Natty Greenes Autumnfest Vienna Lager

Brewed by Natty Greenes Pub & Brewing Company
Style: Vienna
Greensboro, North Carolina USA

Serve in Lager glass

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Pours a hazy soft yellow with a thin frothy white head. The nose is fruity, sweet, corn, malty. The flavor is grainy and suffers from the same "foot" flavor the other NG brews do. Crisp mouthfeel with a light grassy hop character.

On tap at NG. Pours a opaque copper color with a fizzy white head. Has hints of yeast, light hops, and finishes kind of sweet. Nothing special here.

Name: Oktoberfest
Date: 09/23/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville

crystal clear yellow, scant head, light sweet bready aroma, malt flavor with a bit of strange tartness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: 4

From notes 8/30/06: Per the board: 5.0% ABV, medium bodied, sweet malt aroma. Pours a very light and soft golden amber color leaning towards a light orange. Very clean, very dilute, easy to see your fingers through the beer as you grasp the pint. Airy, wispy head of off-white forms stubbornly, ultimately reducing to just a thin collar of soapy bubbles. No lacing. Very mild aromatics here. I detect some of that "sweet malt aroma" the board proclaims, but honestly it is rather bland and quiet. Nutty, toasty flavors. As I dive further into the pint (and pints) the two meld into a more pronounced toasted nut character. Gentle blend of German hoppiness. Subtle prickliness. Sweetness of the malts easily tempered by a bitter feel. "Medium bodied" is appropriate. Smooth and clean with a slight tingle in the back of the palate after the swallow.