Malt Shovel Two-Row Lager

passiona lager by honestjohn @ 07, May 2007
He's back. The reviewer who strikes fear into the hearts of goo producers everywhere. If Passiona (you know, the soft drink that used to come in purple cans) were a beer, this would be it. Now I know this is trendy and uses boutique hops and all that, but it's just not my cup of, er , beer flavoured soft drink. Presumably based on Mac's Gold All Malt Lager. I dunno, if you like it go ahead and experiment. Can't fault them for the hops in the can, though - nice to see portions of whole hops in the goo rather than the ubiquitous invisible isohop extract. Deserve an extra star for that.

Fruity/Spicy Lager by Ray - Email Reviewer @ 21, Oct 2006
Brewed can as per instructions and got a lager with an alcoholic volume of 5.3%. The aroma is fruity/spicy - sort of reminds me of the filling in a mince pie. In terms of taste it has a bit more bite than the usual lager. It's not bad but have tasted better brews. I agree with the last reviewer, it would be a better drop if the kit was mixed with other ingedients.

european style lager by the professor - Email Reviewer @ 31, Aug 2005
Made to 11.5 litres with supplied yeast. The yeast is Saflager S-189,a quality yeast which will ferment at low temperatures. Each can is infused with hop pellets before being sealed. Yes, it is chunky, but don't complain, those are real hops! I racked it to a secondary when fermentation was complete and let it sit for two weeks. If you can do this, or at least let the beer settle in the primary after fermentation has completed, you will get a clear, bright, fresh, crisp lager. A quality kit.

by Backlane Brewery - Email Reviewer @ 20, Mar 2005
I got this for Xmas, made it up as per instructions. It was full of hop pellets, but nothing was said about filtering etc in the instructions. The beer is OK, think I kept it within temp. range, but looks awful with chunks of crap floating in it.

Not too malty but yum by Steve - Email Reviewer @ 10, Jan 2005
It is malty but yum. It actually comes with a true lager yeast as I ferment it at about 12 degrees. With this yeast though I fingd that it does not ferment to a very low FG so some rousingof the yeast prior to secondary is very important, also critical to areate the wort well prior to adding the yeast. Highly recommended kit thoug, probably the best I have ever used.

2 row lager by Gavin - Email Reviewer @ 10, Jan 2005
Found this to be too malty, makes quite a chunky beer. Have since blended with a straight pale malt and doubled the volume with great results.