Granville Island Brewing Cypress Honey Lager American Pale Lager at 4.7% ABV (C$2.04 at NLC Stavanger, 355 ml, bottle date 10-Mar-2016, acquired 11-Jun-2016, reviewed 12-Jun-2016)
Appearance: clear pale gold with a short-lived white head, minimal patchy lacing. (3/5) Aroma: grassy, pale crackery malt, corn, honey, light fruit. (5/10) Taste: moderate sweet, mild bitter. (5/10) Light body, moderate carbonation, medium-dry and crisp mildly bitter finish. (3/5)
Unsurprisingly, it’s pretty similar to their Island Lager. The honey is definitely present, but doesn’t make the beer appreciably sweeter. It’s also not significantly better in any realistic way. One could certainly make for a decent break from the other, perhaps. I could see alternating between the two on a hot day floating on the Shuswap, for example. Again, however, I wouldn’t necessarily go looking for this. (11/20)
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