Frostbite Lager
Dempsey's Brewery, Restaurant & Pub
- From:
- Dempsey's Brewery, Restaurant & Pub
- South Dakota, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 2.76 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 02, 2005
- Added:
- Jul 05, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Oxymoron from Colorado
2.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
In South Dakota they have 4 seasons. Winter, winter, winter and construction. I guess that it is only fitting that there should be a Frostbite Lager made by Dempsey's Brewery located in Watertown SD.
Frostbite has a clear, darker yellow color. Not as bright as say a school bus yellow but darker than most American lagers. The beer came out with a strong head and lasted throughout the tasting but there was very little lace. Frostbite had very little smell to the beer but what little you could detect it had a slight basy malt to it.
Although listed as a lager the dominant flavor was the wheat base malt. That is the first thing noticeable and a good blend of hops although very limited in the flavor. It could almost be considered a wheat beer if not for the lager and the change it took over time. Specifically it became sourer. Very slight at the beginning but more evident as the beer sat and warmed up. The wheat flavor mellows the sour taste but soon it become over bearing. It is more noticeable in their Banshie Pale Ale.
My hunch is that the sourness is from the yeast that they used. The beer is more enjoyable the colder it is. It's flavor almost speaks of Belgian style beers but without the Belgian flavor. It really questions the drink to order another one, but if there is a blizzard outside, you're not going any where so why not.
Dec 02, 2005Frostbite has a clear, darker yellow color. Not as bright as say a school bus yellow but darker than most American lagers. The beer came out with a strong head and lasted throughout the tasting but there was very little lace. Frostbite had very little smell to the beer but what little you could detect it had a slight basy malt to it.
Although listed as a lager the dominant flavor was the wheat base malt. That is the first thing noticeable and a good blend of hops although very limited in the flavor. It could almost be considered a wheat beer if not for the lager and the change it took over time. Specifically it became sourer. Very slight at the beginning but more evident as the beer sat and warmed up. The wheat flavor mellows the sour taste but soon it become over bearing. It is more noticeable in their Banshie Pale Ale.
My hunch is that the sourness is from the yeast that they used. The beer is more enjoyable the colder it is. It's flavor almost speaks of Belgian style beers but without the Belgian flavor. It really questions the drink to order another one, but if there is a blizzard outside, you're not going any where so why not.
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