Pours a clear coppery brown with a nice tan head. Very malty smell, with a hint of the standard Shiner smell that most of their beers have. Still nice.
Nice punch to it. But, as I mentioned, it tastes like a shiner Bock version of an alt. Good beer and very drinkable, just comes across as a lighter version of their bock. Glad to see them trying so many different styles in recent years though.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Spoetzel Brewery's Marzen-Style Oktoberfest
I don't remember this last year--glad to see another Texas Oktoberfest, even if it is likely to taste like Shiner Bock with a twist. It has '96' on the neck label--maybe this is what they brewed that year for their anniversary beer.
Pours very light orange with a ton of carbonation and a nice light tan head that stays for quite a while. Clear Shiner smell to it. It also has a sweeter malt taste to it, but to me it has hints of bock.
Bigger than the clear color would indicate, but more bland than expected. I like Marzen-style beers to be a little spicier, to feel a little more like Fall. This one, is just kind of bland.
Pours very light orange with a ton of carbonation and a nice light tan head that stays for quite a while. Clear Shiner smell to it. It also has a sweeter malt taste to it, but to me it has hints of bock.
Bigger than the clear color would indicate, but more bland than expected. I like Marzen-style beers to be a little spicier, to feel a little more like Fall. This one, is just kind of bland.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner Frost
Not sure why I'm just now getting to this beer, but I'm hoping this goes well with my brisket and sausage from Leon's in Galveston.
Pours a clear, deep yellow to amber with a nice fizzy white head that stays well with decent carbonation. Nice malty smell. Very slight hops smell in there somewhere. Not distinct.
You know, this tastes a great deal like a bock, and not just because it has a hint of the Shiner Bock taste to it, but it has a solid malt that fades pretty quickly to a crisp bitterness that never overpowers it or makes you forget that it's mostly malt. Nice and mild with kind of a peppery finish, it goes very well with my BBQ.
Pours a clear, deep yellow to amber with a nice fizzy white head that stays well with decent carbonation. Nice malty smell. Very slight hops smell in there somewhere. Not distinct.
You know, this tastes a great deal like a bock, and not just because it has a hint of the Shiner Bock taste to it, but it has a solid malt that fades pretty quickly to a crisp bitterness that never overpowers it or makes you forget that it's mostly malt. Nice and mild with kind of a peppery finish, it goes very well with my BBQ.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner Kosmos Reserve
Glad to see a mixed sixer from Shiner, I buy Real Ale's every once in a while and go to World Markets just to put them together, and I hope Saint Arnold's wakes up and makes them. I'll buy a lot more St. A's if they do.
Anyway, this family six pack had a Kosmos Reserve in it, so it was a no-brainer just for that. It pours a light amber with a crisp white head that thins to a sheet but stays due to strong carbonation.
Crisp lager smell, and lightly malty. I'm going to go with kolsch on the style so far, even though you can't find it anywhere and even the Shiner website is absent any reference of Kosmos Reserve at all.
Yep. Very low and indistinct hops, light, sweet malt, and overall crisp without an aftertaste to speak of. Very good kolsch. I wish they would keep it around, it's better than the blonde, dark, smokehouse, and a couple of others. It also doesn't have that Shiner Bock twang to it, unusual for a Shiner beer. Most of them taste like a Dark Shiner Bock, or Smoke Shiner Bock, or Blonde Shiner Bock, but this stands on its own.
Very good kolsch that I'll buy every chance I get.
Anyway, this family six pack had a Kosmos Reserve in it, so it was a no-brainer just for that. It pours a light amber with a crisp white head that thins to a sheet but stays due to strong carbonation.
Crisp lager smell, and lightly malty. I'm going to go with kolsch on the style so far, even though you can't find it anywhere and even the Shiner website is absent any reference of Kosmos Reserve at all.
Yep. Very low and indistinct hops, light, sweet malt, and overall crisp without an aftertaste to speak of. Very good kolsch. I wish they would keep it around, it's better than the blonde, dark, smokehouse, and a couple of others. It also doesn't have that Shiner Bock twang to it, unusual for a Shiner beer. Most of them taste like a Dark Shiner Bock, or Smoke Shiner Bock, or Blonde Shiner Bock, but this stands on its own.
Very good kolsch that I'll buy every chance I get.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner Smokehouse
Had no idea Shiner was brewing a Rauchbier, and damn if I've ever seen a Helles variant. I'm assured that it's normal, but it seems to be at odds with the style, to me.
Poured just like a Helles should, clear and crisp with a fizzy white head that fades fairly quickly.
Very slight malt smell, mostly smokey. That's just about it.
Tastes the same. Not the most egregious smoke flavor, but it's obvious and I guess what the brewer intended. Not really mesquite flavored, it just seems like more Liquid Smoke in a beer, which is what most smoked beers taste like. Seems like it would be better as a Starkbier, because these styles simply don't seem to match to me.
Weird.
Poured just like a Helles should, clear and crisp with a fizzy white head that fades fairly quickly.
Very slight malt smell, mostly smokey. That's just about it.
Tastes the same. Not the most egregious smoke flavor, but it's obvious and I guess what the brewer intended. Not really mesquite flavored, it just seems like more Liquid Smoke in a beer, which is what most smoked beers taste like. Seems like it would be better as a Starkbier, because these styles simply don't seem to match to me.
Weird.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner 100
Yeah, I know, this is a fairly lame beer to post about, but what the hell, I'm drinking it.
Shiner 100 is probably the worst of their anniversary series. Dopplebock? Hell, it's lighter in color than their standard bock. Pours a clear copper with a light tan head and good carbonation. Slightly bready, smells like a lighter, less malty version of Shiner Bock. Many of their beers taste like a variant of their mainstay, and this is no different. Although I would have expected a dopplebock to be maltier, some would even say twice as malty, the truth is that it doesn't look or smell like it will be.
I will say that it's heavier in the feel than their bock is, so that's good. It just tastes like a Shiner beer though. It's slightly more malty, with more twang than bitterness. Slight orangey citrus hiding under the Shiner yeast taste, and the slightly bigger malt that somehow still lets some alcohol sneak through. At under 7% ABV, that means it's pretty weak for any alcohol to creep out at all. The higher malt adds more body than anything else, it doesn't really contribute to the flavor as much as you'd expect.
Meh. OK beer. Nothing offensive, I just don't think they're ever going to beat their bock, a Texas institution that someone has to grow up with to truly understand. If you haven't had Shiner Bock while floating in an inner tube down some central Texas river, you're missing out. As for this one, you're not missing much.
Shiner 100 is probably the worst of their anniversary series. Dopplebock? Hell, it's lighter in color than their standard bock. Pours a clear copper with a light tan head and good carbonation. Slightly bready, smells like a lighter, less malty version of Shiner Bock. Many of their beers taste like a variant of their mainstay, and this is no different. Although I would have expected a dopplebock to be maltier, some would even say twice as malty, the truth is that it doesn't look or smell like it will be.
I will say that it's heavier in the feel than their bock is, so that's good. It just tastes like a Shiner beer though. It's slightly more malty, with more twang than bitterness. Slight orangey citrus hiding under the Shiner yeast taste, and the slightly bigger malt that somehow still lets some alcohol sneak through. At under 7% ABV, that means it's pretty weak for any alcohol to creep out at all. The higher malt adds more body than anything else, it doesn't really contribute to the flavor as much as you'd expect.
Meh. OK beer. Nothing offensive, I just don't think they're ever going to beat their bock, a Texas institution that someone has to grow up with to truly understand. If you haven't had Shiner Bock while floating in an inner tube down some central Texas river, you're missing out. As for this one, you're not missing much.
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