head quickly reduces to some sparse lace. definite adjunct aroma...corn syrup with a hard to place light malty nose and maybe a hint of spice like hops. semi-sweet malty flavour and dashes of caramel corn. a definite metallic twang that is way out of place, also. carbonated metallic mouthfeel, like sucking on a penny...semi slick with a dose of spritzy crispness. drinkability is ok if you chug this ice cold. as it warms it becomes a mess and certainly less enjoyable.
well, this is certainly better than the gluek lineup that was so rightly villified. but only marginally so. would be good ice cold on a hot day or a beer to boil brats in.
Feb 13, 2011well, this is certainly better than the gluek lineup that was so rightly villified. but only marginally so. would be good ice cold on a hot day or a beer to boil brats in.
Reviewed by ELN from Washington
1.45/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
1.45/5 rDev -35.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ABV. OF THIS BEER??
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I picked this up at Grocery Outlet for $7.68 for a 12 pack of 16 oz. tall boy cans. Pretty good deal! I haven't been in a Grocery Outlet in over 20 years. I only stopped in to see if they had some cheap beer and they did! two choices! This was one of them. The other had Hook in the name and was an ale but it wasn't Red Hook. I like lager better.
serving type: can.
apopearance: drinking from the can. :)
smell: malt, citrus
taste: touch of hops, some very small malt (i think), grass, lemon.
mouthfeel: water. that slight lemon finish is all there is to this beer. nothing offensive about it.
drinkability: i thought rolling rock was the wateriest beer I'd ever has but now the prize goes to this bad boy. it was worth it to buy. For 16 beers that you get here (twelve 16 oz. cans = 16 beers) it's worth it. It's cheap and drinkable. I like the labeling a lot but it's a lot more attractive than the flavor of the beer and makes you think you're getting something higher class than the cheap ass brew this is. Any more than two and your desire to want more will lessen and lessen. Very boring but cheap and cheap WINS if you're asking would i purchase this again!!
Jan 28, 2011-
I picked this up at Grocery Outlet for $7.68 for a 12 pack of 16 oz. tall boy cans. Pretty good deal! I haven't been in a Grocery Outlet in over 20 years. I only stopped in to see if they had some cheap beer and they did! two choices! This was one of them. The other had Hook in the name and was an ale but it wasn't Red Hook. I like lager better.
serving type: can.
apopearance: drinking from the can. :)
smell: malt, citrus
taste: touch of hops, some very small malt (i think), grass, lemon.
mouthfeel: water. that slight lemon finish is all there is to this beer. nothing offensive about it.
drinkability: i thought rolling rock was the wateriest beer I'd ever has but now the prize goes to this bad boy. it was worth it to buy. For 16 beers that you get here (twelve 16 oz. cans = 16 beers) it's worth it. It's cheap and drinkable. I like the labeling a lot but it's a lot more attractive than the flavor of the beer and makes you think you're getting something higher class than the cheap ass brew this is. Any more than two and your desire to want more will lessen and lessen. Very boring but cheap and cheap WINS if you're asking would i purchase this again!!
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
2.85/5 rDev +26.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.85/5 rDev +26.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pale gold, rapid trails of visible carbonation. Flimsy cap of foam that dies down after the initial pour.
Pretty textbook appearance for the style.
Dusty wheat, minerals, faint apple sweetness.
Flavor is sort of odd, mild peanut butter (trace specialty malt?), apple astringency, otherwise a watery and flaccid feel. I'll hand it to Cold Spring, this doesn't taste like your average macro lager... but what does it taste like? There's some husky grain chaff and malt complexity actually, but it's very faint and never fully develops. Carbonation is weak, and the overall feel is dull.
When cold it would quench on a summer day, but that's about it. Novelty "craft" lager.
Dec 06, 2010Pretty textbook appearance for the style.
Dusty wheat, minerals, faint apple sweetness.
Flavor is sort of odd, mild peanut butter (trace specialty malt?), apple astringency, otherwise a watery and flaccid feel. I'll hand it to Cold Spring, this doesn't taste like your average macro lager... but what does it taste like? There's some husky grain chaff and malt complexity actually, but it's very faint and never fully develops. Carbonation is weak, and the overall feel is dull.
When cold it would quench on a summer day, but that's about it. Novelty "craft" lager.
Reviewed by happygnome from Minnesota
3/5 rDev +33.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +33.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
a: pours a pale yellow color with about a quarter inch of head that disappears quickly leaving a slight trace of lace around the edge of the glass
s: sweet corn malts a faint hint of hop bitterness to balance. true to style not overly impressive
t: sweet corn malt standard macro lager taste. there is a hint of bitterness to make it palatable.
m: light bodied beer, slightly less carbonation than other examples of this style
If you want a cheap beer pong beer, this is a decent choice. If you want something to pair with food, this style is not what you should be looking for
Sep 19, 2010s: sweet corn malts a faint hint of hop bitterness to balance. true to style not overly impressive
t: sweet corn malt standard macro lager taste. there is a hint of bitterness to make it palatable.
m: light bodied beer, slightly less carbonation than other examples of this style
If you want a cheap beer pong beer, this is a decent choice. If you want something to pair with food, this style is not what you should be looking for
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