961 Lager - 961 Beer

FrankieW

Lebanon

4.78/5  rDev +66.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

There seemed to be a few pouring difficulties from the bar tender, too much foam. However, in a pint mug, the 961 Lager shone a beautiful golden colour and smelt very inviting. It was served at a nice cool temperature, not freezing, and had a light sharp finish after the first gulp. Not too big a fan of the flavour nor the after taste but enjoyed it nonetheless!

Serving type: on-tap

02-06-2012 09:42:03 | More by FrankieW

Sandrahuss

France

4.09/5  rDev +42.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A friend brought a bottle of this back from the US where apparently they had just launched. Not available here in France yet.

Pours out a dark gold with a nice two to three fingers of head. The nose is straightforward clean lager aroma. Taste is very well balanced between the malt and hops. For a lager, it actually has flavor! Enjoyed it and would have it again.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2013 04:27:01 | More by Sandrahuss

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.63/5  rDev +26.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This beer pours a hazy golden orange hue, with three fingers of thin foamy white head, which leaves splotches of lace around the glass as it recedes. It smells of biscuity, crackery grain, and spicy, vegetal, grassy hops. The taste is biscuity white grain, a bit of lemon, and tangy, earthy, weedy hops. The carbonation is a bit high, the body medium weight, a bit prickly, and it finishes off-dry, the grain more or less offset by the tangy hops.

The hops in this beer are a little confusing, but pleasing overall, in that they stand out at all in a positive manner. Since the marketing-ese on the label proclaims a desire to emulate old-fashioned good American lager, I can't help but say they've achieved their goal. I base this on the fact that, even though I've never had 'pre-Prohibition' Yankee lager, this is several large notches above the average current incarnation of said product.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2010 23:55:00 | More by biboergosum

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.05/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours gold with a small quickly fading head.
Nose shows honey, light spicy hops, soft vegetal notes and bready malt. Very sweet-smelling.
Flavours follow along the same lines. Quite sweet with lots of bready malt. Some of the hops show up too. Finishes with a very weak bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2013 12:06:12 | More by CrazyDavros

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.2/5  rDev -23.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Whenever I'm presented with something that goes by simply "lager", I'm taken back to Chumbawumba. I'm thinking about seeking help... Anyway, this stuff pours a clear straw topped by a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose brings a strange melange of musty apple juice and grain, with vague impressions of flowers tossed in every now and then for good measure. The taste focuses on the grain, mostly a wheaty visage, with the same sprinkling of flowers and a bit of mild grass to show that hops may actually have been used here at some point. Everything is overly mild and thoroughly muddled. The body is a hefty-leaning light, with a light moderate carbonation and a fluid feel. Overall, this just came across as a weak, bland, and, at times, downright crappy lager. So far, this is the bottom of the 961 barrel, but I've got a couple left, so we'll see if it can retain the title...

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2013 17:25:00 | More by TMoney2591

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

2.05/5  rDev -28.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

330ml bottle poured into a 400ml DAB glass and got a glass of head after only pouring the neck, so I then poured the remainder into a Stella chalice dec4 2009

A explodes out of the bottle (see above) and after it settled in the second glass I poured it into it looked pretty good, golden orange with lots of suspended particles and a massive head that had decent retention and left decent lace

S sour apples and cooked veggies with some faint hops but its not working so well for me

T sadly it tastes as it smells

M it just turns to foam in your mouth, its like drinking a glass of head

D beer looked pretty good but that's about it

a little disappointing, not sure why I expected more from a beer from Lebanon

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2009 02:31:48 | More by wordemupg

elricorico

Alberta (Canada)

1.65/5  rDev -42.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1

Clear orange gold in colour with three fingers of cream coloured, foamy head. Reasonable retention, lacing sticks around. Pretty atractive lager.

First impression was that this was going to be one clean hoppy lager, but as the beer settled a bit, a fair bit of vegetable aroma (peas and carrots) mixed in with the hop spice.

Strong impression throughout of boiled vegetables. Little bit of rubber, I get the impression of a pencil eraser in my nose after a couple of sips. Oh not good at all.

Mouthfeel isn't bad, but who cares if you can't stand the taste. It is a bit overcarbonated, but has fair body for a lager.

I wasn't expecting much when I bought the bottle, got a little excited when I got a look at it in the glass, then had my hopes crushed when it hit my mouth. Avoid this, I could only finish about 1/4 of the bottle.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2009 06:06:33 | More by elricorico