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Samson Original Dark Lager apparently has "Budweiser" in the name in its native land. The bottle has a man with wild hair and a twisty moustache on the front.
I drank it in a pint glass, slightly cooled, with veggie (lentil) shepherd's pie. Although the label says "noir" en français, it's actually dark reddish-brown but not opaque. It has a somewhat thin head, and lots of big bubbles. The initial taste is sweet, a little heavy and taffy-like. There's no bitterness or "green" unroasted flavour, or toastiness — it is quite smooth and easy to drink. While I think I got the temperature of the beer right (maybe 20 minutes in the fridge down from our ambient temperature of 28 degrees), I think I got the temperature of the room a bit wrong — this definitely tasted like winter beer. It was pretty tasty tonight, but I think it would have been much better while still shivering from Ottawa winter. It reminds me a bit of Sleeman Dark, or of many of the house beers at Brutopia in Montréal.
I drank it in a pint glass, slightly cooled, with veggie (lentil) shepherd's pie. Although the label says "noir" en français, it's actually dark reddish-brown but not opaque. It has a somewhat thin head, and lots of big bubbles. The initial taste is sweet, a little heavy and taffy-like. There's no bitterness or "green" unroasted flavour, or toastiness — it is quite smooth and easy to drink. While I think I got the temperature of the beer right (maybe 20 minutes in the fridge down from our ambient temperature of 28 degrees), I think I got the temperature of the room a bit wrong — this definitely tasted like winter beer. It was pretty tasty tonight, but I think it would have been much better while still shivering from Ottawa winter. It reminds me a bit of Sleeman Dark, or of many of the house beers at Brutopia in Montréal.
