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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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as a bit of metal. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and metal, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2010 at 02:59

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
A sip ... from someones glass whos knows no better and thus ordered this when we had a burger :-) ... light yellow ... grassy hop nose ... light dry fairly hoppy lager ... low bitterness. could be worse...
Tried on 27 Jul 2009 at 07:47

2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 2
"Steinlager® is a lager with a distinctive grassy note and clean crisp bitterness of green bullet hops. It is balanced with a dry, astringent finish." - Commercial Description. Sure... all I can say is that is pure bs. Had a skunky feel and lousy aftertaste. Bland and dissapointing.
Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2009 at 15:37

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small and chalk white head. Aroma is light citrusy and grassy, rather crisp and inviting. Citrusy, light cornish and crisp grassy bitter flavoured. Medium dry and vague citrusy flavoured finish. Good pale lager.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2009 at 12:34

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, eggs, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of bread and light notes of cardboard. A bit boring. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2009 at 15:28

4.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
bottle. Ironic they are showing us some rough rubgy guys oin the beer, when this is actually some poor pathetic lager. Pours clear golden, thick white head. aroma, just weak, hops, some grains, malts, all in a weak way. Taste, hops, corn like flavor forward, sweet malts, reains better than many other pale lagers, dry finish, skunly metallic palate.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2009 at 21:51

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Bright white micro head meringues and craters as it slowly recedes leaving spider lacing. Bright malt and mild hop aromas. Light and crisp with lemon and hops from front to back. Sour finish.
Tried on 05 Apr 2009 at 17:19

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle 330ml.Clear light yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, grian, toasted, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081231]
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2009 at 03:03

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Overall Impression: Eh, OK, but hardly memorable, wouldn't turn one down, but wouldn't go out my way to get it.

Not sure I can remember another NZ beer that I've tried, is there another one I'm forgetting? I don't know.
Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2009 at 18:50

3.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Corn aroma. Light chemical, but not so bad, a lot better than I expected. Some hops. Yellow, and a little sweet.
Tried on 12 Jan 2009 at 20:15