Charles Reibenbach Ice Ale

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

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.

Picked this up at Albertson’s today as a "quick-buy." I came home and searched for the Reibenbach brewery and found nothing. Not to be dismayed, my wife and I cracked a few open and sat out on the patio to try this new brew out. Initial opinions - poor head, few bubbles spewing from the bottom of the glasses, but not a bad aroma. Sweet to the senses. Taste was not spectacular, but good for the price. This beer does "settle" quickly, so guzzle it down. Overall, a VERY nice beer for the money - beats Natural Ice anyday.

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.

Pours out of the can with a nice sized head wich fades down to a thin layer. Clear yellow body with rising bubbles througout the brew.Smells of corn with a slight hoppyness in the background. Milky sourness (not soured milk) that realy bites you on the end. Very rough beer. I was wondering why this was only 3.99 for a 12er. Might have to pawn this off on my macroswill-loving pop (god bless him).

it might be cold filtered but it was just too flat with too bitter of an after taste,at least the price was the lowest on the shelf at Albertson’s

A ghost of a brew, across the 5 categories. However, at 5.8%, who’s complaining?

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.

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