Crossroads Vienna Lager
Caboose Brewing Company in Vienna, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.28
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
draught from northside 10. Pours a clear amber brown without ton of head. Clean malts, pretty OK but nothing spectacular.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very clear copper and light brown coloured body with a very thin, fast-dying just off-white head. Aroma of crisp grainy malts with some biscuits, yeast and a dose of floral notes with a light dose of hop bitterness and a slightly sweet scent from fruits towards the end. Light-bodied; Strong grainy malts with a lot of earthy and slightly nutty pungency with some astringency, a lot of yeast and a dose of hay and grasses as well, but some very subtle sweetness comes through from stone fruits and a dose of caramelised sugars as well. Aftertaste shows some deep earthy and nutty malts with a light dose of hay and herbs, but more bitterness and some light fruity notes without much else, fairly simplistic throughout, but the flavour profile is nice and robust. Overall, a fairly nice and crisp vienna, from Vienna - what a shocker! Luckily, this is the better (as much as I hate the suburbs) Vienna out of the options compared to Wien, Austria (boring, lack of character), but the beer is nice for the style. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 03-July-2020 for US$3,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 06-November-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2020
at 09:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample from 2017 Virginia Craft Brewers Fest, Charlottesville. Aroma is trash water, green vegetation, malt. Flavor is green vegetation, unspecified malt. MEH.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2017
at 20:01
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Some rusty flavor and some light caramel. Pours amber without much head. Light sweet finish. Ok barley finish. Tap at Galaxy Hut.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2016
at 16:50
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
$4 happy hour special at Galaxy Hut pours a clear amber with no head. Nose has malt and bubblegum, wheat and a little clove. Flavor follows, Light malt, some orange, clove, a little candy. Finishes watery. A decent attempt at improving on a Yuengling.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2016
at 16:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Crystal clear golden color, thick white head with solid lacing. Light biscuit aroma. Taste is toasted biscuit and caramel. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2015
at 18:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4oz pour at Caboose. Poured a hazy yellow-orange color with a small off-white head. Aroma was citrus, with some crisp malt. Light fruit, wheat notes. Easy to drink. Decent lager.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 23:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear Amber with an off white head. Light malt nose. Flavors of white toast. Crisp clean finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2015
at 14:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4 oz pour on draft at Caboose. I assume the ² is because it’s a Vienna lager and they’re located in Vienna, VA, clever. Originally called Vienna² Lager, renamed to Crossroads Lager. Murky orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, wheat, malt. Tastes of stone fruit, citrus, wheat, malt. Light body with a dry finish. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2015
at 17:21