Augsburger Golden

Formerly brewed at Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

This was good when Monarch brewed it in Chi-town in the late 70’s early 80’s... Point got ahold of it after Huber and made it FANTASTIC!! Like a Good German Brew without the lingering bitterness.... Take one bottle of the Golden and one bottle of the Augsburger Dark and mix it...It’s da beer bomb!! Like Beck’s only tastier and less bitter! Good Job Stevens Point!!

This beer had a medium golden color with a moderate head and scant lacing. The aroma was grainy and slightly fruity. Medium bodied, fairly sweet and malty turning drier with some hoppy bitterness in the finish. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't try to duplicate the old Huber version, but still I thought it was a tasty and well balanced lager.

Golden color with a decent light ecru head. Heavy sweet dough aroma with undertones of mild dry herbal/floral hops. Sweet maltiness envelops the mouth with a touch of corn as it warms. Quite effervesent, but just thick enough to prevent it from feeling like sparkling water. Malt gives way to moderate hops, a bit floral but not overpowering. Not a GREAT beer, but certainly a very balance and drinkable brew.

Sampled in my Arrogant Bastard pint glass just for grins. Pours a clear golden color with a decent sized white head that dissipates to a sheet of white. Smells of grains and some hops, but not much really going on there. Mouthfeel is fairly thin and the flavor is dominated by grains with hops being slightly noticeable. Finish is sweet enough to make the drinkability rise to quite a nice level. Not the best lager by any means but very easy drinking.

Light gold. Nose toasty, sweet, a bit bitter. Flavor is some sweet malts, bready, a mite toasty. Decent hop bite. Surprisingly hefty, good palate, accentuates the malts. This was my dad’s favorite beer many years ago and it’s actually better than I expected.

Another beer that somepeople think is an Import from Bavaria, but is actually made by Stevens Point Brewery. Still, though its a darn good crisp beer. If you love Golden, Wheat, and grain tasting beers, then you are in heaven. Also, if you love the smell of those characteristics, you have to try this beer. In my opinion, this is definetly one of those beers where you either love it or hate it.

A good change from the folks at Point. Only had it out of the bottle. Golden, not a whole lot of flavor, tastes like paper?, not much in the way of carbonation. Worth a try.

Very yeasty lager aroma. Little visible carbonation. Light gold in color, white head. Flavor not bad. Relatively rich for a lager. Mildly hoppy bite. Could be a session beer.