Gusswerk Steinbier

Brewed by Brauerei Gusswerk
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Salzburg, Austria

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Very faint smell of malts and... rubber? Hazy amber colour, small white head. Aroma is somehow artificial, not pleasant. Somewhat malty and sugary. Fruitier when a bit less chilled. Also, a lot better.

Bottled 330ml (Alko, BB 08/2012, alc. 5.6 %)
Pale amber color, vanishing head. Grainy, papery aroma, light herbal notes. Medium-bodied. Sweetish malty, a bit grainy flavor, some fruityness. Quite soft palate. Maybe closer to some kind of kellerbier than Märzen (except the color). Harmless.

Bottle. Copper colour, small white head. Malty aroma with hoppy notes. Malt, slightl sweetness and toffee in the flavour. Medium bodied.

(Bottled, rated 2011-10-23) Slightly hazy, deep copper with a small, completely fading head. Toffee-caramely nose with some peaty maltiness and metal. Caramely-malty, lightly hopped flavor with some citrusness, but overall quite stuffy. Pretty light body, low CO2. Dull, stuffy and boring.

500ml bottle (Alko Arkadia, Helsinki)
Slightly watery. Yet strangely fullish. Good bitter bite. Slight eco graininess. Maybe too warm to be refreshing. Did like the fullness of the flavour, but the eco aspects count against it.

33cl bottle from Alko. Poured dark amber with a thin head, that almost immediately disappeared. Ugly. Low carbonation. Aroma has some weak caramel notes along with some herbal notes. Flavor is caramel and yeast. Very boring and quite a mess.

0.33 l bottle from Alko. Copper color. The aroma of dry graininess, toffee and some caramel. Toffeish and bready flavor with herbal bitterness and dry graininess. Medium body, low carbonation. Somewhat flat taste with no highlights.

Very insignificant. some hoppy hints light maltiness but very light and... light.