Scharers Lager

Brewed by Scharers Little Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Picton, N.S.W., Australia

Aroma is dominated by an objectionably high level of diacetyl. Appearance is very clear (despite not being filtered) and a beautiful gold colour with reasonable (not great) head retention. Good strong malt presence and mouthfeel, could do with more hops (especially bitterness). Really enjoyable beer if you block your nose!
RR: Geez, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good Scharers. I know they’re pretty inconsistent but still. Perilously close to dropping quite a way down the scale.

Bottled. Deep golden and hazy. Orangey aroma. Light bodied, but still with nice malt accent. Very flavourful and promising with balanced bitterness, but also beginning deterioration in form of acidity. I really need to seek up this brewer to get their beer fresh whenever I go down under. Thanks duff for sending this and all the other beers!!!

This can be iffy, but when on-song it is a beauty. The waft of tettnanger and hallertauer combine to give a great flowery nose. The mouthfeel is rich and has a peaches and cream character. I like the orange hue even if it is a bit cloudy when poured from the bottle. I agree with head retention comments though, in days gone by the 3 pack used to come with a flyer that advised it was best to 'bounce' the beer of the bottom of the glass to get a head.

Tartish nose. Slightly bitter body and a little tart. Some fruit, but not the most fresh tasting I thought.

Hazy tan colour. Citrusy, flowery hop nose. Touch of yeast. Fresh tasting, light, but drinkable.

31/3 at George IV Inn (Picton): Lovely natural hop aroma. Short lasing white head on a murky yellow-amber liquid. Very fruity, malty taste balanced with the perfect amount of bitterness. Lovely hop flavour too. Smooth, medium mouthfeel. Nice lacing on glass. Great price $2.50 middie!. Slightly more ale-like in taste than a lager though I must admit (expecially with the body).

Very fruity, especially peaches. This is a great in-pub beer sans cool pub: very lame that heaps of losers at the Australian after a hard day selling real estate insist on a VB from the tap next door. Liked it a little better than the bock because I was in the mood for pouring it down fast after losing netball. Peace.

Not quite what it used to be. The fruity aroma is still there and it does retain some of the original quirky character. Mild tropical fruit notes are considerably muted compared to the old version which was occasionally pretty wild. More citrus than I remember too, which I don’t think really sat with the more earthy malt flavour. Still, quite a pleasant drop, just tastes more sanitised than it used to.