Queens Lager
Queens Brewery
- From:
- Queens Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Lager
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 14.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 27, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 21, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 13
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
American lager, dry-hopped with Summit, Chinook, and UK Pilgrim
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Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
4.05/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Served in a half-litre stein at the brewery. From notes. Reviewed 13 May 2018.
4/4/4/4/4.25
Smells like Graham cracker, and has a bit of that taste with spice (cinnamon) and hint of lager yeast. Bready and filling with a nice, crisp, mineral finish. Drinkable, interesting, and worthwhile.
Jul 06, 20184/4/4/4/4.25
Smells like Graham cracker, and has a bit of that taste with spice (cinnamon) and hint of lager yeast. Bready and filling with a nice, crisp, mineral finish. Drinkable, interesting, and worthwhile.
Reviewed by Zonk from New Jersey
3.36/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap at Citi Field (plastic cup). Light brown with a reddish hue. Not much nose but noticeably malty. Decent malt base a bit toasty with some noticeable yeast. Reminded me of a Vienna lager minus the spice. Totally passable for a ballpark beer.
Oct 05, 2015
Reviewed by frankrizzo from New York
1.94/5 rDev -44.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
1.94/5 rDev -44.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
This is a totally bogus product, trying to cash in on being a "Queens NY" brewery, but actually nothing more than contract brewed schlock made in... wait for it... PA. Not to mention the name is something Singlecut (a great and actual Queens brewery) had already marketed. It's hard to believe "the Bros" actually condone this bait and switch bogosity.
Sep 20, 2015
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.86/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
STYLE American Amber Lager | ABV 4.7% | AVAILABILITY Year-round
Malty, Bready, Grassy, Herbal
With Queens becoming more hip in recent years, it was inevitable that better beer would follow soon behind. However, I do have to note that this sample can was brewed in Pottstown, Pa. But does that really matter anymore? This is a very well put together amber-colored lager; up front the focus seems to be balance and drinkability, though there is enough going on to appease the beer geek crowd, too. I could easily hoist many steins of this lager.
Look 4.25 | Smell 3.75 | Taste 3.75 | Feel 4.50 | Overall 3.75
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine issue #104 (SEP 2015)
Sep 15, 2015Malty, Bready, Grassy, Herbal
With Queens becoming more hip in recent years, it was inevitable that better beer would follow soon behind. However, I do have to note that this sample can was brewed in Pottstown, Pa. But does that really matter anymore? This is a very well put together amber-colored lager; up front the focus seems to be balance and drinkability, though there is enough going on to appease the beer geek crowd, too. I could easily hoist many steins of this lager.
Look 4.25 | Smell 3.75 | Taste 3.75 | Feel 4.50 | Overall 3.75
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine issue #104 (SEP 2015)
Reviewed by mackeyse from New York
2.83/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Really appreciate the heads up from pinyin's review from May 2015--I ended up only buying a single of this beer based on the info he provided in regards to it being brewed in PA and not from a NYC brewery.
It wasn't very good--tastes malty and cheap---aftertaste is way too yeasty. Ambers aren't my thing to begin with so that didn't help but but I've had far better Ambers. I wouldn't go so far as to say its AAL level--it's better than that---but it's still not something I would ever revisit in can or draft.
Smells like nothing at all--I didn't get a whiff of anything. Mouth-feel was OK--rated that slightly above average at 3.25
And their is no Queens Brewery (in NYC at least--kind of feel like that are trying to pull a fast one ) and the packaging does seem to mimic other NYC brewery's cans. They don't overtly advertise as being from Queens NY but still feels like some sort of bait and switch.
Aug 07, 2015It wasn't very good--tastes malty and cheap---aftertaste is way too yeasty. Ambers aren't my thing to begin with so that didn't help but but I've had far better Ambers. I wouldn't go so far as to say its AAL level--it's better than that---but it's still not something I would ever revisit in can or draft.
Smells like nothing at all--I didn't get a whiff of anything. Mouth-feel was OK--rated that slightly above average at 3.25
And their is no Queens Brewery (in NYC at least--kind of feel like that are trying to pull a fast one ) and the packaging does seem to mimic other NYC brewery's cans. They don't overtly advertise as being from Queens NY but still feels like some sort of bait and switch.
Reviewed by pinyin from New York
2.85/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.85/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
I mistakenly bought 2 four packs (16 ounce pounder cans) of this beer because I thought it was a Singlecut product. The actual Singlecut Queens Lagrr is pretty decent for a helles, and reminded me a lot of Victory's Brandywine Lager.
Upon reading the can label for this beer, I come to find out that I have been duped. Thinking I had purchased a product made in Queens at a local brewery, the label plainly states "Brewed for the Queens Brewery in Pottstown Pennsylvania".
OK, so Central Pennsylvania has a reputation for making some of the best Helles Lagers stateside, without making the trip to Deutschland. And even Pottstown's own Sly Fox Helles Lager is pretty damn good for the price point.
So I figure that this is a higher end craft branded product in 16 ounce pounder cans. It has to be special because of the price point, and just maybe it will taste better than the Sly Fox Helles Lager?
No. Not even close. And I'm still not certain if it is infact Sly Fox that is contract brewing this lager for the Queens Brewery.
On the Queens Brewery webpage it pretends to be an actual brewery in Maspeth, although, with this being the only product they produce, and said product being manufactured in Pottstown PA, I don't think there is even an actual brewery here in Queens. Most likely just a marketing office, as there is no physical address of said brewery on their website. As if I wasn't ticked off already that they stole the concept from Singlecut, and they are trying to pass it off as something that it isn't. A handcrafted top tier Helles Lager.
Look is is fairly generic-light gold, similar to Budweiser with an average light predictable carbonation.
Smell is sort of generic and sugary malty. When I opened a can I thought it was similar to Budweiser.
Taste is typical, cheap yeasty and malty American lager. It does have a decent dry finish, but the malts and yeast character are very generic average. Nothing stands out. No imported grain or hop character. Typical American lager boring.
Mouth feel is decent from the can, not very good in a glass. I would like to try it on draft just finalize how I feel about this product.
The biggest letdown with this brand is that they aren't an actual brewery, just a website with some not so clever marketing.
I would not pay an inflated price for this very average, boring American adjunct lager.
Marketing gimmick aimed at transplant hipsters.
May 23, 2015Upon reading the can label for this beer, I come to find out that I have been duped. Thinking I had purchased a product made in Queens at a local brewery, the label plainly states "Brewed for the Queens Brewery in Pottstown Pennsylvania".
OK, so Central Pennsylvania has a reputation for making some of the best Helles Lagers stateside, without making the trip to Deutschland. And even Pottstown's own Sly Fox Helles Lager is pretty damn good for the price point.
So I figure that this is a higher end craft branded product in 16 ounce pounder cans. It has to be special because of the price point, and just maybe it will taste better than the Sly Fox Helles Lager?
No. Not even close. And I'm still not certain if it is infact Sly Fox that is contract brewing this lager for the Queens Brewery.
On the Queens Brewery webpage it pretends to be an actual brewery in Maspeth, although, with this being the only product they produce, and said product being manufactured in Pottstown PA, I don't think there is even an actual brewery here in Queens. Most likely just a marketing office, as there is no physical address of said brewery on their website. As if I wasn't ticked off already that they stole the concept from Singlecut, and they are trying to pass it off as something that it isn't. A handcrafted top tier Helles Lager.
Look is is fairly generic-light gold, similar to Budweiser with an average light predictable carbonation.
Smell is sort of generic and sugary malty. When I opened a can I thought it was similar to Budweiser.
Taste is typical, cheap yeasty and malty American lager. It does have a decent dry finish, but the malts and yeast character are very generic average. Nothing stands out. No imported grain or hop character. Typical American lager boring.
Mouth feel is decent from the can, not very good in a glass. I would like to try it on draft just finalize how I feel about this product.
The biggest letdown with this brand is that they aren't an actual brewery, just a website with some not so clever marketing.
I would not pay an inflated price for this very average, boring American adjunct lager.
Marketing gimmick aimed at transplant hipsters.
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