Steinlager Classic

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

I would love to try this at the brewery...not because its a good beer but I’d like to try it before it gets skunky light struck. Faint malt flavor and some bitterness bu the skunk overpowers everything!

golden yellow with white heavy carbonation. little to no nse slight skunked nose. bitter up front flavors and skunkiness that dwindles down to a rusty flavor. some corn or rice finishes.

Excellent head, slightly darker then most American Macros, smooth taste, but typical of a green bottled beer. Slight skunky oder, but overall worth a try.

poured fast ,excellent head with lacing,budweiser colour.the head was soon gone and so was the taste. I could taste NO adjunks.A swell oceanside racing beer.Recentlly imported into MN....after many years. I am up to 16,ready to rumble,can’t say that 4 a lot of beers.Steinlager is a good beer!Hot summmer daze.

While pouring the beer into the glass a huge flood of skunkiness caught me. After the pour the aroma was still quite skunky with corn and cobwebs. Not looking forward to the taste at this point. The appearance looks okay clear golden with lively carbonation. The taste leaves much to be desired - very thin metallic taste with the skunky qualities. Unfortunately that lingers in on the finish with an unpleasant bitterness. The finish lingers quite a bit as well. Gets slightly more drinkable after being in the glass for a bit. Nice lacing and head retention This was in a 330ml bottle. I have had this previously in 750ml and don’t remember it being this bad. It will be quite a while before I try this one again.

The bottle poured a sparkling clear pale yellow beverage with a small rocky white head that was mostly diminishing and left good lacing on the glass. The aroma had notes of hay and grassy hops along with the malt aroma of light bread in the background. The body was light with lively carbonation and a watery texture, initially. It had a light, refreshing finish that was average in length with a slight astringency to it. The flavor started off lightly bitter and finished that way as well.

This tasted like a German Pils to me. And that is worth at least a mediocre review. Was disappointed when I poured this, looked like pale macro slop. But okay head with good retention. Lively beer, heavy hops in the aroma, somewhat creamy palate too, which was a nice surprise. Dry finish.

When I first took a sniff at it, it had a faint skunky scent to it, and I prepared for the worst...Steinlager was not that bad! It had a clean, grassy, astringent taste to it. Recommended.