Shiner Lemon Pils
Spoetzl Brewery

 

 

 

Taste is quite off of good tasting. A soapy lemon taste. Not quite my wheel house.

 

Looks clear medium straw with a slightly soapy white head. Smell is, wait for it, lemon. There’s also some Pilsner malt sweetness coming through. Taste is Pilsner malt with the lemon peel bringing up the rear. It has a light mouthfeel and a dry finish. Very drinkable.

12oz undated bottle poured into a pilsner glass at fridge temp 4.8% ABV 28 IBU. The beer pours light golden yellow with sticky off white head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is lemon, grass and light malt. The taste is oddly lemony, with a bitter rind note and sufficient hops to balance the pale malt. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with above average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, good to average. My fear was sweetness or artificial lemon, but it was unfounded. If it weren't for the butter on the finish, this could have been something ideal for summer.

 

 

 

Appearance: Pours a clear, light golden, lager color with a moderate head.
Aroma: Huge aromas of dank, earthy cannabis. Sulfur, skunk, and herby earth floor. It's like walking into a herbal cannabis shop. Some faint grass behind the skunk. A little lemon that is completely washed away on the nose. This thing is oxidized out the wazoo.
Flavor: Flavor is slightly tamed. More sweet lemondrop and honey. Still it battles with sulfur and skunk. A skunkiness lingers on tongue and on the breath. You couldn't hide this beer on your breath. Slight bitter on the backend. Neither sweet nor dry.
Feel: Medium bodied, very flat. Undercarbonated.

Overall: I must have gotten this bottle old and extremely oxidized. Tons of skunk. More than a heineken, which is odd in the darker bottle. Aside from the oxidation though it has nice German flavor for a pilsner with a sweet lemondrop addition which is kind of pleasant.

Edit: Based on previous reviews, maybe the bottle wasn't expired and the skunk was intentional.

Pours a straw color with a small head. Smells of malt, bread and slight citrus. I was hoping this wouldn't be over powering with the lemon and it's not. Slight lemon flavor and tartness make this a good summer pilsner

 

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a glass and pours as a clear gold liquid with a white head.

Nicely balanced pilsner with just a bit of lemon. Tastes clean and crisp when cold, with lemon notes getting stronger as it warms. Starts dry with a slightly sweet finish. Nice amount of hops.

This could definitely become my new go-to hot weather beer.

Poured from 12 oz can into schooner glass. A pillowy white head falls moderately with mild lacing. Color is light golden with tons of streaming carbonation. Aroma fairly mild toasted malt and some lemon citrus. Mouthfeel is light to medium and crisp with a fairly dry finish. Flavor is mix of bready malt with some lemon and a hint of pine. Overall: enjoyable and easy drinking.

 

 

 

 

Light color with a quickly dissipating head. Ample carbonation gives it a champagne look. Aroma is light with a hint of citrus. The taste follows the nose. It's light with a hint of lemon citrus and a hint of bitterness at the end. Lacks the zing to make it refreshing but it's not bad. Mouthfeel is good. It's light enough you can pound them down but that really never makes for a good beer, just easy drinking. Overall I wouldn't buy these but some were left over from the party. EO72519 18:00 date code. Prost!