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

12 oz bottle. Clear gold with a bubbly, slightly off white head. Lots of carbonation - bubbles racing to the head. Sweet grain and mildly grassy hop nose. Sweet, crisp grain flavors, mild malt, a bit of grass. Finish leaves something to be desired - not unpleasant, just devoid of flavor. Still, not bad, better than expected.

Pours a pale yellow with a thin fizzy white head. Aroma of skunk, and grass. A weak hoppy flavour with a sour finish. Watery and uninteresting.

Bottle. Much like other pale lagers, but has a practically nonexistent finish. Better than US macro counterparts. Nice and cheap in New Zealand, but don’t bother paying too much for it elsewhere.

330 ml bottle. Shaker glass. Golden with a small head. Aroma - hoppy with some grain. Not much here. Slightly bitter and watery. Maybe a little skunky. Oh well, check New Zealand off the list.

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.