Premium Lager
Theresianer HTS 1892 Spa

Pours golden colour with two finger head. Little lacing. Malt and citrus aromas. Malt/ cereal taste. Muted bitterness and elevated carbonation. Good overall crisp tasting Helles.

2025-06-25
500ml pour at Alibi in Florence (Firenze).

Pours a clear brass color, sparse carbonation, big dense head, maybe two fingesr tall. Smell is grainy, slight grassiness. A little bready lager yeast. Taste is similar, more honeysuckle floral, some earthy grassy hops. Sweet on the whole. Mouthfeel is medium, slight slickness, definite fizz. Overall, not bad.

Bottle 0.33 L.
Clear yellow body with a medium white head, mostly diminishing with virtually no lacing.
Light malty (grain) and hoppy (herbal) aroma.
The flavour is mainly bitter, however a clear sweet character is still present.
Light body with a watery texture; average carbonation; evident metallic feeling in the finish.

Poured from bottle into glass at the lovely Casin dei Nobili in Venice. Nice crisp lager.

on draft at a cafe in Cortina, Italy, served in branded glass

light yellow in color, white head. aroma and taste is not great - it's grainy, sweet. taste like it might use corn as an adjunct? thin bodied.

 

 

330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet (bestillingsutvalget). ABV is 4.8%. Clear pale yellow colour, moderate white head. Aroma of sweetish pilsener malts and grassy and herbal hops, hints of honey. Reminds me much of their Premium Pils. Soft mouthfeel. The flavour is crisp and not too sweet, still with a nice and subtle maltiness, while the the hops are more subdued than in the Premium Pils. An easy-drinking helles.

 

 

Like most people, sunny days make me happy. And nothing makes me happier on sunny days than bright, sunny-golden beers. Theresanier certainly fits the bill on this balmy June afternoon, its clarity and resplendence welcomed relief for my thirsty tastebuds.

Light-coloured lager is among the most difficult style to brew; not only is the process more technical than people realize, but recipes so clean and concentrated leave little room to hide brewing errors. Want to know the trick? Use the best possible quality grain and just let it do its thing. Works here.

The beer is filtered but it doesn't taste it. Malted barley figures prominently into each and every sip, parting flavours of gently toasted and very lightly honeyed cereal grain. Hops aren't appreciated in the same way but provide a service nonetheless, ensuring no sweetness survives to the aftertaste.

Italy's young, creative, and enthusiastic microbreweries are reinventing the country's perceptions of beer and slowly narrowing the gap with wine for beverage of choice. But the industry will need a good lager capable of reaching the masses if they wish to succeed. I nominate Theresianer.

Imagine what it would do for Italy's reputation internationally if people associated it with Theresianer and not Nastro Azzurro or Birra Moretti. It's like comparing a Serie A team to a Serie C team. Theresianer not only has a German sounding name but also Bundesliga-level quality and drinkability.

 

 

 

For the style, this is a solid beer. Lots of flavor.

 

 

The white head starts off looking a little flimsy, but pulls itself together to form a 1/2 finger pillow that's pretty creamy and shows itself to be a little more substantial in lasting power if nothing else. It's not terribly substantial, but a thin island of foam lasts the session and does drop some decent spotting.
The smell has a mix of light fruity sweetness, lemon, crackers and grass with some fresh herb (almost like sage or thyme) coming out stronger as it warms.
Where the aroma began to remind me of a Sauv Blanc (wine), sort of earthier, mineral (shale), and herbal, the flavor does even more. The lemon continues to come through along with grass.
The feel is clean, semi-dry as some more vinous character is drawn out, almost dry into the finish, in a light body that's right for the style without going too weak. It's crisp up front, which falls off a little in favor of a smoother end.

330ml served in a pint glass.

A: Pours a pale yellow clear color forming a medium to low thin bubbled white head. Medium to low retention. Only few spotty lacings left in the glass. A thin bubbled white head remains for long on the top

S: Quite malty and crispy. Sweet malts. Not bad at all. Very bready Lager-style yeasts. Very light hops bitterness. Classic Euro Lager. Not bad at all

T: Slightly sweet upfront. Very malty, bready and crispy. Quite honest Euro Lager. Mild hops bitterness

M: Light body. Good carbonation and a bready and malty aftertaste

O: Good drinkability. Not bad