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Riverwest Stein Beer
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
- From:
- Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Lager
Ranked #9 - ABV:
- 5.68%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #20,008 - Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 11.84%
- Reviews:
- 303
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 17, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2002
- Wants:
- 60
- Gots:
- 150
No description / notes.
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Ratings by beveritt:
Reviewed by beveritt from Ohio
4.1/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
4.1/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12oz brown bottle into a standard pint glass. Label says it was bottled in Week 1 of August.
Appearance: Pours with very little head, maybe 1/4 inch. That quickly falls to nothing. Medium brown with a red tinge. Perfectly clear.
Smell: Sweet, with strong notes of citrusy hops. Makes me want to take a drink.
Taste: Lots of carbonation greets you, giving the beer a strong bite at first. Next is slightly sweet malt flavor, followed by a decent level of bitter from the hops.
Mouthfeel: As mentioned before, this has an above average level of CO2. Fits fine with the beer, but definitely gies it a bite.
Drinkability: Great overall beer, leaves you wanting more. The high level of carbonation may fill you up quickly though.
Sep 27, 2006Appearance: Pours with very little head, maybe 1/4 inch. That quickly falls to nothing. Medium brown with a red tinge. Perfectly clear.
Smell: Sweet, with strong notes of citrusy hops. Makes me want to take a drink.
Taste: Lots of carbonation greets you, giving the beer a strong bite at first. Next is slightly sweet malt flavor, followed by a decent level of bitter from the hops.
Mouthfeel: As mentioned before, this has an above average level of CO2. Fits fine with the beer, but definitely gies it a bite.
Drinkability: Great overall beer, leaves you wanting more. The high level of carbonation may fill you up quickly though.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.49/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
been ages since i had a beer from lakefront. they kind of fizzled out in the places ive lived where their beer used to get sent, but i guess they are still alive and well in milwaukee, good for them. this one is pretty pedestrian, a basic amber lager, but sweet to me, overly malty even in a malty style, a little cheap and watered down too, metallic as it warms, best when its ice cold, but even then i wouldnt call it a clean lager, and overall this ended up leaving a bit to be desired. copper colored and high headed, just off from full clarity but close, simple looking, appealing. the aroma is understated, generic malty, sweet, hints of brown sugar, chestnut, and minerals if i am being nice, cheap almost extract malt and metal if im not, very subtly european lager yeast character, faint smoke, sort of an autumnal profile but lighter than it looks. it takes on a copper pennies thing as it warms, but when its cold it has a light herbal hop note on top of simple heavier crystal and kilned malts, light english and german grain character too to me, nutty but mellow enough still to be approachable fully. it doesnt quite have the body for what its trying to be, and with scare huge bubble carbonation, it felt watered down to me where i had it. fine with spicy and salty foods, maybe even enhaced by them, but on its own a lackluster malty beer that hits part old school fat tire, part toasty vienna lager, and homebrew kit beer. old school in a way that im also kind of saying its a relic of a bygone ara of craft, not enough attention to detail to be considered good by current standards. i liked the other lakefront beer i had while recently in wisconsin quite a bit better...
Aug 20, 2023Rated by MEGoodsell from Wisconsin
2.16/5 rDev -43.2%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
2.16/5 rDev -43.2%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
Tastes like a flower shop smells
May 20, 2023Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a completely clear, bronze to amber color with a moderate white head. SRM of 15. (3.75)
Aroma: Moderate aromas of rich bread, brown bread, rich amber malts. Some honey. (3.75)
Flavor: Strong flavors of rich bread, honey. Mild amber malts with some toasted notes. Smooth honey to finish. (3.75)
Feel: Medium to heavier bodied, average carbonation. Malty and leans sweet. (3.50)
Compared to Humble Forager Hidden Headwaters 1/28/2023: Pours similar, milder head. Milder aromas. More rich bread and honey. Less roasted amber malt, cherry, flowers. Winner: Humble Forager
Compared to New Glarus Cabin Fever 2/2023: Pours darker, milder head. Stronger aromas. More floral and toasted notes. Less smooth honey.
Compared to Surly Oktoberfest 2/2023: Pours darker, similar aromas. Slightly more amber and toasted. Less smooth honey and floral sweetness. Similar.
Compared to Great Lakes Eliot Ness 2/2023: Pours lighter, similar head. Stronger aromas. More honey and bread. Less toasted and amber notes. Similar sweetness, less hoppy. Slightly maltier.
Overall: An okay Amber ale here. Rich bread malt, toasted, with a honey sweetness. Didn't have a whole lot of roasted flavors which would have helped. Mostly honey which is pleasant. The honey evolves as it warms, some floral notes too. Have to let this one warm a bit, but it grows on me. (Rating: 3.73)
*Would compare to Dortmunder Gold*
Jan 28, 2023Aroma: Moderate aromas of rich bread, brown bread, rich amber malts. Some honey. (3.75)
Flavor: Strong flavors of rich bread, honey. Mild amber malts with some toasted notes. Smooth honey to finish. (3.75)
Feel: Medium to heavier bodied, average carbonation. Malty and leans sweet. (3.50)
Compared to Humble Forager Hidden Headwaters 1/28/2023: Pours similar, milder head. Milder aromas. More rich bread and honey. Less roasted amber malt, cherry, flowers. Winner: Humble Forager
Compared to New Glarus Cabin Fever 2/2023: Pours darker, milder head. Stronger aromas. More floral and toasted notes. Less smooth honey.
Compared to Surly Oktoberfest 2/2023: Pours darker, similar aromas. Slightly more amber and toasted. Less smooth honey and floral sweetness. Similar.
Compared to Great Lakes Eliot Ness 2/2023: Pours lighter, similar head. Stronger aromas. More honey and bread. Less toasted and amber notes. Similar sweetness, less hoppy. Slightly maltier.
Overall: An okay Amber ale here. Rich bread malt, toasted, with a honey sweetness. Didn't have a whole lot of roasted flavors which would have helped. Mostly honey which is pleasant. The honey evolves as it warms, some floral notes too. Have to let this one warm a bit, but it grows on me. (Rating: 3.73)
*Would compare to Dortmunder Gold*
Reviewed by EvelynMcCultney from Illinois
1.81/5 rDev -52.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.81/5 rDev -52.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
I am a huge fan of the label and all that MKE jazz. The bottle tasted flat, not a lot of foam action. "A muddy puddle on a dirt road" a fellow observer described the beer as....
Jan 21, 2023Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Oscar's Alehouse in Milwaukee. Toasty, caramel malt with lightly bitter, lightly citrusy hops. Great beer to pair with fried cheese curds and a burger on a cold December afternoon.
Dec 29, 2022Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.52/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.52/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from Prairie du Chien liquor store poured into stein at home. Lacked head but otherwise solid rendition.
Nov 27, 2022Reviewed by Profundobaso from New York
3.68/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Look - poured from a 12 oz. can into a standard pint glass. amber/copper in color, hazy, with a small frothy head that mostly dissipates, leaving behind moderate lacing.
Smell - strong malt scent with moderate sweetness, complemented by caramel and a bit of dried fruits.
Taste - robust malt flavor with light tartness. moderate hops also come through in the taste, and finish is relatively clean.
Feel - medium bodied, average carbonation, and pretty standard on ABV at 5.7%.
Overall - an interesting, refreshing hazy amber lager with more complex notes but remains easy drinking.
Nov 13, 2022Smell - strong malt scent with moderate sweetness, complemented by caramel and a bit of dried fruits.
Taste - robust malt flavor with light tartness. moderate hops also come through in the taste, and finish is relatively clean.
Feel - medium bodied, average carbonation, and pretty standard on ABV at 5.7%.
Overall - an interesting, refreshing hazy amber lager with more complex notes but remains easy drinking.
Riverwest Stein Beer from Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
822 ratings
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