Lion Breweries - NZ

Commercial Brewery in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)

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27 Napier St, Freemans Bay, Auckland, NZ-1011, New Zealand

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5
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
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
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

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2012 at 09:16


2.6
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
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


5.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lion Red (by Lion Breweries - NZ (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings)):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5

12/V/2012 - 33cl bottle @ Joyce's place - BB: 11/V/12 (2012-489) Thanks to Thomas and Annelies for the bottle!

Clear light amber beer, very small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet caramel, nutty, some dried fruits. MF: soft carbon, light to medium body. Taste: sour start, then pretty bitter, toast, nutty, little sweet. Aftertaste: bitter hops, nuts, some mocha even, caramel, orange peel, very bitter ending. Reminds me more of a English bitter than an American Dark Lager, no?

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2012 at 09:13


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Originally rated April 2004. Steinlager pours a pale golden colour. The nice white head drops quickly though. A small lace is left on the glass. Slightly skunky, this beer reminds me of Heineken. Also, I smell hints of honey. Lightly carbonated, this beer doesn’t taste bad at all. Quite refreshing !

Tried on 16 Apr 2012 at 20:11


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

bottle at papsø, 20120202 clear light yellow, small white head. very mild aroma, watery. sweet macro flavor, slightly bitter..

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2012 at 01:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is cornish and grassy. Bitter, grassy and slight citrusy hoppy. Ends dry and crisp bitter. Light grassy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2012 at 11:23


5.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. The most beautiful cap ever - The All Blacks. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet straw, malt, and eggs, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2012 at 10:22