Lake & Trail
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Rotating|
Score
7.23
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shrubber (14989) reviewed Lake & Trail from New Holland Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Honey, barley malt, and hay aroma. Dark amber with small head. Moderately sweet honey, creamy barley malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body and balance. Excellent.
superspak (10209) reviewed Lake & Trail from New Holland Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/12/2019. Pours crystal clear deep golden amber, light orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of nuttiness, herbal, floral, wood, grass, peppercorn, and pine. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of nuttiness, herbal, floral, wood, grass, peppercorn, and pine. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, citrus peel/zest, caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, wood, grass, peppercorn, and pine on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Slight lingering resins through the glass. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a delicious amber lager. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Great balance between juicy/vibrant/earthy hops, and clean dark/bready malts. Mild residual sweetness with crisp drying. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively well made style example as expected. Did not expect it to be as hoppy as it was, but hardly overpowering.