Vienna Lager
Fair State Brewing Cooperative
- From:
- Fair State Brewing Cooperative
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Vienna Lager
Ranked #8 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #13,830 - Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 8.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 22
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 24, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2015
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Our interpretation of the classic Vienna lager - pale amber in color, medium bodied, ever so slightly toasty from Munich and Vienna malts, complimented by a grassy noble hop nose.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4.05/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
RB transfer
Sep 23, 2025
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.52/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can from Tavour. Dark golden pour, one finger creamy off-white head. Light malty aroma, toasty. Taste is malty, sweet, toasty, toffee. Dries out at the finish with some maltiness lingering.
May 01, 2025
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.75/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +18.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
04/24/25 can @ home
Apr 25, 2025
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
4.18/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a clear, deep golden, slightly bronze color with a moderate white head. SRM of 10. (4.00)
Aroma: Moderate aromas of toasty and earthy bread malts. Some rustic and toasted aromas with hints of woodsy notes. (4.00)
Flavor: Moderate flavors of brown bread and smooth caramel malt. Toasty, rustic, and slightly woodsy. Only traces of pine, but not really. Finishes with a yeasty and bready flavors that is slightly spiced and drying. (4.25)
Feel: Medium-bodied. Moderate-high carbonation. Finish is smooth, but drying from the yeast. (4.25)
Compared to Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold 4/13/22: Pours a similar color. Similar aromas. Slightly more rustic and toasted bread notes. Less earthy honey and flower. Lighter bodied and dryer.
Compared to Junkyard Snowdogger Vienna Lager 3/2023: Pours lighter, stronger head. Stronger aromas. More bread, grains, bright floral yeast. Less smoth honey, baked bread, and earthy honey. Lighter, more carbonated, and dryer.
Overall: A really nice and well-made Vienna lager here. This is a style I wish I could try more. Fantastic toasted and rustic bread malt flavors, while being yeasty and dry on the finish. Lightly spiced. This one should get a nod for one of the best Minnesota Vienna lagers. (Rating: 4.18+)
Apr 13, 2022Aroma: Moderate aromas of toasty and earthy bread malts. Some rustic and toasted aromas with hints of woodsy notes. (4.00)
Flavor: Moderate flavors of brown bread and smooth caramel malt. Toasty, rustic, and slightly woodsy. Only traces of pine, but not really. Finishes with a yeasty and bready flavors that is slightly spiced and drying. (4.25)
Feel: Medium-bodied. Moderate-high carbonation. Finish is smooth, but drying from the yeast. (4.25)
Compared to Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold 4/13/22: Pours a similar color. Similar aromas. Slightly more rustic and toasted bread notes. Less earthy honey and flower. Lighter bodied and dryer.
Compared to Junkyard Snowdogger Vienna Lager 3/2023: Pours lighter, stronger head. Stronger aromas. More bread, grains, bright floral yeast. Less smoth honey, baked bread, and earthy honey. Lighter, more carbonated, and dryer.
Overall: A really nice and well-made Vienna lager here. This is a style I wish I could try more. Fantastic toasted and rustic bread malt flavors, while being yeasty and dry on the finish. Lightly spiced. This one should get a nod for one of the best Minnesota Vienna lagers. (Rating: 4.18+)
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.93/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a mostly clear golden amber color with an off white head. Smell is fruity with citrus malts baked bread.Taste has citrus caramel ,grassy hops and some dark fruits. Mouth feel has medium carbonation hoppy malty just right.
Mar 30, 2022
Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16oz canned 3/2/21 or 3/12/21, opened 6/20/21.
2 finger off white head with excellent retention.
Orange-amber with an unfiltered look. Early, thick and clingy lacing.
Toasty, caramel maltiness and an herbal/spicy hop aroma. Very appealing.
Taste very much follows the aroma, very balanced and I enjoy the spicy/earthy hop flavors in combo with the toasty malt.
Medium body, soft mouthfeel with appropriate carbonation.
Touch of sweetness in a toasty but ultimately balanced finish.
Outstanding.
Jun 20, 20212 finger off white head with excellent retention.
Orange-amber with an unfiltered look. Early, thick and clingy lacing.
Toasty, caramel maltiness and an herbal/spicy hop aroma. Very appealing.
Taste very much follows the aroma, very balanced and I enjoy the spicy/earthy hop flavors in combo with the toasty malt.
Medium body, soft mouthfeel with appropriate carbonation.
Touch of sweetness in a toasty but ultimately balanced finish.
Outstanding.
Reviewed by donzilake from Ohio
3.62/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light gold color. Off white head. Lace.
Malty with caramel and bready notes shining through the most. Some earthy and grassy hops.
Clean. A bit sweet. Easy drinking.
Apr 27, 2021Malty with caramel and bready notes shining through the most. Some earthy and grassy hops.
Clean. A bit sweet. Easy drinking.
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.1/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can. Can bottom is stamped 'MAR/01/21'.
Clear, pale amber colored body. One thick finger of white head. Leaves behind twists and turns of lacing.
Aroma is toasted malts and grassy hops.
Taste follows and reinforces the notion that this brewery knows how to brew a lager beer. Toasted malts with a hint of caramel and sweetness. Bright grassy hops express a little spice.
Medium mouth feel, with a slight feel of soap. Excellent carbonation.
Bolder tasting lager, which is head and shoulders above the Mexican examples of the style. Crisp and refreshing.
Apr 01, 2021Clear, pale amber colored body. One thick finger of white head. Leaves behind twists and turns of lacing.
Aroma is toasted malts and grassy hops.
Taste follows and reinforces the notion that this brewery knows how to brew a lager beer. Toasted malts with a hint of caramel and sweetness. Bright grassy hops express a little spice.
Medium mouth feel, with a slight feel of soap. Excellent carbonation.
Bolder tasting lager, which is head and shoulders above the Mexican examples of the style. Crisp and refreshing.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.59/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A thanks to the viceroy of Vienna lager, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a copper color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of toasted malts, caramel. Taste is toasted malts, light hops are present, very easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.
Jul 12, 2020
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