Steinlager Pure

From bottle. Smell of malt, starch. Lively and plentiful carbon. Pale golden colour, white head. Aroma of malts, sugar, slight added hoppiness in finish. Medium sweet, faintly bitter in end. Nice balance.

Pale golden with a white head - malts in the aroma - malt body with some hop bitterness - good finsih with some hop bitterness in the end - better than expected and quite ok

A very watery flavor with little bitterness. Very light yellow in color with a white head.

Bottle from Vinspecialisten, Kolding Storcenter. Clear yellow with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - straw. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. A bit watery. 090313

Bottle. Pours clear pale yellow with a small fizzy white head that dissipates quickly with minimal. Aroma is corn syrup, grain, grass. Flavor is lightly sweet, citric, lemony, grassy light bitter finish. Surprisingly good after the aroma, actually. Light bodied and refreshing. Too bad it stinks.

Yellow colour with a withe head that leaves a nice lacing. Mild grainy aroma. Light to medium body. Moderate sweet and light bitter. Mild caramel malt flavour. The trick is probably to serve it a bit cold.
[Can from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]

Canned. Clear golden, minimal head. Grassy chemical nose. Mid sweet with some grainy malt and clean mouthfeel. Slight pear and mint, notes of vegetables. No bitterness. Redundant.

300 ml can from Systembolaget in Mölndal. BB 270313, tasted on October 26, 2012.Pours into a honey yellow to pale golden color, medium sized fairly lasting white head that settles into a half creamy thing while dissipating slowly. Sweet, sugary, some vegetables, hints of malt, some chemical estery fruity scent. In the smell I can find a bit of almond paste, alcohol and canned strawberries as well. Sweet, thin, cream, sugary, some malt, hints of bitterness, somewhat fruity taste. Medium mouthfeel with a bit held back carbonation, goes to smooth almost, inte oäven. Low bitteness. Mineral and wet stone mixed with sand finish. Prolonged bitterness to the cloying sweet side.Not bad, but then not very interesting either. I would think Systembolaget could find plenty of this style of beer among the Swedish macros, don’t see the need to import from half way around the world something that already exist in abundance among the local selection. Oh well, if you like the fairly held back and characterless pale lagers, go for it.