Shiner 98 Bavarian Style Amber Lager

Formerly brewed at Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: American Dark Lager
Shiner, Texas USA

I really liked this beer, Has a malty flacor, fruity notes, nice amber color and good head retention. Excellent use of hops...Taste is a nice caramel note. Sweet. I still buy this once in a while.

Pleasant toasty aroma. Great amber almost copper color with weak head. Flavor mild hops with caramel and a mild, earthy malt. Well balanced, but no strong flavors. Slight honey aftertaste. Good beer for casual drinking.

Pours with a frothy, initially fat one-finger thick (despite a vigorous pour), pale tan colored head that sits a top a brilliantly clear, deeply red, copper colored brew. The aroma is a nice mix of hop and malt, though the hop notes play a touch larger role. Aromatic notes of light citrus, green-herbal notes, a touch of berry notes, some biscuit malt notes, a nice breadiness. I like that this has a nice, chewy, malt driven aroma, but am a bit suprised (though pleasantly so) how hoppy & of what hop character that this brew is.

Quite well carbonated, the beer definitely fizzes up a bit as it hits my tongue. Somewhat dry, even a touch of tartness, though this does have a soft, caramelized malt sweetness. Grassy hop flavors and a solid, yet somewhat soft, hop bitterness is noticeable. The fruity / citrus hop notes of the aroma are mostly lacking in the flavor, but there is just a hint of bergamot towards the finish. Malt defived flavors of biscuits, a berry-like malt sweetness, some dusty soda cracker notes and a touch of grain husk astringency add a bit more to the malt perception.

This is not a bad amber, I don’t know that I would characterize it as a traditional Bavarian one, but I like the extra, fresh hop character that is in this brew. It could perhaps use a touch more malt depth, and perhaps a touch cleaner malt profile.

Pours amber, tastes grassy and sweet. Better than other Shiner products I’ve had

Amber colour, white head. Aroma has grassy hops, caramel and some medicine smell. Flavour is caramel and hoppy.

12 oz bottle from Beastiefan2K; Nose of grain, grass, caramel, with light vanilla and banana notes; Light amber with a medium beige head; flavor is sweet, light caramel, and a touch of fruitiness.

A nice refreshing amber ale. Good product from that little brewry in south texas. Wonder what they will give us next year.

Bottled. Aroma has some caramel malts in it, some hoppiness. Clear, copper-amber coloured with a thin, off-white lace. Taste is sweetish, with caramel malts, slightly roasted, some sugar and hoppiness. Carbonated, light bodied beer.