Augsburger Golden

Formerly brewed at Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Nice surprise - overheard the guy across the aisle from me on a Northwest flight from Baton Rouge to Memphis ask what kind of beer they had and the Mary Steenburgen look-alike flight attendant mentioned something called Augsburger - surely there was not a beer I had not rated on an airplane! Pours a slightly murky medium golden from the can with a brief pithy white head. Faint hoppy aroma with some grassy notes, faint hints of metal. Flavor has some honey sweet notes, a bit of cake mix sweetness and a smidgen of cheap lager plainness - but overall decent. Mouthfeel is slightly thin and it metallicizes in the finish. Not bad.

The nose is a light bready malt and some stale corn syrup. I’m not sure where the hops are. One would think a hophead could pick up the Cascade, at least. The taste is sweet but old bread and some metallic bitterness. I wish I could say I drank this on a bet, but I did pay money for it. Luckily, not a lot.

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Bottle - I noticed that there weren’t too many comments on this beer so I figured I would make it my first review. It poured light golden with little head. The aroma is weak and doesn’t add much to the drinking experience. It’s a light, easy to drink lager that should definitly be tried. It tastes like several of the danish lagers that I have tried in the past. It’s a great beer to drink with friends who may not be beer geeks.

Another beer that somepeople think is an Import from Bavaria, but is actually made by Stevens Point Brewery. Still, though its a darn good crisp beer. If you love Golden, Wheat, and grain tasting beers, then you are in heaven. Also, if you love the smell of those characteristics, you have to try this beer. In my opinion, this is definetly one of those beers where you either love it or hate it.

Bottle and served in my SN pint glass:

Wow, they still make this brand? I had to pick up the bottle in a mixer sixer (along with the 3 another Stevens Point brews I just rated and a GI IPA and Honkers) . Pours a clean straw hue with a fizzzy head and minimal lace. The nose is well... CORN and DMS! Veggie lovers unite for this beer is just for ya! If there is any Cascade goodness here, I am unable (even with my top notch nose) to detect any. Oh, there is some bready pale malt esters about, but so what. The taste is equally subpar, with a redeeming leafy and mild bitter quality. But geez, that veggie off flavor just killed any hope I had of enjoying the flavor found within. The palate is not half bad really, sort of refreshing with a lively and crisp note. Overall, this s**ks and I am probably being nice with my total score of 1.7, honestly. (What the heck was Dan drinking by the way?)

Poured a light yellow color. The aroma is light corn and carrots. The taste has some carrots and celery. This also has some corn notes. Sampled at the 2005 Iowa City Beer Festival.

This was good when Monarch brewed it in Chi-town in the late 70’s early 80’s... Point got ahold of it after Huber and made it FANTASTIC!! Like a Good German Brew without the lingering bitterness.... Take one bottle of the Golden and one bottle of the Augsburger Dark and mix it...It’s da beer bomb!! Like Beck’s only tastier and less bitter! Good Job Stevens Point!!

Light gold. Nose toasty, sweet, a bit bitter. Flavor is some sweet malts, bready, a mite toasty. Decent hop bite. Surprisingly hefty, good palate, accentuates the malts. This was my dad’s favorite beer many years ago and it’s actually better than I expected.