Heater Allen Abzug

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Brewed by Heater Allen Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
McMinnville, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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RATINGS: 14 MEAN: 3.57/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.31 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 114 ABV: 3.8%

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In the mid to late 1800s, Viennese brewers produced a series of amber lager beers. The strongest was what we now call Marzen or Oktoberfest and the middle beer was just called Vienna. The weakest of the three was called Abzug, which means discount or reduction in German. With less lagering time and a much lower original gravity, Abzug lacks some of the smoothness of Bobtoberfest, but it make a very nice session beer. (1.013 BG, 3.80%, 28 IBU, 8 SRM)

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3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

craftycarl21 (2025) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - JAN 23, 2013

Bottle thanks to GT2. Light toffee colored pour. Nose and flavor bring caramel and light spicy hop profile. Drinkable, but to be expected for a <4% brew. Definitely a Vienna and true to style, but not really captivating in any way. I could crush a bomber, but I didn’t really love the stuff.

3.3

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

Beardface (1509) - Eugene, Oregon, USA - MAR 11, 2009

On tap at Horse Brass. Nice clear amber pour with a nice bone-white head. Nice malt and bread aromas and flavors with a bit of a hop grassiness. Not a bad beer, but probably my least favorite from Heater-Allen so far.

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

GT2 (5658) - Riverslime, California, USA - JAN 16, 2013

651mL thanks to brainlair. Pours a clear, orange with soapy, white foam. Okay to weak formation and soapy lacing. Nose is celery, tomato, whole wheat cracker, German malt, some soap. Taste is lemon detergent, some oil, mild wheat cracker, strange. Palate is densely malty, light grassy bitterness. Feels extremely German, but not necessary complete, fresh, or very good.

0.5

AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20

billhammond (1) - - OCT 19, 2012 does not count

The beer man not be that bad but the brewmaster is an awful jackass. I usually like to support locals but this man treats people like garbage.

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