Brick Yellow Label Lager

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Another bad product from the Brick Brewery. A pale copper colour with no head, and a grainy aroma that has a skunky smell to it. The flavour is malt and aluminum. Not a great combination. Very hard to find now.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Very good-not great, in the bottle, despite the cheesy plastic bottle 4-pack, and absolutley mind-blowing on tap, even better than Red Cap. In Toronto, there is a little portuguese bar on queen west by between Ossington and Lansdowne on the North side called The Dome Restaurant, where they have this and Red Cap on tap. Only place where I've seen it. Try it. For $2 a pint, you can't go wrong.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This stuff flows like tap water in KW (Kitchener-Waterloo). University pubs have made this brew a staple in bottle and keg. I thought I was immune to it but after a long lay-off, I can do a reassessment with a clean palate. I cracked a Brick "yellow label" today at a friend's and yup....it's the same. Pours a pale amber, no head to speak of, pleasant malt smell, little else. Smooth start, pleasant light malt on the tongue and a smooth finish with a slight hop aftertaste...this for all intent and purpose, is draught lager. I'm sure it's not marketed as such because that horse has been whipped to death, but this is draught. Sorry, that’s how it comes off. It's also why so much of this stuff gets quaffed in pubs and patio parties.