1516 Lager

Brewed by 1516 Brewing Company
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Vienna, Austria

Serve in Lager glass

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Draught at the brewpub. Hazy pale yellow colour. Big stable white head. The flavour is nicely dusty, slightly sweet, quite malty. Hint of citrus, refreshing here.

<i>Draught at the brewpub. </i> Hazy glden, creamy head. Sweet with creamy malt. Mild and easy drinking, soft and light-medium bodied. Finishes with low bitterness. Typical Viennese style helles, and arguably the most well made beer at 1516, although also the least experimental.

On tap at the brewpub. An easy drinking lager, slightly hazy gold in colour with dusty hops, some sweetish malts and a short dry finish. Ok.

Tap @ 1516 Brewing Company, Vienna.
Pours a pale, greenish, golden with a small, creamy, white head. Good lacing. Aroma has light butterscotch and some doughy malts. Weak hoppiness, flowery and grassy. Okay mouthfeel. Flavour is nicely hoppy, grainy and a bit of butter. Frankly better than its current ratings.

Pours a straw yellow color with a white head. Aroma is light malt and a hint of grain. Flavor is light malt with a light peppery bitter finish.

100ml draught at this amazing brewpub downtown in Wien. Slightly hazy, blond coloured body with a thin, white head. Mild and fresh aroma of fruits and malts. Lightly dry hopped flavour supported by apples. Dry ending. Easy to drink (30.11.2007).

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 5
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 5     Lasting: 4     Lacing : 5
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 1   Bread : XX   Apple : 1   Tropical Fruits : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 2   Pilsner : 3   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : XX   Hay : 2   Toasty : 2   Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 2
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 1  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 1   Farmy : XX   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 4   Clean : XX   Crisp : 2   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX

Comments: Simple again, effervescent and rather crisp helles with a certain mineral backbone and a lean dry palate.

Yellow colored, slightly hazy appearance. Medium sized white head. Clean lager aroma with malts and mild yeast, hints of lemon also there. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is the same: lemon and yeast, stil crispy palate. Aftertaste dries strongly with yeast. Does not differ very radically from pilsner.

Draught@brewpub, Vienna
Slightly hazy pale yellow color, small white head. Light citric nose. Citric Hallertau-type hops in the flavor. Decent helles.

Draught at the brewpub: Sourly aroma, notes of malt and straw. Light hoppy and grainy. Cloudy, light yellow color, foamy head. Fresh ans strawy flavor. Greassy hop notes. Light bitter hopped end. Quite average.