Briskly clean copper-toned Vienna lager retains stylish richness thru mild spicy caramel malting and earthen Noble hop bittering. But its frisky carbolic fizz leaves some phenol astringency upon tangy orange-grapefruit respite while detaining honeyed biscuit sweetness.
Lamely directionless moderation lacks decent toasted Vienna malt presence, proper navel orange tartness and necessary hop bittering. Instead, dirty earthen mineral graining scruffs up musty lemongrass nothingness.
Drab light-bodied amber-cleared Vienna lager tastes more like a washed-out pilsner at first. But its understated toasted rye spicing sweetens softly over astringent raw-honeyed wheat straw midst and gluey cardboard bottom. Moldy dried fruiting and mild tobacco crisping lost to carbolic hop fizz. Try it with a lime while eating Mexican food.
On tap at Dog & Cask, sessionable amber lager brings raw-honeyed lemon rot souring to the fore. Mild grapefruit bittering contrasts sassy sugared spicing just below pale-malted grassy hop stead. Baked bread, barley biscuit and toasted caramel undertones fade abruptly.
Complacent moderation (formerly Heavy Seas Marzen) lacks focus and gets washed-out. Buttered biscuit-like Vienna malting, phenol-spiced lemony orange nip and toasted white bread spine stay thin. Cardboard-y caramelization needs sugary boost.
Disturbing Turkish moderate body retains nasty compost waft, off-putting vegetal dredge, and lemon-rotted tangerine souring. Astringent grassy hop swamping, mild cabbage skunking and musty yeast unpleasantness confine crisp water flow. Skip.
Unbalanced moderate-to-medium-bodied Vienna-styled dark amber lager brewed in collaboration with Germany’s Potts Brewery lacks sturdy stylistic theme (and decent flavoring), becoming endlessly ponderous by peculiar maibock-soured finish. Rotted lemon-peeled bittering reaches dour hop-spiced orange-dried acridity over nutty tobacco-leafed desiccation and muddy earthen peat fungi. Blanched cherry-grape fruiting lost amongst raw-honeyed astringency and phenol carbolic fuzz.
Bland caramelized amber differs from most agave-enhanced Mexican brews. Pleasant hop fizz persists, but processed grain sweetness cheapens dry tinny finish. Supposed full-bodied Vienna-style lager is too unsophisticated and inconsequential. ’10 re-tasting: tawny-hued Ambar (a.k.a. Amber) gained richer honey-malted barley-roasted hop-toasted caramel nougat center and slightest pecan-walnut tinge. Minor Scotch notch not unlike Michelob Premium Lager.
Doughy frontage receives staid malt sweetness as off-dry earthen graining, recessive rye-wheat conflux, and fresh hay leathering pick up orange-oiled fruitiness dulled by astringent husked corn missive.
Respectable moderate-bodied amber-yellowed Vienna lager hides dainty mocha malt whir beneath hop-embittered barley-cracked wheat husk. Watery flow softens richer-than-expected grain finish that gently lingers.
Mildly bitter-grained spice-hopped amber lager places toasted barley-oats sweetness atop bland Vienna malting and off dry orange astringency. Indifferent finish softens too quickly.