Charles Reibenbach Ice Ale

Brewed by Cold Spring Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

Last of my visits to the esteemed house of Charles Reibenbach. Aroma - not as bad as the other CBs - does have that slight yeasty twang to it though. Pour is uneventful and pale yellow with a thin clingy head. Flavor is initially smooth and carbonated but then settles into the familiar Gluek meltdown - is there an atomic plant in Cold Spring? The can looks like a budget Club Soda can.

The aroma has corn, alcohol, and metal. The appearance is pale gold with some small particulates. The flavor is just like the aroma with chemical bitterness, and that signature "Gluek twang". The palate is very thin. This is pretty bad stuff.

This is just bad brew. I should have expected as much for $5.49/12 at Albertson's. Clingy, starchy, tart flavor. Specimen colored. So-so can, lousy packaging. Lots of chemical Gluek character. Even the wife didn't like this...

Not as bad as the other Reibenbachs. Has a decent flavor. Pretty good for a cheap beer like this. Only $3.99 a twelver.

Don’t expect too much from this one, its a common tasting ice beer, Ice beer is strong tasting but weak in flavor. low malts and no hops. too many adjuncts make this unpleasant.

Much better than the lager, but still nothing to brag about. I’m starting to think that frederick scholz changed his name. And god knows theres going to be a light version and someday i will find it.

I get this one at Savon/osco for 3.99 a 12 pack, I don’t complain for the price, But not a stellar ale, I drink it after I spent all of my dough on stone or Belgians! I really wish this brewery would consoladate all of their brands into gluek, it would give them a little more consistancy! Dorango, Jozef hoffbrauer,Charles Reibenbach, hell, call it all Gluek!

This is the Albertson’s store brand, and this is a surprising good for swill. Gold colour, with a decent, fruity(!) malt flavour. No hops of course, but no strong nasty chemical aftertastes.