Veldensteiner Original Lager
500ml brown swingtop bottle, the last of the variety offerings recently made available at the only distributor in my town. Freshness date of 9/16 appears on the front label. Poured into a pint glass this brew appears a very light straw yellow color with decent clarity. Initially pours with more than a finger of head that settles down to a thing cap atop the brew that retains quite well and leaves spotty amounts of lace on the glassware. The aroma of this brew is strikingly similar to the other offerings I had from this brewery. A very fresh grainy scent upfront that yields some sweetness about the nose and a very, very light touch of hops in the background. Taste is, as expected from the aroma, grainy upfront with a sweetness about it. Not much more to say about this offering other than it is light bodied, crisp finishing, modestly carbonated and all together refreshing. There is a lingering taste of grain and a light touch of hops and a small indication of the nearly 5% alcohol in the back of the throat. This is not a beer I would sit down and savor but I would drink again as a mere substitute for a lawnmower summer brew.