FireBrick
August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
6.11
|
|
Schell’s Firebrick, a refreshing Vienna-style amber lager, is named after the bricks that line the old boilers. It has a hint of hops combined with a subtly maltiness that creates a mild, pleasantly drinkable beer.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle. Filtered brown-orange color. Thin, but respectable head. Sweet medium-dark malt aroma, a touch of seawater. Smooth and sessionable, medium bodied. There is some faint, dry, sandy hop bitterness that helps to balance out the deep, sweet malt tones. Pretty well done, though certainly not world class. Lacks some depth, certainly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2009
at 19:22
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a brownish amber color with a medium head that dies almost immediately, leaving some traces on the side of the glass and a bubbly film on the surface. Aromas are of floral hops and some lemony citrus and spice. Flavor is, first and foremost, watery, but fairly pleasant. Hops flavors come across with a bit of lemon peel and some white pepper. Malt presence makes itself known with an understated biscuit and caramel sweetness and a bit of sticky sweetness. Nice, but not that interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2007
at 21:52
6.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is caramel malts with a little sugar and a doughy smell. Flavor is ok with some good roastyness and a touch of sweetness almost like honey. Not a bad little brew and i have had worse from this brewer.
Tried
on 11 May 2007
at 20:29
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber pour. Flavor is very smooth. Malt, touch of hops, good bitter finish. Nothing too great about this beer, but nice easy beer to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2006
at 08:34
3.2/10
—
Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Not too bitter, but is very similar to pale yellow american beers. The label says all malt. Perhaps the flavor has a bit more than typical mass brewed. This is better than the adirondac saranac vienna I tasted recently. I think Auggie has a pretty good handle on flavor with his variations of ’Schell’ beers.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2006
at 15:48
6.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On Tap. Pours a nice amber color topped off with a nice cream head. there is a hint of citrus and a hint of hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2006
at 20:23
4.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. I belive this was my first beer in this style, back when I visited the Schell Brewery a few year ago. It seemed very likable then, though there are few faults when I try it now. There is a good Vienna malt smell. It pours a nice red with little to no head. Taste is rich and malty, but has the phenolic tang of peated malts. So a bit off, but that’s the risk in this style. Definitely worth looking up if you get a chance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2005
at 21:28
5.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Light red, small head. One dimensional flavor of somewhat sweet malt. Better than many other Vienna’s I have had.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2004
at 04:36