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Galt Knife Old Style Lager
Submitted by Bruce Ticknor on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 14:14
Brewery Name:
Beer Style:
Lager
Serving Style.:
500 ML Bottle
Alcohol Content:
4.4% ABV
Where Purchased?:
Picked up at Brewery
Galt Knife Old Style Lager
A Lager with lots of flavour!
Pours with a thick creamy white head that leaves a lot of lace on the glass.
The colour is a slightly cloudy dark amber.
Aroma is fairly faint, some grass and hard water aromas.
Feel is lovely rich and creamy, not at all like a mainstream lager feel
Tastes have a lot of hop presence. A hint of citrus in the hop profile, and a nice bitter dryness to finish. There is still a solid malt sweetness with hints of caramel to form a base but the hop tastes predominate.
A great BBQ beer. A hot day and a burger or steak and one of these!
I had a sample of this last summer and in my memory, at least, the hop profile was even higher then. I think they might be using a different hop variety now, a bit more subtle than I remember but still pronounced and producing a lager with a true depth of taste.
Going to have to visit Grand River Brewing more often.
Other reviews of this Beer
Other reviews of this Beer
Fullers London Pride
Click on the Title to Comment on this review.| reviewed by: John H.  | Serving Style: 20 ounce glass Where Purchased: The Crows' Nest Beer Rating: |
Pleasant smoky aroma. Have never come across a smell like that in an ale. Flowery with a bit of citrus flavor. Nice clean bitter after taste. Another great blend of hops and malt, (or bitter and sweet). All in all another great beer, not quite as good a blend as the Fullers ESB.
This is what Fuller's has to say about this beer:
"London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles)London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale."
