Quidi Vidi Light

Product:   Quidi Vidi Light
Producer: Quidi Vidi Brewing Company
Style:       Light Lager
Made in:   Quidi Vidi, NL, Canada
Alcohol:    4.0% alc./vol.
Price:       $13.69 per 6pk

    Quidi Vidi Village, is just minutes from St. John's. This small fishing village is home to Newfoundland's largest microbrewery. I was fortunate enough to be able to tour the brewery last summer. They offer multiple styles of beers catering to different markets. I'll be sure to put up an entire page about the brewery later. I've talked with Dave Rees, co-founder of QV and he says that QV light is their most popular, and the backbone of QV's revenues.

Appearance:

     Absolutely perfectly clear. Very light in colour. Very Pale yellow. Like most beers a bit of head with the pour, and dissipated to no head at all.

Aroma:

     QV light almost has a floral, grassy aroma. You can smell the malts. It doesn't have a whole lot to really smell in the beer itself. slightly sour smelling and a bit papery. 

Flavour:

      Very mild flavour. A little on the sour side to start, a little bit of sweetness from the malt, and only a very little bit of bitterness from the hops. The beer almost has a metallic taste to it as well. I thought that it was very bland overall. It is very clean though. This beer lacks any discernible flavours or characters that would make this a flavourful beer.

Mouthfeel:

     This beer is very light bodied, and has very little character in the way of mouthfeel. It is very watery and again has a bit of a metallic mouthfeel/aftertaste. Way over-carbonated.

Drinkability:

     QV is very drinkable. Very light in taste and is very clean. It's a little bit bland which could get boring after a few, and its over-carbonated. But if that's what your looking for in a beer I would give it a try, especially if you drink any domestic light beers

      It's unique in the way that it's prepared and I think that this beer is marketed towards Newfoundlanders who want to buy a local and pure beer, but still want to enjoy a light beer. It's a beer, which is all there really is to it. There is nothing special about it as far as flavour goes. What sets this beer apart is that its brewed locally, contains no preservatives and no additives.

   Quidi Vidi Light

1 / 5

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