Fauerbach Amber Lager

Fauerbach Brewing Company
Brewed at Grays Brewing Company
Style: Vienna
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Date: 05/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clean amber, fine beige head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: bready malt aroma with a caramel sweetness,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, lots of bready character, light balancing earthyness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel and butterscotch. Body starts fizzy and slightly grainy and sweet with some mild toasted notes before a slightly citric finish. Needs some more balance and authenticity.

Copper to umber in color with a moderate somewhat fizzy ecru head. Inoffensive charcoal and light caramel aroma. Some hints of cherry licorice seem to lurk in the backdrop. Innocuous enough. Some husky grains seem to come out more as it warms. Fairly heavy for a amber lager. Dark roasted peanuts with toasted rye in the flavors. Just a hint os floral hops. Thicker throughout the quaff. Nothing really incites much emotion. Somewhat lifeless, quite boring. Yes there are no major flaws, but this is a sled ride down a small slope.

12 oz bottle from Woodmans on Gammon Road, Madison (Oct 2006) consumed a bit above fridge temp from a Corsendonk glass. Dull brassy amber with a smallish receding head that leaves a lasting ring....a bit of smokiness enlivens the otherwise plain and weak caramel aroma, and a bit of vegetal character creeps in too though not to the benefit of things....the flavor is lightly caramelized, sweetish malts with a lactic sourness that intrudes and makes for a rather unpleasant back end....watery texture and unfermented, worty mouthfeel makes for one of this brewery’s worst offerings, alas. Skip it.

A 12-oz bottle picked up at Bob’s McFarland Liquors in McFarland, WI. Pours a brownish amber brew with a small fast dissolving white head. Lots of carbonation in the glass. Aroma of pitted fruit, roasted barley malt, and llight caramel. Taste is very carbonated, light bodied, with some grass-like hops in the finish. Finish is light, a little watery and a hint of bitterness. I like this one over the Fauerbach Export. Happy to see another historical brewery making a comeback after a 40 year absence.

Bottled, thanks to Bob! Poured hazy medium orange with a short-lived cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up sweeter caramel and a whole bunch of toast with dry cardboard and berries toward the back.. some odd stuff back there, and not very enticing overall. The flavor had sticky caramel and nutty base with dry herbal bitterness surrounding.. tacky finish with an odd sweetness. Lighter-bodied with moderate-to-low carbonation.. never felt good.

Again, thanks to Skyview. Copper color with a thin head. Carmel aroma with something a little like bubblegum. The taste is almost chocolate, with very dark bread. Quite nice.

This isn’t bad at all but not malty enough to be a Vienna. Like the export, it is very well carbonated. Amber in color and a little sweet with unprocessed grain.