Lager
Neustadt Springs Brewery

 

 

 

Purchased at the LCBO for around $2.30 for a 473ml can. Served at 4deg C in a draught glass

A- Opens well and pours a tiny head that is gone in seconds. Dark gold and clear color

S- Touch of bubble gum scent here. Good hops!

T- Touch of fruit. A hit of greenery at the beginning..... coriander. Nice blend.

M- Dry and good

O- Nice brew. Overall a fruity blend. Good break from the everyday

Food Pairing

This pretty nice brew went well with..... Pad Thai. Nice peanut overtone goes well together

Enjoy!

 

 

 

473 ml can from LCBO for $2.75 CDN into a pint glass.

Appearance - Clear golden color, semi-aggressive pour yielded minimal head that dissipated immediately. Some bubbles present and beer is transparent.

Smell - Bready and biscuity scents, smells like a bakery. Quite yeasty as well. Nice nose on this. Something floral is lurking just behind the bakery smells but is a bit hard to pick up.

Taste - Very bready up front, evolving into a quite a bitter beer. Hop presence is minimal, a bit mineral flavored as well.

Mouthfeel - Lowish carbonation, despite the effervescence at the start. Dry finish that is a bit sharp and a bit too much. this is despite the beer being watery and a bit thin.

Overall - OK beer with big tasty nose, that doesn't quite translate in the taste and especially the mouthfeel. Probably wouldn't purchase another, but if offered one wouldn't turn it down.

 

 

 

 

Served from a 473mm can in to a weizen glass.

When pouring the beer into the glass, my first impression was how nice the bright white, inch tall head looked that retained for almost ten minutes in the weizen glass. What was even more eye catching, was the bright orange colour radiating from the glass. It is quite dark considering its a pale lager and also mildly cloudy.

Initially the smell is very grainy and grassy, but sweet malts are also present.

The taste is slightly more hoppy then it is sweet and malty, yet the taste is not harsh what-so-ever.

It is very smooth, and extremely full bodied for a lager. Its thickness and smoothness along with the slight bite from the hops separate it from most beers in its style.

Neustadt Lager is a great euro-lager that is both incredibly intriguing in aesthetics with it's flaring orange colour and medium volume long lasting head, as well as it is in taste with its interesting mix of darker malt flavours complemented by its smooth thick body.

 

 

Tallboy can from the LCBO; best before August 17th of this year.

Pours a translucent golden-amber colour, topped with about a finger of fizzy white head. Like a lot of beers in this style, head retention is poor, with much of it fizzling away within a minute's time. Not much lacing either. The aroma is a bit weak, but otherwise ok - dominated by grainy, bready malts with maybe a few hints of lemony citrus zest or wet hay. If adjuncts have really been used in this, the aroma doesn't really make their presence known.

This is a pretty tasty lager, but not a particularly creative or interesting one. Relatively malty flavour, bready and cracker-like with a touch of honey sweetness. A twinge of corny adjunct becomes apparent during the sip, but manages to mostly avoid the limelight and remain a minor factor in the flavour. Slightly herbal, grassy bitterness toward the finish from the hops, with some lingering dryness in the aftertaste. Thin-bodied and rather watery, with less carbonation than I tend to expect from pale lagers. Very smooth, and a pleasure to drink.

Final Grade: 3.47, on the high end of a B-. This is easily an above-average pale lager, and objectively (especially given the style) I really can't find much to complain about. Subjectively, however - it isn't that difficult to find something of only slightly lower quality for considerably less money.

Neustadt Lager isn't anything out of the ordinary, but at least it's still better than anything you'll find in a macro outfit. Pale lager enthusiasts should consider this one worth a try, but beer geeks with no interest in the style are probably better off saving their money.

One finger head with some retention and lace, straw yellow colour, faint malt and grassy hops nose, taste follows but opens up to a caramel almost faint chocolate note which surprised me, hint of lemon, light to medium bodied with plenty of carbonation it is mildly bitter but certainly refreshing. I expected shite and was surprised by the mediocre quality of this one.

Can from the LCBO, 473ml into a tulip. Best before June 22, 2012.

Pours a pale gold, almost completely clear. A good bit of carbonation evident in the body, and a bright white head loosely composed of larger bubbles. Light sweet malts in the nose, a bit of graininess. Some mild hop notes in a bit of a grassy vein. A bit of a mineral character in the water. Grainy, lightly vegetal and a bit fruity in character. Again, some grassy/herbal like hopping, and a some what drying finish. Medium light feel, a bit bitter and medium carbonation. Good, not really and AAL but something a bit more flavourful and English in style.

 

Pale golden yellow, one finger of creamy white head, light lace spots at the top of the glass. Smell is of sweet biscuity malt, some light hoppy notes, lemon and fresh cut grass, grainy, fairly simple but quite pleasant actually. Taste is quite malty, cracker and sweet caramel like flavours, less hop in flavour than in the nose, some earthy grass flavours come through, quick dryness comes toward the middle of the palate, some fruity flavours in the finish. Medium carbonation, creamy feel, light-medium body. This is absolutely mis-categorized and is no adjunct lager and is actually not half bad, not something that I will pick up again I don't think but I would drink this if someone else is buying.