Barking Squirrel Lager - Hop City Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 3.45
pDev: 17.39%
Reviews: 78
Hads: 114

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Brewed by:
Hop City Brewing Co.

Ontario, Canada

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Lager | 5.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. can (40), on-tap (22), bottle (16).

Notes:
Barking Squirrel is a 5% ABV amber lager with a distinct rich burnt orange colour and subtle noble hop aroma. Its medium body, pleasant hop bitterness and caramel malt sweetness makes it smooth and drinkable with a slight hop aftertaste.

24 IBU

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Reviews by smakawhat:

smakawhat

Maryland

4.08/5 rDev +18.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass.

A real big fluffy white head with lots of staying power, big in size at about three fingers and not going anywhere. Collapses very slowly with pock marked peaks and valleys. Body is a very clear and bronze amber color, with little noticeable rising carbonation. What does show goes up really small and very slowly. Real nice looking.

Nose is clean, light malt caramel, a sense of slight sticky yeast. Quite nice and simple and pleasurable. Some light grass sharp hops just hide in the back.

Very light bodied caramel on the palate. Hits with a good malt backbone with a very light feel but not too wet. Hints of light brown sugar, and almost Marzen like appeal. A good brown bread toasty finish too, with just a little bit of mild hop bitterness that isn't very distinguishable.

It's not very complex, but it's stupid easy drinking, in fact VERY easy drinking. Quite enjoyable a good amber lager worth exploring again.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2013 19:46:09 | More by smakawhat

More User Reviews:

WillAndSarah

Alberta (Canada)

3/5 rDev -13%

05-22-2013 23:50:23 | More by WillAndSarah

aLenwell

Florida

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-20-2013 10:49:56 | More by aLenwell

thampel09

New Jersey

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-17-2013 17:12:50 | More by thampel09

ajtorres311

Florida

3/5 rDev -13%

05-16-2013 15:01:29 | More by ajtorres311

IPAchris

Pennsylvania

2.75/5 rDev -20.3%

05-14-2013 12:28:16 | More by IPAchris

beerthulhu

New Jersey

3.46/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Bengal tiger orange, moderate clarity with a quickly paced show of micro-effervesce. A 1+ finger oatmeal colored head had a bready texture and a good rate of retention. Sliding down leaves a thin coat of film lacing.

S: Faint fresh grains, soft, and nobel flowery hops. At 24ibus and a dark orange coloring from the speciality grains i expected a bit more hop aroma and grain detection.

T: Sweet upfront, toasty grains with a zesty soft citrus touch, but with some nobel flowery attributes. There is a soothing munich dry toastiness, the hops are more apparent, a touch of spiciness from the Saaz is very evident. The nobel hops and saaz are nicely paired, smoothly balanced, harmonious in transition while the munich and crystal add malt sweetness.

M: Fairly crisp, bubbly, creamy body, ideal smoothness and stis well with a nice pronounced graininess.

O: Overall, fairly toasty, sweet, easy to consume with a bonus of hops. Not your citrus bomb american amber, more reddog with a kick of hops red lager.

Serving type: can

05-13-2013 22:55:51 | More by beerthulhu

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-12-2013 21:02:36 | More by twenty5

Perducci

Arizona

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-12-2013 02:36:56 | More by Perducci

nukem5

Pennsylvania

4/5 rDev +15.9%

05-11-2013 22:23:14 | More by nukem5

mattsander

Alberta (Canada)

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-08-2013 21:55:30 | More by mattsander

IdeaSpeeder

Ontario (Canada)

2.98/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

Serving Type - 473ml can poured into a nonic pint glass.

Appearance - Pours an amber-brown colour. There's a white head that disappears extremely quickly leaving behind a faint trail of white lacing. Beer is filtered.

Smell - Smells predominantly of caramel and toffee malts. Very sweet smelling. There is a very faint metallic smell, quite possibly from the can.

Taste - Just as the nose indicated, heavy caramel and toffee flavour. The brew is not as sweet as I expected. It lacks much of a hop-bitter kick. The finish indicates some very faint spice notes

Mouthfeel - Medium body. Nothing remarkable. Delightfully low carbonation for a lager. Lacks much of a satisfying finish, but leaves a pleasant lingering sweet taste on the tongue.

Overal - 3/5.

Serving type: can

05-08-2013 02:41:30 | More by IdeaSpeeder

NoProblem

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-07-2013 02:38:01 | More by NoProblem

GoHabsGo

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5 rDev +1.4%

05-03-2013 23:55:27 | More by GoHabsGo

Misfit2209

Indiana

3/5 rDev -13%

05-03-2013 04:31:07 | More by Misfit2209

Riggsy

Pennsylvania

3/5 rDev -13%

04-27-2013 17:28:21 | More by Riggsy

rfgetz

New Jersey

3.58/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Pours a crystal clear, dark amber with minimal head. Scent is strong with sweet malts containing notes of caramel, nuts, toast, cotton candy and some lemony hops. Taste also leaning towards the sweet side, some caramel, nuts, notes of maple syrup, light lemony and grassy hops. Medium bodied, under carbonated. Decent brew, a touch sweet.

Serving type: on-tap

04-25-2013 17:33:48 | More by rfgetz