Steinlager Classic

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Bright white micro head meringues and craters as it slowly recedes leaving spider lacing. Bright malt and mild hop aromas. Light and crisp with lemon and hops from front to back. Sour finish.

Bottle 330ml.
Clear light yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, grian, toasted, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081231]

Pours a translucent light yellow. Aroma is funky grass. Very small head that holds longer than expected. Crisp light taste that holds up with the aroma - grass, light and tinny lager funk. I’m not a huge lager fan, but it certainly is drinkable. No palate to speak of; the way it tastes at the start is the way it tastes at the finish. Pleasant beer to drink if you just want to throw a quick one back...

Bottle. Pours a golden yellow with a small white head that slowly fades. Taste is of malt, grass and some hops. Has a light sweetness and some bitterness. Leaves my mouth feeling dry. Similar aroma. Easy to drink. An enjoyable pale lager that is worth picking up.

Poured clear golden yellow, skunky, malty, grassy, corn, grain, earthy hops.

Overall Impression: Eh, OK, but hardly memorable, wouldn’t turn one down, but wouldn’t go out my way to get it.

Not sure I can remember another NZ beer that I’ve tried, is there another one I’m forgetting? I don’t know.

Golden pour with white head. Aroma sweet grain and lite hops. Malty flavor with dry finish. Ok standard lager.

Bottle. Poured yellow woth a fizzy white head. Smelled of grain malt. Tasted of corn, grain, and straw. Slight grassy hop finish. Decent carbonation. Overall pretty good beer.