Shiner Blonde

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Pilsener
Shiner, Texas USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

12oz bottle-Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of grains, malt, and a little sweetness. Taste of the same with a grainy corn aftertaste along with some dryness. This light bodied brew is typical from Spoetzl.

Pours pale yellow, slight head. Slightly skunky aroma. Taste, one word: mediocre. Even for a pilsener, it’s just flat and lifeless. That being said, there’s certainly a lot worse out there more deserving of scores below 2, but that doesn’t excuse this one.

Bottle from the Coop in Davis, CA. Label is a bit toned down these days. PIcture is of a couple of guys. Brassy gold color with a decent white head. Aroma is grain, and the hop I hoped for, I didn’t get. Near medium body with fizzy/creamy carbonation. Flavor is a mix of pale malt and grain with a wet paper taste substituting for hop. There is hop, because there is a light burn in the finish. Unless that’s the 4.4%! Blah, ’sa rite, but why? MY ANTLERS ARE BAKED.

Pours a pale yellow with almost no head. Grainy aroma. Thin and watery with little taste. Miller High Life has more character.

I’ve had this beer numerous times, and it never disappoints me, though it’s not the best I’ve had.

12 oz bottle. Pours clear bright gold. Frothy head, no lacing. Tones of honey. Not much going on with flavor, boring beer.

Smells almost of nothing, faintly of wheat. Tastes similar to their bock, but without the nice flavor. Not terrible.

Bottled. Pours clear, pale yellow with a small white head. No real lacing. Not much going on in the flavour or aroma. Just a little malt and less hop. Very thing mouthfeel. Refreshing but not much going on. Below average pils.