Bayern Amber

Brewed by Bayern Brewing
Style: American Dark Lager
Missoula, Montana USA

Date: 05/11/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy dark gold, wispy off white head,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with a nice bready character balanced by earthy hops,
Flavor: sweet bready malt flavor, nice caramel sweetness, well balanced with earthy hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Sparkling amber body topped by small white head. Aroma is lemon, grassy, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some grassy, lemon. The bitter grassy aftertaste is pleasant. Medium body. Nice beer.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with kyzr (thanks!). Poured a medium and hazy golden color with a smaller sized head. Aromas of caramel and overall buttery. Tastes of caramel, buttery, and toasted malts.

Let me be the first to say THIS BEER ROCKS! The aroma is heavily malty and lightly pungent. Bursts of caramel,coffee and milk chocolate. What’s a hop, anyway? This lager screams MALT MALT MALT. All kinds of malty notes. BANG!-TOFFEE! POW!-CASHEWS! KABOOM!-BUTTERSCOTCH! This sparkling clear lager has an (umm, you guessed it) AMBER hue. The medium-sized, creamy, white head is mostly diminishing. Flavor? Yep! Moderately malty and lightly tart up front. Perfectly balanced. Not sweet for one single second. Hint of clover or orange blossom honey; I can’t decide. Doesn’t really matter, does it? My only complaint is that this lager is slightly thin and watery. Light to medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel. Fizzy carbonation. Short, dry finish. Never heard of this brewer prior to this beer’s arrival in my shipment from kyzr. Thanks to Mitch for this excellent beer. I want more of it. MaltHeads, you are really gonna dig this lager. Reminds me of, but does not equal Lake Tahoe Crystal Bay Red Ale and European Zebra’s Lager. Hey Zebra, get back to brewing and bottling that stuff.

Pours a transparent orange amber with a thin, spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale malt with a touch of caramel and light fruits. Starts lightly sugary sweet with a touch of piny bittering hops before a crisp, bittersweet finish. A pretty drinkable, decent amber lager.

Amber color with sticky almost no head. The aroma is lightly caramelly and light. The flavor is quenching and thorough with a rounded finish. Lagerish and mild, not bad.

Draft. Dark amber color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate caramel malt aroma. Medium body. Medium blanced bitter sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. My expextations were met.

Aroma of grassy hop and medium malt. Light amber color, with a white head that quickly departed. Starts lightly sweet, develops medium mouthfeel as the carbonation leaves, gets a bit sweeter, then finally develops a little hop in the finish. Sort of a maltier version of Bayern Pilsener