Hello Hive. It's Saturday so you know that I'm going to post about beer. Its a weekly routine for me. You know the drill. For this #Beersaturday I'll be reviewing two dark beers. One of them I disliked enough to pour it down the sink. It's something that I rarely ever do. I think I've only done it once before in the past 12 months. But enough preamble for now, let gets into it.
Lagershed Dark
Brewery: Shawn and Ed Brewing Co
Origin: Dundas ON Canada
Style: Dark Lager
Abv: 5.5%
IBU: Unknown
SRM: Unknown
Marketing: Lagershed is the name. Its a nice play on words. Shed is a clear Mashup of the Brewers names - Shawn and Ed. Clever. The can is black and white with no image. It boring to me, but okay.
Color: Dark chestnut Brown with decent tan colored head. The liquid appears to be filtered and clear.
Nose: Sweet and malty with fruity notes of plum and other dark skinned fruit.
Taste: Sweet and bitter with some fruity plum flavors. Overall a bit light on taste.
Texture: Lightly carbonated with a light watery mouthfeel.
Impression: this was a good beer, but not great to me. It was a bit bland and boring, but okay nonetheless. Not every beer has to be amazing really. As long as it's enjoyable to drink, I'm happy. This one hit that mark.
Espresso Martini Stout
Brewery: Lost Craft Brewing Co
Origin: Toronto ON Canada
Style: Flavored Stout
Abv: 6.0%
IBU: Unknown
SRM: Unknown
Marketing: The can has a multicolor brown color scheme made up of concentric overlapping circles with the Lost Craft brand logo in the center of it all. It seems to be going for a luxury look in my opinion. It reminds me of a Louis Vuitton classic suitcase pattern. I'm not a fan of the design myself but I bought the beer so the marketing must have worked on me nonetheless.
Color: The beer poured black with absolutely no head at all which gave it a syrupy appearance that I don't find appetizing.
Nose: Sweet aroma, heavy scent of vanilla with some coffee and milk choclate notes in the background. It smelled artificial to me.
Taste: Sweet with very little bitterness to balance it out. Heavy taste of vanilla extract and milk chocolate. Some mild coffee flavors in the background and a lingering aftertaste of them all combined. Definitely tastes like an espresso martini.
Texture: Very little carbonation but there were some tiny sharp bubbles present. It was more fizzy feeling on the tongue than carbonated. It felt flat to me actually, so maybe it was an old beer or maybe that texture was intentional? I don't know.
Impression: So, I hated this beer all around. The lack of foam and the syrupy look made it appear unappetizing to me. The overly sweet and fake taste and smell were gross and the flat feeling texture was awful.
It did taste like an espresso martini but I hated the one and only one of those that I drank in the past, so for me that wasn't a good thing. Maybe this beer is just not for me. Needless to say, I would not buy it again. In fact, I ended up pouring it down the drain. It's pretty rare that a dump out a beer but I just couldn't stomach this one and it wasn't worth it to force myself to finish it. Goodbye gross beer!
Well, thats it folks. Thanks for reading. Until my next beer post (in a week) cheers everyone! 🍻
The sink one looked like coke! As soon as I saw the picture and it had zero head I was like, oh aye ,that's the snider!
Haha yes! Exactly. Dark beers with no head look syrupy to me which is less appetizing looking.
Lol, it's Lost indeed :))
I believe we've already discussed that - there's no way to transport beer long distances without harming it. I am quite sure it would taste better in the brewery, or someplace nearby. You might not be a fan of the taste anyway, but it would hardly deserve spilling ;)
In this case, it's all of the artificial flavors from the extracts they used that made it gross for me. I couldn't do it 😆 it had to go down the drain
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It is such a sad event to pour one down the drain, but if it is not good, it is not good! Personal taste is everything, and if even the appearance (of no head) puts one off, then the beer will not be a good one! Had a similar experience with some stouts the other day, and I almost poured it down the drain. Almost! Hopefully the next beer will be better! Glad that the first beer was not too bad.
Yeah it's not often that a dump a beer out but the fake artificial flavor and sickly sweetness was not good. Not worth to me. There are other beers in my fridge that I can drink. 😂
What other dark beers would you recommend trying instead of the Espresso Martini Stout?I'm always looking for new dark beer recommendations!
There are many local Stout beers that I like but I don't know if they would be in your area - depending on where you live. A few are:
St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Railway City Black Coal Stout
Mill st Nitro Stout
Thank you very much! This help me a lot to find the beer. I want to taste this kind of beer.Have a bless day!!
You're welcome. Enjoy! 😃
Oh no! The drain is swallowing the beer! LOL!
It wasn't worth drinking that time 😐
I'm hoping the next one will be better!
Wow !!!! seemed delicious for its dark color.Sometimes the appearance is deceiving and this beer has a very good presentation.To continue tasting others !!!! CHEERS!!!
Yeah, I usually like dark beers. Most are good but some fall flat for me.
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STOPI believe this is the case, as one man's meat is another man's poison. I would love to taste both if I have the chance