Magister Tostada

Brewed by Magister Fabrica de Cervezas
Style: Vienna
Madrid, Spain

Draught. Clear deep amber colour, short beige head. Aroma is lightly strange sourish with caramel and toasted malt. Ok mouthfeel. Sweet frutish toasty malty caramellic flavour. Lightly sweet toasty finish. Drinkable beer with a mild infection.

Draught at the brewpub Hazy muddy brown body. Off-white creamy head with an excellent lace. Aroma has some hops, smoke, orange, lemon, grapefruit. Not the aroma one would expect from a beer like this. Lightly bitter flavour, not so intense and even somewhat watery. The aroma was interesting, the flavour not that much.

Keg at magister, october 07. Opaque black color with a creamy, medium sized cremé head. Buttery, slightly toasted aroma. Toasty malts flavor plus some irish yeastiness with some slight coffee notes at the end. Nice. Creamy, silky motufeel. Filling, pleasant and moreish. Can´t discern if it´s on nitro. Nice, creamy, filling stout.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 5     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2     Lasting: 3     Lacing : 3
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : XX   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 2   Pilsner : 2   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : XX   Hay : XX   Toasty : 3   Caramel : 2   Honey : XX   Cereals : XX   Grainy : 2
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : 1   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 1   Farmy : XX   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : 1   Crisp : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 1   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX

Comments: Simplistic, toasted lager with a mild fruity flavour profile and a blatant negligence of hops.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours deep brown with a little dense off-white head. Very minor caramel malt aroma. Flavour holds a soft caramel malt flavour, this clearly is toasted rather than roasted :). Ends with a mild bitterness. Again not much going on here, but has some more to offer compared to the blond.

On tap at Magister. Poured a deeper smoky caramel with a creamy cap of off-white head. Lightly-toasted caramel and toffee notes in the aroma (as advertised) with light herbal accents.. simple and somewhat enjoyable. The flavor was of lightly-toasted caramel and sweet fruity sugars with light hints of herbal and citrusy bitterness.. long-ish sweet finish. Lighter-bodied with a creamy middle and mild bitterness.

First pour of a brand new batch, on tap. The aroma was weak, but I don’t think I should penalize it for that. The color was a muddy brown, with a beige head, and that’s after I let it settle for a while. Depending on how you translate it, tostada can mean toasted, and they aren’t joking. It was smoky and it had a very bitter aftertaste. I’d like to try this when it’s had a little bit more time to age and settle.

The same, but alittle better, very dark in colour, almost like a Leon, from MExico, but flavorless at all.