Allgäuer 1394 Premium Lager

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Pale Lager
Kempten, Germany

Bottle: Hazy golden colour. Long lasting white big head. Malty and bready aroma, with some hoppy smell too. Has a thin taste, also a bit sweet and malty. Very little bitterness in the aftertaste. A easy drinking beer. Nothing else

Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear light yellow, light density of small and medium sized particles. Aroma is lightly malty (grain, light bread), lightly hoppy (flowers, herbs), lightly yeasty (dough). Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter. Finish is moderately bitter. Medium body, dry and creamy texture, lively carbonation. A solid, clean German lager whose strong points are a creamy mouthfeel with a great flavor balance, and whose main weakness is a very light (albeit pleasant) aroma (though my bottle is almost certainly not exactly at peak freshness).

Light gold color. Medium to large head. Aroma is bready and yeasty. A lighter bodied lager. Malts are mild and slightly sweet. Hops are mild and slightly spicy. A fairly typical euro-lager, it is extremely well balanced though. Well made, light and refreshing. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Also from the Bier Garden in Portsmouth VA ... on 8/30/04 for me! Cool. Anyway, I took this as a very wheaty-looking beer with a chunky milky complexion. It’s gristy and almost yeasty in the flavors, but sweet and nice with a sugary finish. Schoen.

Had this at The Bier Garden in Portsmouth, VA on 7-25-04. Lightly hazed amber body with a tall goldish tan head. Aroma is slightly grainy and malted. A bit grassy as well. Taste is also doughy and grassy but with some sweetness around the edges. Mouthfeel is moderately carbonated and a bit thin. Finish is short. Sort of grainy with some faint malt and yeast notes. Not too bad.

(500 ml bottle: $1.99 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, CA) Unlike Büble, this Allgäuer beer seems more in line with what pale lagers usually taste like, and that is, not much and not very good. Some lightly sweet and woody maltiness, and a bit of hops, but more than anything, I get quite a bit of cardboard in both the flavor and nose. Light to medium in body. Hazy, medium yellow color. The whitish head fades to a wide ring along the edge of the glass, but leaves no lace. Probably the worst Allgäuer beer, at least I hope so.

Golden blonde with very fluffy head. Light graininess in aroma and flavor. Clean tasting. Refreshing, with some encroaching tongues of malt. Slightly, dry bitter and watered finish.

Heavily hazed golden appearance, well carbonated, moderate foam. Sweet malty, grainy aroma with a touch of herbs and flowers. Sweet honey, lemon flavor, woody tones, dryness and slight bitterness in the finish.