Lakefront Riverwest Stein

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Vienna
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Thanks to buckybeer for this one. Clear dark amber over a choppy off-white head. Sweet, ,fruity, malty. Some diacetyl maybe? Easy drinking.

This darker yellow brown brew comes on like a pale ale; hops and dat. It’s clear why this rates high on a website loaded with IPA lovers. Stouthearted pilsner bite goes beyond, crossing over into hardy APA terrritory. Strong & alky but I didn’t really notice it untill i saw it listed here. Flavors keep you pre-occupied. Fairly bold personality with a finish that’s nearly in yer face, then hangs around for awhile.

This beer came to me in my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bronze-chestnut color with a small khaki head. The aroma was moderately fruity and floral hops with an underlying bitterness. The flavor was sweet nutty caramel and a mix of fruity and floral hops. There was a longish fruity and nutty finish. A good session ale in my book.

12oz. bottle. Predominantly malty aroma, plenty of dark caramel sweetness, nut and toasted grain, along with a gently fruity, floral background that shows hints of apple and berry. Clear deep amber color with a very slight, subsiding head. Flavor is lightly bitter and spicy to start, turning malty and somewhat sweet thereafter, with further toasty caramel, breadiness and an herbal, tangy, fruity finish. Smooth and easy-going mouthfeel, body is medium. Very drinkable, tasty and balanced throughout, certainly one of the best of its style.

12 oz. bottle from the variety 8 pack - Pours a deep clear amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Aroma is caramel malt and herbal hops. Flavor is sweet caramel malt. Smooth, soft mouthfeel. Medium body. Taste better than most Mexican Viennas, that’s for sure. A good beer.

I’ve had this beer on many occassions and its one of my favorite riverwest beers, it always goes down good w/ a hint of hops and citrus in the flavor and a nice creamy feeling on the way down.

Good amber/red color,small off white head that managed to have a decent hangtime,and leave a little at the sides.Nice malty semi-sweet aroma with a little fruit and hops.Very nice flavor,light malt with a very decent amount of hops coming through but not over poweringly enough to make it bitter.The fruit is a nice mild grapefruit.This is almost a light version of a pale ale IMO and very drinkable,makes me wish i could get this stuff up here because i could definately go through alot of these this summer.Thanks to Jcapriotti for sending this up to me.

bottle-thanks to secret santa for this one. pours a clear copper hue with a fizzy off-white head. aroma of caramel malt, spicy hops (Well well, when i was smelling this beer, i told myself "hey, i smell some american hops here. I guess i was right with the cascades), german yeast quallities and light funk. good malt base here. flavors are caramel malts, big spicy german hops with a light undertone of those cascades. body is medium and full for this style. finish is fairly bitter with all those spicy hops. some light malt notes (toasted) come out as well. This is a very good vienna, but not as good as the Great Lakes version i must say. This would make a great session beer.