TimE (11146) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Straight forward mainstream lager that is perhaps a bit smoother than usual and with some grassy notes. One of the better BMC types around
Biruski (4902) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Clear golden with a bubbly white head. Aroma and flaovr were similar, sweet malts, and light grassy hops. Crisp body. Pretty good pale lager, but still nothing exciting.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
330 ml bottle at Arlanda airport. Golden body with a white head. Malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Relatively ordinary pilsner, but nice and refreshing.
cheap (9533) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 18 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Green 11 oz bottle for $1.35 at Vintage Estates. Pop the lid and there is a sharp veggie cabage or cannabis flower aroma. In the glass the smell clears to a more acceptable clean beer aroma. Has the appearance of any other typical pale yellow american lager. Head foam is creamy white. Fairly interesting flavor like a pilsner, perhaps even a premium lager. Has a little more flavor than I’m used to in a pale lager. Thin lacing on the side of the glass. Industrial bitterness begins to build on the back of the palate. Different kind of bitterness, something between a malt and hop, but definately bitter. Decent carbonation. Overall just a little more than I care for in the pale lager style and certainly has its own personality and idiosyncracies. Schmidt’s, carlsburgh and old german are all way better tasting than this and two of those are much less expensive. That industrial medium bitterness hangs for a while on the finish.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Waikato Draught from Lion Breweries - NZ 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Golden-bronze colour. Rich head but it dies quickly. Aroma of caramel and loading dock with some sawdust. Thin, metallic, empty caramel taste. Marginal character at best, quick but unclean.
theisti (5540) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Bit of skunk in the aroma, that mostly went away on full pour. Clear golden, small whitish head. Taste is bright, can taste the grain, and a bit of bitter in there too. Decent, clean lager, not much more or less.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle at Bakersifelds Brews in The Village; Grainy nose; gold with a medium white head; flavor of grain and corn; nothing in the way of hops! 9/10/06 3/2/4/2/7/ 1.8 12 oz bottle 4/22/08Nose is grainy with a some caramel hints; clear darker gold with a small white head; flavor is grainy, caramel, and a little lemon. 3/2/5/2/8 2.0
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
This is the first beer I have encountered from this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz green bottle this beer poured a pale yellow color with a small soapy white head that faded quickly. The aroma is tangy with a hint of skunk. The flavor is sour and tangy macro lager with a moderate skunkyness. The finish is fairly mild. A fairly typical macro pale lager.
maniac (11822) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 19 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Clear light golden color with a medium frothy white head. Sweet corn aroma. Corn and rice flavors with some very faint hints of hops.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Steinlager Classic from Lion Breweries - NZ 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Large bottle probably about as fresh as you can get it in the States, purchased at City Market in Burlington and drunk (partially) on 3/15/06
Very large, white head providing immediate lacing as it recedes. Brassy, golden body with a sea of quickly rising, medium-sized bubbles. Smells of crisp lager yeast, at first, with light vanilla and a touch of apples. The lager yeast is deep and appealing, like a bubbling brook of fresh, clean water. The lagering flaws don’t really impose greatly in the nose, though they are certainly noticeable.
Flavor begins with a zesty, dill-cucumber, with a saltiness that sticks to the back of the mouth. VERY expansive carbonation gives it a puffy-dough pastry lightness, but it can’t hide the vanilla and dry apple skin acetyldehyde. Finish shows a reprieve of the lovely, crisp yeast, light peppery hop bitterness. Well malted and attenuated, but just not lagered long enough. Actually gets more bitter as it warms, but brewing flaws in pale lagers are nearly impossible to cover up. Overcarbonated, but otherwise a smooth, doughy-honeyish pils malt-like texture. Not thin, no alcohol. Lots of lacing, oddly enough.