Rheineck Beer 9,5% Leicht malzig-muffig im Antrunk, hopfig-herber Mittelteil, in dem auch ein leicht nussiges Aroma aufkommt. Ein Nachgeschmack ist nicht vorhanden. Angenehm! Test vom 18.10.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,10,11,2,4,9 - 8,25

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

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.

Clear light golden color with a medium frothy white head. Sweet corn aroma. Corn and rice flavors with some very faint hints of hops.

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.

Bottled. Finally I got around to taste the real NZ brewed stuff. There’s some grassy hops up fron and it has a decent, rounded buttery malt profile. The bitterness is low, but for a mass market beer it’s pretty solid.

Bottled. Deep golden, rocky head.Aroma of grass and oranges left on a compost heap. Sweet, light bodied and heavy on vegetable flavour and some Pride of Ringwood style dusty bitterness. Not good.

Draught at Pig & Whistle, Rotorua (now apparently made by Lion Br.) Pale golden, no head. Vague soapy hop aroma. Medium sweet and fruity with fairly light body and clean mouthfeel. Standard yellow stuff.

Draught at Tandoori Palace, Rotorua Pale amber, clear, small head. Dusty lime aroma. Sweetish with light to medium body and fizzy mouthfeel. Dusty hops dominates. Salty finish.