Heartland Brewery Empire Premium Beer - Heartland Brewery Union Square

emsroth

New York

4.15/5  rDev +21.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

On tap into a pint

App: Pure gold with nice lace. No head, but that is probably a result of a bad pour.

Smell: Sweet and sour fruit, lemon and melon perhaps?

Taste: Strong grainy malt with a moderate spicy bitterness. Finishes absolutely clean.

Fully refreshing this summer day.

Serving type: on-tap

07-14-2009 19:53:18 | More by emsroth

Nickls

District of Columbia

3.03/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

(From notes)

A - Light clear yellow color with a half finger of really foamy white head. OK curtains of lacing at first, but doesn't continue throughout sample

S - Light malty graininess; some earthy hops; really have to try hard to pick anything out here

T - Grassy hop bitterness that is very, very mild; grainy and a bit of corn husk

M - Lightish; pretty muted carbonation; a little watery

D - Just OK given the graininess and lack of zip in the taste department

Overall, not a great example of the style and certainly not a brew that I would revisit.

Serving type: on-tap

06-27-2009 20:16:56 | More by Nickls

orcasteve

North Carolina

2.9/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

light and a almost transperant clear yello, the sent was suprising with great nots of citrius but the tast is lacking. a tuch sour and grainey with a lemon kiss and no hops to speak of, this one is like any crapy macro lager on the market. the novelity of being served at the empire state building is the only good thing with this one

Serving type: on-tap

08-02-2008 15:21:44 | More by orcasteve

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear gold. Nose is kind of bitter and grainy. Flavor is slightly dough like with a bitter tone. Feel is slightly thick for the liquid and normal for the bubble on the tongue. Decent, but no great shakes here. Basically a standard type of brew.

Serving type: on-tap

12-31-2007 04:44:40 | More by RblWthACoz

PatandDavid

Massachusetts

3.28/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I had this one on tap at the Empire State building location, but didn't see where I could add it there. And it was a lager, but I chose light lager, if it needs to be amended, please do so. Pretty pale golden yellow in the glass. White frothy head disipated quickly, but it did leave some white spiderweb style lacing in my glass. Low citrusy aroma. Medium mouthfeel. Tastewise it's a bit malty, burst of citrus in the finish. I am reminded of a Euro lager with this one.

Serving type: on-tap

09-17-2005 14:33:54 | More by PatandDavid