King Vienna Lager

Brewed by King Brewery
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Nobleton, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Winding down from a night at Indie Ale House and Bellwoods Brewery. Unpretentious, well made, refreshing and flavourful.

Pours a clear copper color with a fluffy off-white head that leaves a bunch of lace. Aroma of rich vienna malts, caramel, lightly toasted and clean lager characteristic. Taste is malt complexity up front with lightly toasted vienna malts and a dry finish. The caramel present in this beer isn’t too style and overall it’s a bit too clean and astringent.

On tap. Clear dark gold with a white fizzy head. Aroma is caramel malt, slight biscuit, grass. Watery mouthfeel. Grain grass and honey. Makes it sound better than it is, but all and all, it’s a decent lager with a little added character from the sweetness and grass. Well done for a style im not crazy about. I ordered it because I was thirsty and it didn’t disappoint. Could have 6 of these on a hot day.

Bouteille 341ml. De couleur ambrée-dorée et claire. Nez de caramel sucré aux notes rôties et terreuses, léger de noix, de miel et de houblon herbeux aux notes florales et métalliques. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux faibles notes crémeuses et aqueuses. Faibles notes fruitées (agrumes) accompagné de notes de cuir terreux lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un moyen goût de grains de malt caramélisés et très légèrement rôtis puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût de noix (voire d’arachides naturelles) asséchant avec une légère amertume de houblon herbeux ainsi que quelques notes métalliques. Post-goût moyen-court et un peu sec, légèrement amer de houblon herbeux avec un léger goût métallique, rôti et de noix.

Tap, smooth, crisp and a nice body, finishes with a nice cereal flavour, overall it was pretty decent, drinkable

Bottle: Poured a light clear copper color Vienna with a medium foamy head with good carbonation and some light lacing. Aroma of biscuit malt with light caramel malt is good. Taste is dominated by light dry caramel malt with light gain notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Nothing really special here.

Clear coppery slightly red pour without much head. Strong ’beer smell’ Very generic, lager, smells like a beer smell. Distinct mouth I didn’t expect from the nose. Light, dry and easy to drink. Some floral tastes in the middle that comes quick and fades quick. Bit of lingering hopps in the aftertaste. Not bad at all. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing really stands out either.

Bottle. Light chestnut appearance. Enlivening aromas of strawberry and plum plus a vague chocolate background. Surprisingly bready flavour profile lacks refreshment, ending the bottle in disappointment.

[bottle] Grain and toasted malt aroma with some faint apricot and apple and a very slight touch of ethanol. Clear amber under a thick, off-white ring. Toasty and very malty flavour with faint cardboard and a clean dry finish. Low bitterness. Light body, moderate carbonation, very slight bitter finish.

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2012 341ml brown bottle. Gold and clear in the glass. The head is large and white with decent lace rings. Nose has sweet malt with some light fruitiness. Taste is fairly clean, grassy notes, grain and light bread, light caramel. Finish has light grains and grassy bite. Light body with medium carb. Overall light and drinkable, but I prefer their Pils.