Logger Rita Mexican-Style Vienna Lager
Lost Forty Brewing in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a BIF from jdell15. 12 ounce can into lager glass, best before 1/18/2018. Pours crystal clear deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big brown sugar, brown bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of nuttiness, caramel, citrus, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great complexity of bready malts and light citrus/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big brown sugar, brown bread dough, and toasted biscuit; with light notes of nuttiness, caramel, citrus, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Very mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of brown sugar, brown bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/caramel, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity and robustness of bready malts and light citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Minimal dryness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a great Vienna lager! All around great complexity and robustness of bready malts and light citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Clean and rich Vienna malt flavors, with just enough hops to balance the sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewpub. Clear orange-amber color with a thin off-white head that dissipates quickly to a wispy film. Spotty lace. Aroma of malt, citrus and pine. Light-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, lime and a touch of hops. The finish is citrusy with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.