 17thfloor (590), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 1, 2008
A dark amber colored lager with large bubbles and a medium beige frothy head. Great nose! Bready, some caramel malt, and hoppy aroma. O... its a vienna that makes more sense =p. Toasty, slightly burned, caramel malt flavor with a modest hop bit. Very sweet and bitter. Doesn’t come close to Eliot Ness in terms of character or balance. The malt is almost syrupy. Tastes like an English lager more than a Vienna.
jcp23 (40), Duluth, Georgia, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Bottle BB 7/08 into tulip. Wow!! Best lager I’ve ever tasted - hands down. Had just about written off lagers personally, but finally getting around to trying this jewel has my faith restored. I’ve been saved! NO typical lager nastiness. Handsome, deep, clear amber pour, with accompanying white foam. Some light lacing on the glass. Couldn’t really detect any particular aroma, rather I experienced a bright, fresh, clean aura, for which I reward it points. The flavor is delectable, with a clean, crisp malt character that lingers ever so pleasantly on the tongue. The delicate, floral hops just radiate and meld beautifiully with the malt to create a sublimely integrated balance. The malt and the hops are equally apparent, assertive, distinct, and enjoyable. Stunning and gripping dry finish, not unlike a good Cabernet. And all this from a bottle that is supposedly past its prime. And I’m impressed! I’m waxing. I salute your flagship, Mr. Oliver!
Gary__ (35), London, Greater London, England
Jul 21, 2008 Props to this lager.Nothing flashy but its very adequate session swiller. Big grapefruity hop tang. Its a bit like drinking a classy air-freshener . I’m surprised this aint called "Brooklyn Vienna lager’ its sorta misleading if you’re acustomed to lager resembleing piss .Amber shade this brew.
hophead_hans (555), Bay Area, California, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Bottle. Not the standard Pilsener style lager. Pours with a darker color than expected, essentially amber. Very malty and not so much spicy hops in there, in style indeed closer to an amber ale than anything else. Nonetheless it is a well balanced beer with a fairly robust body.
McGarnigle (149), Rochester, New York, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Bottle drink by Sept 08. Clear copper/amber, white head. Very flavorful lager, but like most Vienna lagers. Sweet malts are overwhelmed by hops. Floral and aromatic, but ultimately, citrusy and bitter. Cascade are used and come through (this isn’t too far off from an APA or Amber ale). Lots of bite and some pilsner-like scratchiness going down.
Chantdaddy (19), New Jersey, USA
Jul 15, 2008 ...this beer is really trying to be something it’s not...an amber ale. While pre-prohibition lagers were typically more malty and bit more hopped, they weren’t supplemented with crystal (or any other type of caramel) malt, as this beer is. Pre-prohibition lagers were made with what was available at the time, which were, more often than not, things like 6-Row Pale malt, wheat, corn, etc. ... not english or german style malted grains...those came later. The ingredients in this brew smack of American amber ale...(sans the lager yeast)...not any style of lager. While this brew is certainly better than a Sam Adam’s lager offering, it’s really no better than any good homebrew... and it isn’t a pre-prohibition lager.
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