Jolly Vienna Lager
Jolly Brewery+Restaurant

Tasted by 100ml (on the house) – it was the fifth beer tasted at this “mock brew-pub” (i.e. beers are actually not brewed at the premise). Served by a tap behind the bar.

A: pours a dark orangey amber hue (unlike any Vienna Lager I’ve tried…), rather murky; a very thin white head dissipates fast, on top of low carbonation.
S: grassy Saaz to pair with grainy maltiness and very mild cane-sugary sweetness… Simply sweet, lacking complexity and any essential note that a Vienna Lager should have.
T: rather rich and dense caramelised sugar and melted barley candy come in abundance, leading towards a light and soothing bitter-sweetness mixed of hops and pale ale malts, whereas the finish is cut short prematurely.
M&D: softly carbonated, but the texture and body are both too light to be enjoyable. Given a quite simplistic flavour profile and almost non-existence of any typical characters of a Vienna Lager, I have to say that this is at best a very brave (albeit not enjoyable) experimental attempt by the brewer.