Enterprise Brewery Knappstein Reserve Lager

Brewed by Enterprise Brewery (Knappstein Wines)
Style: Premium Lager
Clare, South Australia, Australia

Has an almost greenish hue, the way some sake does. Very pale and hazy but no head. Big grapefruit juice nose with grapes and peaches. Hints at tartness. Crazy vinous character...slightly sour with lots of grapefruit and peach. This hop is cool shit, and it definitely grows on me over the course of the beer. Very distinctive brew.

Bottle at Chris_O bottlefest 2007. Pale gold colour with thin white head. Bit of eggy yeast. Bit thin, some citrus. Bad.

A Sim rate (Bottle at chris_o’s): Sweet, wheaty, fruity, citric aroma. Smells like fresh cut grass or more like the synthetic smell of the grass scented perfume that Gap makes. Tastes quite clean and fresh.

Bottle. An interesting lager, from a producer who is more famous for the wine they produce. This was crisp and refreshing, which i guess is what most people making lager are trying to achieve, however, this was a little different. This had some wonderful fruit punch sort of flavours. Some kiwifruit and goosberry in here, which instantly draws comparisons with NZ Sauvignon Blanc even though it is indeed a beer. This was fresh and fruity, and it just seems made for a hot summers day in Australia.

Bottled at Chris_O Fest March 2007. A very, very pale straw coloured beer. The aroma is poor and farty. The taste is sweetish dull and has more sulphur charcteristics. Pretty poor really but I bet it’s a premium priced product.

bottled, big thanks to mullet for bringing this over with him. golden and lightly fizzy with a whipped egg white head, some kiwi fruit and passion fruit in the aroma, doughy malt, red berry, modest grapefruity bitterness, really well balanced and classy

Bottle while dining at the Peppermint Bay gallery and restaurant in Tasmania. Clear golden yellow with a robust bubbly white head that leaves rings down the glass. This is bursting with delicious aromas of passionfruit, citrus, and melon. Clean pale malts intertwine with a complex set of fruit flavours: tangerine, passionfruit, rockmelon, as well as a pleasant herbal quality. Finish is crisp with a bitterness that is faintly resinous and peppery. Complex, yet endlessly drinkable, this is truly outstanding-- among the top 5 Aussie brews I’ve yet tried (and I’m over 200 at this point).

Clear bright golden body with a decent white head. Sweet fruity aroma, notes of passionfruit and melon. Body is a bit thin after what the nose promised, citrus and resin with an enjoyable bitter finish.