Jever Lime

Brewed by Jever (Oetker Group)
Style: Fruit Beer
Jever, Germany

Bottle. Had some time to kill waiting for the ferry to take us to Denmark for the Copenhagen beerfestival, so we brought someting to taste. Got there a little late, and they started embarking a little early, so I tasted and wrote my notes partially when I was driving aboard the ferry. Good thing it was a low ABV beer. Wasn’t much of a drink either. Greenish golden body, clear, with a quickly diminishing white head. The nose was almost completely dominated by lime, but a wee hint of pilsner could be sensed in the background. The flavor was quite limey as well, with some bitterness, and once again, a little note of pilsner in the background. It had a watery, lightly sparkling mouthfeel, and finished with bitterness and lime. It you haven’t had it, you don’t want it. (070510)

Thanks to Yngwie and Gunnfryd for sharing this one, that definitely wouldn’t be easy to drink all by yourself ;) It’s light lime green and both aroma and flavour are sweetish and lime-like in an artificial kind of way. The flavour has a harsh bitterness. 2076

Bottle. Clear greenish colour with a small frothy head. Bad aroma and taste of artificial lime. Skunky finish.

Interresting idea to mix a dry beer with lime juice 50/50. The beer is a bit on the bitter side, not much of the pleasant sourness and citridity the original gave.

Brief subsiding skunk from the clear bottle. Ecto Cooler green, unstable little head. Citrusy and artificial. Yuck. I will give it this, J-Lime has a much sharper bitterness than most Radler, owing probably to its base beer. Who thought Jever and Lime would mix well? I’m surprised the mixing of two so fundamentally opposed ingredients didn’t tear a whole in the universe.

Bottle. Metallic aroma. VERY pale colour, unstable head. Sweet, citric aspartam flavour. Worse than most other mixes.

(Bottlle 33 cl) A "Bier-Limetten-Mix", oh, don’t I just love the German language. 51% beer, 49% lemonade. Somewhat sharper bitterness than in a normal Radler/Alsterwasser - probably from the bitter citrus-lime. Odd yellow-green colour. Absolutely no head. Quite fresh. 200305

A yellow beer with a small white head. Both the aroma and flavor are dominated by lime - and this is not supposed to be in a beer.....