Belgh Brasse Taïga
Never trusted this beer. Thought it looked like a terrible cheap macro. I then learned they were in fact a micro (I think) and noticed they had their very own kiosk at the Mondial de Montral Still don't expect much of it but I'm more inclined to try it. There's also the fact that I found it priced at 2$ for a 650ml bottle at Fromagerie du March Atwater. Label states a bunch of stuff : That it's a Premium beer, that it's cold filtered, that thanks to esker water Taga acheives perfection and that all beers contain 95% water and Taga is made with the ''best water in the world'' All this talk reminds me of lots of big dirty beer companies. Anyways. A- Ordinary American adjunct head quickly fizzed out of sight. Light, lifeless golden. S- Smells like a bunch of others in the style. Light but still dirty burnt, sweet grain and artificial alcohol. Smells so tame, it's hard for it to offend. T- Not as dirty as I expected. Pretty sure I like it better than Molson EX, Labatt Bleue, Budweiser. Definitely like it better than Pabst. I mean I find it hard to deferentiate most American Adjunct Lagers but I think this one has less of that dirty chemical taste I hate so much about the style. M- High carbonation. Pretty smooth. Full mouthfeel especially considering how light tasting it is. Not very dry. D-Good for the style. Tastes cleaner than most of them. You could probably drink tons at an event or something. Right now, sitting at home I'm looking at half this bottle I've got left and am kind of grossed out. All in all: Looks bad, very little taste and aroma which also means very little dirty aromas, nice mouthfeel and good drinkability. Pretty close to what I was expecting. Slightly superior to the style's classics. I don't know why they bothered making this. And I'm not talking about making this style. I just think it could be done better or is ''more flavor'', "less dirty" not in line with style guidelines?