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North By Northwest Northern Light
North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
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- From:
- North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Light Lager
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 11.91%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2020
- Added:
- May 25, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.6/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.6/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
It's always lovely to see more light lagers on the market - especially when they're from craft breweries. I nabbed this 22 fl oz brown glass bottle with an unbranded pry-off cap at NXNW a couple weeks ago. Bottled: 02/19/15. Batch: 1650. Bottle: 070.
Served cold into a pilsner glass. Expectations are average.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~2-2.5 inch head of white colour. Foamy and frothy. Appears soft. Decent creaminess. Leaves little lacing as it recedes. Retention is above average - ~3 minutes.
BODY: Clear yellow. Clean, with no visible yeast.
Looks typical of the style, but above average. There're no stand-out characteristics.
AROMA: Grassy hops and pilsner malts. Grains.
That's it.
Aromatic intensity is average.
Not a horribly appealing beer aroma, but decent for the style. It's not watery, adjuncty, or cloying.
TASTE: Grassy hop notes, crisp grains, clean barley, clean lager yeast (replete with no esters), and pilsner malts. That's really it; it's a crisp clean balanced light lager with mild depth of flavour and nice flavour duration. There's little to say about it given its simplicity, but I do like it.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, crisp, highly carbonated, light-bodied, unrefreshing, and approachable. Complements the taste decently, but doesn't elevate the beer.
OVERALL: Drinkable, absolutely, but ultimately underwhelming. It's not a stellar beer in its style, and I wouldn't buy it again. Worth trying I guess, but priced rather highly for its quality. The Horizon hopping isn't bad.
C- (2.6)
Mar 24, 2015Served cold into a pilsner glass. Expectations are average.
No bubble show forms as it's poured.
HEAD: ~2-2.5 inch head of white colour. Foamy and frothy. Appears soft. Decent creaminess. Leaves little lacing as it recedes. Retention is above average - ~3 minutes.
BODY: Clear yellow. Clean, with no visible yeast.
Looks typical of the style, but above average. There're no stand-out characteristics.
AROMA: Grassy hops and pilsner malts. Grains.
That's it.
Aromatic intensity is average.
Not a horribly appealing beer aroma, but decent for the style. It's not watery, adjuncty, or cloying.
TASTE: Grassy hop notes, crisp grains, clean barley, clean lager yeast (replete with no esters), and pilsner malts. That's really it; it's a crisp clean balanced light lager with mild depth of flavour and nice flavour duration. There's little to say about it given its simplicity, but I do like it.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, crisp, highly carbonated, light-bodied, unrefreshing, and approachable. Complements the taste decently, but doesn't elevate the beer.
OVERALL: Drinkable, absolutely, but ultimately underwhelming. It's not a stellar beer in its style, and I wouldn't buy it again. Worth trying I guess, but priced rather highly for its quality. The Horizon hopping isn't bad.
C- (2.6)
North By Northwest Northern Light from North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
34 ratings
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