Steinlager Classic

Brewed by Lion Breweries - NZ (Lion Nathan Co.)
Style: Pale Lager
Auckland, New Zealand

Not a bad pale lager. Tasted a lot like Heineken or many other green bottled beers, slightly bitter/skunky, but it finished smooth.

This beer is only a very slight improvement over the "tinted waters" of BudMillerCoors. It does lack the grain alcohol presence that’s in those beers

Pours a nice straw yellow with a medium white head that laces well. Nose is lager yeast, noble hops, faint soap. Clean, crisp taste, slight hops notes at the end. Not too sweet, no cloying notes. Excellent pale lager.

This is a typical beer with no real outstanding characteristics...nothing I would seek out.

Date: 03/29/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

clean yellow, light head, good bubbles, strong hop taste,
-------- /> Date: 05/18/2005
Score: ii to i
Words: Bottle
Words: Tasting

clear yellow, whispy white head, sweet malt aroma, good body, light sweet malt flavor, touch of bitterness, good but not exciting

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Score: 4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

12. oz bottle in a Boag’s footed pilsner...inch and a half frothy foam that slowly dissipates...active champagne-like effervescence...a little yellowish in the gold...aroma is evident from a few feet away (and outdoors!)...familiar metallic tin with banana notes...a bit of "earth" detected as well....slick, oily consistency...flat metallic aftertaste...reminiscent of Miller Lite...holy beer pong balls, Batman! The start reaks of Silo cup and the end feels like I’m rollling them back across the table...I intended to have this as a tailgate apertif for the Yanks/O’s game today--good thing I celebrated the O’s win with this a few days later...this one shouldn’t hit high in the order....

In the bottle. Pale yellow with the effervescent white head. Horrid skunky aroma that smells like road kill on a summer day. Yeech. Flavor is not an improvement. I’ll be on the lookout for this in a light protected format so as to search for whatever mild characteristics this may be imagined to have.

Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is of toasted malts, hay, and maybe a hint of floral hops. Flavor is watery with hints of toasted malts, hay, and a floral finish. It’s ok for a pale lager but I won’t drink much of this.