Warsteiner Premium Lemon

Brewed by Warsteiner Brauerei
Style: Fruit Beer
Warstein, Germany

A light yellow "beer" with no head. The aroma is sweet - artificially and very lemony, while the flavor also is very lemony again somewhat artificial with a slight touch of malt, and a dry end. I wonder if artificially sweeteners has been used.

(Can 50 cl) Pale pilsener golden with a handsome, white head. Weak citrus aroma. Light-bodied and lightly sweet with marked citrus. No real body or bitterness. 061105

Bottled. Clear Chernobyl yellow/green, no head.Artificial lemony washing up liquid is all I can smell and taste. Sticky and unpleasant, extremely artificial.

33 cL clear bottle. Pours clear yellow with a greenish hue and a white-ish head. Lemon aroma, mild note of beer. Flavour is sweet and citric lemon flavoured with a mild beer flavour beneath. Ends fresh and citric with a light malt note.

Bottle clear glass, 33cl. @ home.
Clear yellow light lime grey color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to light light green head. Aroma is moderate corn, morning urine, pissouar, lemon notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081225]

Bottle. Pale yellow colour. Semi-stable white head. Weak lemonade aroma. The flavour is not too bad for a Radler, no aspartam. Less lemonade than beer, resulting in a drinkable beverage.

Unlisted to my knowledge at BCL, I found this at the Poco store where it was the only one of its kind. I was buying oldies for re-rates but couldn’t pass up a new beer that wasn’t a malt liquor. In retrospect, I probably should have scooped the O’Keefe Extra Old Stock as this proved a failure in all respects. You’d think that on a hot summer’s day after hiking to the top of a mountain this would hit the spot, but it’s far too sweet and artificial for that. Moreover, it has a distinct lack of beer character - more like lemon and ginger ale, with an unhealthy dose of citric acid added to the mix as an afterthought. Gak! Stick to Russell Lemon, if you insist on such things. Me? I’ve got a Schneider Weisse in the fridge.

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Sweet aroma with lemons. Flavour was sweet with lemons and lime. Finished sweet.