Castleberg
Seedz Brewery

Pours a brilliant burnished yellow-orange color. Cloudy enough that it is essentially opaque. Weak had although I suspect that is because this can was in my main fridge and not the beer fridge so I poured it colder. Won't ding it too much for that aspect. Aroma has notes of sweet bread, some light grain notes, rustic bread, and some grassy hops.

Taste has notes of grain, rustic bread, some maize and a bit of grain followed quickly by a sharp grassy bite. Moderate malty sweetness is present. That sharp hop bite lingers with some mild bitterness into the finish. Also, I can taste the water coming through in this - it has a strong minerality to it. Feel is light to medium bodied, a bit rustic on the feel, but still easy drinking. Prickly carbonation.

Certain aspects of this beer remind me more of a kellerbier than a pilsner or euro pale lager. Regardless, it is a tasty, enjoyable lager.

Canned 2/10/23; drank 5/21/23 @ the Yarchives.

See-through dull orange appearance.

A rough pour yielded a big eggshell head; nice tree-rung lace.

Rice, honey & rustic wheat notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel; a bit sticky.

Honey, rice & rustic wheat flavors.

It's not dull, but I'm not sure this is my jam. A bit sticky & sweet, but the rustic notes help.

 

After a glass of Hopper's Hell and The Cut, Seedz here again pours another tall head of stiff peaks, but this time khaki and leaving behind spongy lacing. The golden body comes just shy of amber, and is almost clear but for a bit of chill haze.

A little more malty than the keller pils or helles I had before it, this has an almost amber quality to it: slightly leafy, slightly nutty, but also neither. The malt is contrasted by a mildly woody bitterness.

The fluffy body is obviously enhanced by the puffy as hell slow pour head before finishing paper dry and fairly bitter.