Havana Lager
Concrete Beach Brewery

Superb Amber. On the beach after 5 of these, my last one is super warm and still crushable. I am from Colorado and know craft beer. I give this 8 out of 10. Malty and crispy as well as crushable even as a warm beer in a bag. Thanks because Heineken sucks

 

Poured into a clear plastic pint glass: color is copper, head is light tan, head presents 1 finger thick and lingers well with some lacing.

Smell is sweeter malt, more Munich, caramel, bread, toast, quite pleasant, light grassy hops.

Taste is a bit sweet, more ale like in its fruitiness, but flavors are pleasant: toast, malt, caramel, bread, some light toffee, light grassy hops.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, moderate sweetness, low bitterness.

Overall a sweeter Vienna lager than most but base ingredients/presentation are flavorful and present well.

Sitting at the Dogfish Head Miami Taproom, formerly Concrete Beach, and had to give this a go. Honestly was expecting a Boston Lager since this is BBC owned and operated, but what I got looked like a Sam but definitely was not. Malty definitely, but a malty that’s more chocolate like than caramel. Reminds me of a tootsie roll with this aftertaste. A little too sweet for me, but a smooth drinking lager.

 

 

 

12oz can at Mojito Bar, MIA Airport. Poured out a clear, amber color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of toasted caramel malt and toffee with some grassy notes. Sweet toasted caramel malt taste with a nice, sharp bitterness.

 

Pours a burnished orange-amber color. Lightly cloudy initially, but as it sits it does really clear up. . Two maybe three finger head forms on the beer before dissipating. Aroma has notes of lightly toasted malt, hints of caramel, and some grassy, spicy hops.

Taste follows the nose with notes of lightly toasted malts, a touch of caramel, some bready malts with some spicy hops coming through on the back end. There is a light generic sweetness to the beer. Feel is light to medium bodied, crisp, and smooth. Moderate to medium carbonation with a bit of a prickly presentation.

Overall it is a nice beer. Id drink this again and if you like Sam Adams Boston Lager this would be a seamless replacement.

 

Drinking from a plastic cup at a poolside bar so take this with a pile of salt.

L: a clear golden blood orange color. Off-white 1.5 finger head. Practically no lacing on plastic.

S: Toasty, sweet malt. Some pleasant grains.

T: more roasted malt. Sweet, but not candy sweet. Clean finish with a subtle amount of hops. A balance between roasted and sweet.

M: light-medium bodied. Crisp finish, not very dry.

O: best beer I had on my Orlando trip. Great in the sun, not watery, nor overbearingly burnt or sweet. I actually thought this was an amber or red most of this review. Hardy flavor with a crisp finish; good Vienna lager.

Pours a clear copper color with a light tan head that provides modest lacing. Beautiful beer. The nose is a bit nutty with some grassy hop aromas and a little toffee note.

The nutty flavor is forward on the taste and truly delicious. The grassy hops and toffee are a bit more prominent and work exceptionally well with the nutty flavor.

The mouthfeel is medium and very crisp. I’m a big fan of Vienna lagers, and this one is really well done.

 

 

 

First Vienna lager review, so take it for what it is worth.

On draft in the Orlando airport Nice Amber/ brown in color.
Light off white head that quickly dissolved.

Nice bright, somewhat florally aroma. Hard to give much more input since I'm getting random cleaning solution smells from behind the bar.

Surprised by a nice full flavor. Medium mouthfeel, light carbonation.

Light malt, breadiness with enough hop bitterness to keep it from getting as sweet as I expected.

Nice change of pace from all the IPA I tend to consume.

 

Pours a pleasantly unexpected amber color with well over a finger of head. The nose has faint notes of toasted malt but they are pretty weak. The flavor tastes like watered-down Boston Lager - which is pretty much what this offering is.