Steinlager
New Zealand Breweries Limited

SteinlagerSteinlager
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From:
New Zealand Breweries Limited
 
New Zealand
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #300
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
67
Ranked #28,217
Avg:
2.85 | pDev: 20.35%
Reviews:
283
Ratings:
457
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 03, 2024
Added:
Mar 06, 2002
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  29
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Ratings by Kylito87:
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Reviewed by Kylito87 from Illinois

2.76/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
I keep finding more beer reviews on my computer that I never completed. What I like most about beer is when you see a beer that you haven't had in while you immediately think of what you were doing last time you had it. This beer reminds me of when I was in college and at my first of three different dorms. My old room mate who now lived two doors down from me (I had moved out of our room to my own because we ran out of room) was going on a beer run and he needed my help. Our dorm was a dry dorm so sneaking beer and other things in was sometimes a hard task. We went to Jewel and saw this beer on sale. He was like sweet 7 bucks for a 12 pack! So we picked this up as well as some other beer. We got it upstairs and we both snapped open a bottle and took a swig his face was hillarious. Long story short when I went back to my dorm that night (morning really) I was given the remaining ten.

Apearance- Straw lager yellow. Puffy white head about two finger. Pretty resilient sucker. More lacing than I would have thought there would be.

Aroma- Very grassy and grainy. Reminds me of Hienie. Also some mild hopness. Pretty skunky DAMN you green glass bottles!

Taste- The grassy hay like qualaties are very prevelent. It has this harsh I don't want to say bitterness because that isn't it, it is like a punjent taste that really makes you drink this beer slowly. I can taste the alcohol surprisingly which is strange for a 5% ABV beer. It is definitely for the lack of a better word different. It is a taste that you are not sure if you like it so you keep opening bottles to determine if you do and when you run out you still don't really know if you like it. I have never had a New Zealand beer and if this is the best maybe they just aren't cut out for making beer. It is an awesome pizza beer though I found that out the next day with some Cold giordannos!

Mouthfeel- Crisp and clean. About medium body and carbonation make this beer pretty drinkable.

Overall- It is nothing really special. It is defintely different for sure. I wouldn't mind giving this one another try because I haven't had it since that time in the dorm and that was two years ago and my pallete has matured over that course of time. The problem is I can never seem to find it around here it seemed like a one time thing. It is not worth seeking out but if you ever come across it for a decent price it is atleast worthy of a try. As far as pale lagers go it isn't the worst I have had. I actually would like to take a stroll back in time to my crazy college days with this beer sometime soon. My old roomie is visiting Chicago sometime within a month or two I should pick him up a six pack as a joke if I can find it that is.
Jan 08, 2010
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

2.74/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Large green bottles and 6 packs.
Pretty standard light yellow gold look with a thin soapy white head and medium carbonation.
Aroma is a little grassy and grainy.
Taste: imagine Carlsberg and Heineken together. It's bitter & sweet balance is okay. Hop spice and a distant bread note help.
Feel is a little bit crisp and chalky.
Overall not too great but it wets the whistle.
Mar 03, 2024
 
Rated: 3.1 by Myboymi from Kansas

Feb 20, 2024
 
Rated: 4.03 by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

Jul 21, 2022
 
Rated: 3.48 by jeschaefer from Texas

Jun 27, 2022
 
Rated: 3.16 by sbradley41 from Pennsylvania

Apr 30, 2022
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Rated by davidward from Florida

2/5  rDev -29.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
A weak European style pale.
Mar 24, 2022
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Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland

2.46/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Clear, light gold appearance with a small white head. Vegetal, sweet corn aroma buried in a haystack. Light, crisp mouthfeel; lots of carbonation. Lightly hopped, sweet taste with little else to distinguish it. Found in the bargain bin of a local drug store for 99 cents where I should have left it.
Feb 01, 2022
 
Rated: 2.18 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Jan 19, 2022
 
Rated: 3.9 by Daneve76 from Australia

May 26, 2021
 
Rated: 3.28 by mistahmojoryan from Canada (SK)

Apr 03, 2020
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Reviewed by Harjoh

2.87/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
I lived in New Zealand 20 years ago. This is not their best beer but is mass marketed. Used to be available in Ontario but haven’t seen it for some time. Not my favourite but helped me satisfy nostalgia for New Zealand. I miss the country, not this beer. Haha
Oct 25, 2019
 
Rated: 3.43 by cdub70085 from Connecticut

Aug 02, 2019
 
Rated: 2.9 by Marvicsin from California

Apr 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.38 by Keananmichael5 from California

Nov 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by ColSanders123 from Georgia

Oct 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

May 18, 2018
 
Rated: 2.99 by baldy00 from Connecticut

Jan 26, 2018
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

2.35/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Ticking off my New Zealand checkbox!

25.4 oz bottle into a chalice. Piss gold with a fluffy head that dissipates in seconds but leaves lace.

Aromas of urine/men's restroom, hay, corn, grass, and wet fields.

Flavor starts out with a nice bread/biscuit flavor but descends alarmingly fast first into a peppery Czech thing, then to hay dust (if you've ever thrown hay bales on a windy day you'll know what I mean - but most craft drinkers unfortunately have not worked manual labor a day in their lives), then to planty/stringy snow pea pods, and then back to stale biscuit. It's a cyclical thing. Lots of residual stale peppery chalky bitterness left behind.

Feel is crisp but has a disturbing amount of chalk to it.

To style, this lager is poor to fair. When you compare this to similar styles, it's far below Stella Artois, Birra Moretti, Bitburger, and the like. It does win out against Carlsburg Elephant, however. The crispness is there, but the cleanliness isn't; and the flavors sort of torpedo each other and don't synergize or compliment at all. I'm not sure how one brews such a bad beer, much less on a continual basis, but it happens a lot in several countries and breweries. I couldn't be satisfied with this personally. If this is New Zealand's finest, I'll be drinking tea or mulled cider when I visit.
Jan 06, 2018
 
Rated: 2.22 by TheCrowsEye from California

Jan 05, 2018
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