Lion Breweries - NZ
Commercial Brewery
in
Auckland,
Auckland,
New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by
Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)
Contact
27 Napier St, Freemans Bay, Auckland, NZ-1011, New Zealand
Subsidiaries
4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
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.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2012
at 05:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma has a musky tone, flavor has a little snap to it. Nice pillowy head on this beer. I’m out of season on this one, it would be perfect on a hot summer’s day.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2012
at 12:12
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Tall boy from SB cons 2012-10-01 Göteborg AR: citric, bready, aceton, corn AP: pale golden, fizzy quickly deminishing head F: fizzy, bready, alcholic, wee citric, dry, grainy
Tried
on 01 Oct 2012
at 10:50
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can - Pale golden. Malt, grain and grass in the aroma. Malt, lemon and grain in the taste. Easy to drink, but bland.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2012
at 13:06
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Sample at a tasting at Systembolaget, September 2012. What a boring beer. Sweet with light notes of yeast, metal and malt. Nonexistent aftertaste.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2012
at 11:06
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml bottle picked up at the state store. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malts, corn and honey. Taste is sweet malts, honey and bitter lemon. Ok, drinkable
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2012
at 19:29
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
750 ml bottle. Pours a clear light gold with very little head. Skunk cereal aroma. Weak flavors of grain and malt. Not really much there. Slightly bitter finish. Water substitute when cold.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2012
at 11:51
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Steinlager Classic (by Lion Breweries - NZ (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 5/20, MyTotalScore: 1.5/5
25/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle with "all blacks" cap @ home - BB: n/a, bottled (?): A230611 (2012-652) Thanks to Thomas and Annelies for the bottle!
Clear pale yellow to light orange beer, big rocky creamy head, with some big bubbles, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: grains, sweet corn, bit chemical, citrussy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: some citrus, sweet sugary touch, very watery. Aftertaste: slight hop bitterness, sugar again. Meh, another lager boring as hell, only this time from the other side of the world. Can you spell "drain pour"? :p
Aroma: 2/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 3/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 5/20, MyTotalScore: 1.5/5
25/VI/2012 - 33cl bottle with "all blacks" cap @ home - BB: n/a, bottled (?): A230611 (2012-652) Thanks to Thomas and Annelies for the bottle!
Clear pale yellow to light orange beer, big rocky creamy head, with some big bubbles, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: grains, sweet corn, bit chemical, citrussy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: some citrus, sweet sugary touch, very watery. Aftertaste: slight hop bitterness, sugar again. Meh, another lager boring as hell, only this time from the other side of the world. Can you spell "drain pour"? :p
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2012
at 09:16
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
resin, caramel, barnyard, banana, pale, hazy, minimal head, light sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, light body, soft carbonation,
Tried
on 20 Jun 2012
at 08:38
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Golden color with a decent white head. It has a slightly malty aroma. Flavor is balanced.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2012
at 01:55