Löwenbräu Original

Brewed by Löwenbräu Munich (InBev)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Munich, Germany

Canned. Very pale golden beer. Rapidly vanishing white head. Aroma has some fruitness of lemon, slightly aromatic hops and some sharp spiciness. Finishes quite papery. Flavor is sweetish malty with lightly bitter and drier finish. Palate is quite light and a bit watery. Carbonation is sharp but not fizzy.

500ml can. 4.5%
Disturbingly light, brief slightly fizzy head. Initial aroma quite fruity and pleasant, if a little cookie-cutter pale lagery, but becoming flat and papery after a while. Rather watery palate, crisp carbonation. Taste does vary from curiously fruity, or slightly gingery, to dreadfully dull, or a bit dishwatery, but always based on a very simple thin malty body. May possibly have been told about what hops are when it was in the womb. Relatively free from nastiness, apart from the papery aroma which was only a minor flaw.

Pours a gold yellow colour with a large heap of white head. Aroma of grassy hops and fruit. Taste is light bodied maltyness, grain, and grass. Mouthfeel is slightly unique, but still unexciting. This is a pretty good beer that met my expectation as a plain European macro.

Pours a yellow colour with a nice white head. Grassy hop aroma. Flavour is a bit sweet and fruity. Very smooth and medium bodied. A bit dry finish. Smooth and very enjoyable.

From a 11.2oz bottle from John’s Market Place in Portland, OR--Poured a creamy golden-straw body with a small whitish head. Biscuit, bread, cereal, dull mildly spicy hops nose and flavor. Gotta reload with something flavorful. Not terrible, but bad.

Bottle. Pours clear yellow with a white head. Lightly sweet malt aroma. Crisp, refreshing body. Light malt flavor, almost sweet, with just a hint of hops. Not bad.

Bottle. Crystal clear yellow. A nice white fluffy head that didn’t last fully, but left some lacing. Smell is mostly grainy, a little malty. Tastes a little malty, grainy and very clean. Fairly light bodied. This is a really easy drinking lager suitable for a session.

It’s not horrible, it’s just boring and watery. There is so little flavor that there is nothing to complain about really. Drinkable and uneventful.