Sunday, December 4, 2011

Beer Review: Honey Brown Lager

Price: $5.99 for a six pack
Brewery: Dundee Brewing Company, Rochester, NY
Style: Lager
ABV: NA, but by tasting I would say 4-4.5%
Color: clear, light brown almost a dark gold.
Aroma: Sweet/honey aroma, good presence of hops,slight aroma of hay
Body: light
Stomach Aspect: light
Head: Poured good, but dissolved to absolutely nothing within 5 seconds.
Head Retention: none, zip, zilch
Taste: hints of caramel, slight hint of roasted grains, honey, clove, and little hops
Conclusion: When first seeing the brew it's color and clarity are almost a put-off. The aroma is very pleasant, it does have a slight smell of Hay/grass. Taking a drink of the beer and the nice refreshing aspect of caramel and Honey are very present. Moving the brew throughout your mouth you get several quick hits of roasted grains, hay, and honey. But when you swallow the brew you get a nice flavor of hops, and some clove (which I wonder if this is from the honey), and the beer finishes quick, clean, and crisp. The beer has a very very light body, but the flavor doesn't suffer from the light body. The head of the beer is quite a let down, but overall the brew is not a bad Honey beer. Now, it's not a mead (which is an all Honey alcohol drink), this is a beer brewed with Honey as part of the recipe. To be honest, this is by far the best Honey additive beer I've tasted. I've had some where the Honey over powers the beer profile, and vice-versa, but this brewery got it right. Funny thing is I picked this six pack up at Grocery Outlet, which doesn't carry quality beer. I would say someone did their job by having this brew on the order list.
Public Aspect: hard to say with this beer. The flavor won't offend too many people, it's quite a refreshing beer. The beer should be accepted by the masses at a public event because the color and stomach aspect are too offsetting. Serve this brew to your guests and they shouldn't be offended.

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