Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg Silver Bottle Beer Euro Pale Lager at 4.9% ABV (Craft Beer Advent Calendar #8, 330 ml, bottle date 26-Jun-2016, best before 30-Jun-2017, acquired 25-Sep-2016, reviewed 8-Dec-2016)
Appearance: clear pale straw with one finger of fluffy white head diminishing rapidly to a thin ring, moderate lacing. (3/5) Aroma: grainy pale malt and corn adjunct, grass. (4/10) Taste: moderate sweet, mild bitter. (4/10) Palate: light body, moderate carbonation, off-dry short duration finish. (3/5)
Well, that’s a bit of a craptastic choice for an Advent beer: a completely bog standard adjunct Pale Lager. Hell, it could easily be a Coors Light – and given the commercial description, that’s pretty much the intended demographic: club goers who drink from the bottle and can’t be trusted not to break glass. Aggressively unremarkable and seriously disappointing. (8/20)
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