Warsteiner Premium Radler
Warsteiner Brauerei

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From:
Warsteiner Brauerei
 
Germany
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
2.5%
Score:
73
Avg:
2.95 | pDev: 23.39%
Reviews:
23
Ratings:
36
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 12, 2017
Added:
Jul 22, 2008
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by becktone:
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Reviewed by becktone from Ohio

1.3/5  rDev -55.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
From notes 7-12-08

Received this as a free handout from a co-worker at the Party Source.

Eye: Fizzy yellow beer...need I say more. I'm actually surprised that this beer formed a head to begin with...would've thought that the acidic lemonade would destroy any possibility of a head forming. It does quickly recede to a thin film though. Nothing impressing here. As a matter of fact, the look of this beer combined with the aroma makes the thin blanket that could be called a head look more like the fuzzy white stuff on citrus fruits when peeled, esp. oranges.

Nose: This is something new for me. This is the first beer cocktail I've ever drank besides the black and tan. The aroma isn't all that appalling, it smells of sour lemonade, fresh hand squeezed, and skunky warsteiner. I'm sure that the beer isn't actually skunked, I'm thinking that its coming more from the hops...just seems to stand out to me as odd and it doesn't really seem to mix all that well with the lemonade aroma.

Tongue: Lemonade. The taste of lemonade overwhelms the palate so that there is nothing else to be tasted. Once it has been swallowed there is some slight bitterness that could be associated with beer. This is closer to a Malternative. This is not beer, its really a shame that this is bottled...or for that matter even produced....and even furthermore thought of. It is one thing to mix beer with lemonade at a bar when hundreds of cyclists come into the bar wanting a drink. You don't have enough beer so what do you do? Well mix it with lemonade on a hot summer day to make some cash. But this, this bottling of this shit is the epitome of disgusting as opposed to any great epiphany. This will do more damage than the atomic bomb, it is heresy, blasphemy, the anti-christ of all things beer.

Mouthfeel and Drinkability: Light on the palate. It is easy to drink but who would want to, if you want a beer don't look here. This is basically low alcohol carbonated lemonade. Thank god I didn't buy this, and I never will.
Aug 11, 2008
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Reviewed by Douberd from Netherlands

3.13/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bottle of 330 ml, at home.
Golden yellow colour, with a one finger thin head that disappeared almost straight away. Quite a few bubbles rising to the top. With just a glance this looks like a normal pilsner.
Aroma is typical for a radler, very strong lemon smell, mostly artificial.
The taste is also your average radler, with the lemon flavour being so much stronger than that of beer.
Thin on the body and averagely carbonated, this serves honestly the purpose it was made for. To quench your thirst on the summer months.
Apr 29, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by chuckj76 from Texas

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Rated: 3 by vsls from Greece

Nov 20, 2011
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Reviewed by RuudJH from Netherlands

2.08/5  rDev -29.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
'A queen amongst beers', as stated on the label.
A girls' beer, i guess.
33 cl. bottle, 50% lemonade in it, as it is.

Looks golden, with a modest white head, that disappears quickly, but good carbonation.
Smell clearly lemon, perhaps even a bit artificially lemon.
Taste similar: very artificial lemon. It's sweet, but you cannot get away from the impression you're drinking sweetened cleaning fluid.
Smooth...
Easy drinkable, but not really a beer, imo.
You have to be into lemon for this.
Apr 12, 2011
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.5/5  rDev +18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine Vol. II Issue VIII:

The flavor of beer reaches to encompass many flavors; some are naturally there, and some are added. A good example of added is the Radler, which is simply a combo of beer and some sort of lemon mixture. Warsteiner's is half Premium Vernum, which is their Pilsner, and half lemon mixture.

Crystal-clear, pale yellow color, good lacing all around. Lemon juice sweetness or lemon drop candy and lemon oil in the aroma with a spicy backside. Very refreshing with a decent crispness and light body. Lemon oil and candy flavor sticks to the palate for the fist half, then a mild Pilsner character meshes with the lemon and brings forth grain and a kiss of hop bitterness middle to end. Finishes very dry.

We can hear the purist beer drinkers now, shaking their head in disbelief that we are reviewing a beer mix. To the naysayers, even a beer mix like this has a time a place, and for what it's worth, this beer is easy to quaff, though we wish there was a little more crispness up front.
Sep 14, 2010
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Reviewed by nick76 from Florida

2.67/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
The aroma is faintly malty with a lemon drop candy element. The appearance is pale gold with a thin head. The taste is like the aroma. The palate is average for the style. Overall this is a pretty junky beer. I do not want to drink this often. Good thing I had no expectation that it would be good.
Jul 01, 2010
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Reviewed by bushbeer75 from Michigan

3.52/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
12oz brown bottle poured into a mug

Warsteiner Premium Radler poured a pale clear yellow that produced a smallish size head that dissipated rather quickly. Aroma and taste is of lemon and more lemon and more lemon...get the point! Malt flavor and hop bitterness is not present at all.

Warsteiner Radler should be categorized as kind of a "beer cooler". This beer is made for "slamming" on a warm summers day especially with its very low 2.5 ABV.

I would recommend this brew to one that is not too fond of beer.
Sep 09, 2009
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Reviewed by mwa423 from Ohio

2.57/5  rDev -12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 4
A - Poured out of the bottlem the color is close to lemonade....imagine that. Though it is very clear and poured with a finger and a half of head.

S - Ugh, it smells like cheap hotel lemon cleaner....

T - I imagine this is what hotel lemon cleaner tastes like. A lemonade flavor that seems watered down followed by a slight bitterish beer flavor.

M/D - Weak and thin mouthfeel. In hot weather where I am drinking a lot over a long day, I could really get into it.
Aug 17, 2009
Warsteiner Premium Radler from Warsteiner Brauerei
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 36 ratings