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Rhinegeist Brewery

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a hazy straw yellow with a foamy head that disapates quickly. A nice aroma, bready, doughy, and malty. Taste starts with a spicy malt, (which was surprising from the smell, didn’t pick that up) then moves into a doughy flavor, and finishes with a nice malt profile. The flavors are big and robust, really good for the style. A nice medium mouthfeel, very good body to the beer, smooth drinker. Overall a very good beer, great flavors.

Vienna, Pilsner, and Munich malts are used to make this Vienna style lager. I've had this poured into a pint glass, but right now I am enjoying from the can. I can smell bready malt and crisp lager. Nice bready flavors and some nuttiness. Nice and malty but crisp hop flavors come through to balance it out while staying true-to-style. Hardy for 4.8 percent. Complex flavors and great balance. It's crisp but there is some stickiness in the mouthfeel and finish. Vienna lager is one of my favorite styles and this one (brewed in the great state of Ohio) didn't disappoint. Great brew! Now where's my beer stein...

 

 

 

Moderate pour into pint glass. Decent 1.5 finger head hangs around for a bit and fades away to a light lacing. Appearance is a golden color with just a small amount of copper influence, like an ever so slightly darker Bud. The nose is biscuity/bready malt and.....corn? This appears to contain adjuncts. The taste confirms the same thing. A bready and slightly sweet malt with an offputting adjunct flavor and a balanced bitterness. The mouthfeel is thin with medium carbonation. Overall, this is not a Vienna Lager and I can't recommend it, especially not for the price. It's not to style in any category and I cannot forgive the use of adjuncts in a supposed Vienna Lager. I legitimately wish I could get my money back for this one.

 

12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 12/6/2017. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big cracker, bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of bready malts and earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big cracker, bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness/pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is an awesome Vienna lager. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the modestly bitter/drying finish. One of the most impressive Vienna's I've had, very flavorful for the low ABV. Very clean and rich Vienna/Munich malt flavors with balancing earthy hops. A really enjoyable offering, and perfect example of the style.

Delicious, nutty, bread beer. Could stand to be a little crisper but overall good.