9/3/2023 0 Comments Vienna lager examples![]() ![]() This hoppy little lager was brewed using an enzyme which breaks down residual sugars in the beer meaning it's as dry as can be. The Brut IPA craze came and went pretty quickly but has left a lasting legacy in Urbanaut's Miami Brut Lager. Cargo's version is one of very few available in New Zealand, but absolutely hits the spot and we'd love to see this style take off here! With rich layers of toast, biscuit, and supporting toffee notes the Vienna lager manages to pack in huge malt flavour while still managing to finish dry, smooth, moreish and refreshing. The Vienna lager brings some extra malt character to the table over it's more popular pale cousins. Liberty's example, Halo is rightly held up as a benchmark of how this new style should taste with an assertive citrus and passionfruit hop character and a soft smooth finish. If you took this Pilsner to a German or a Czech traditionalist they would probably look at you with horror but the New Zealand Pilsner is making delicious waves in the international brewing scene. New Zealand hops bring a punchy citrus aroma to this light and easy drinking style which has recently been recognized as an official style in the BJCP style guidelines (which even allow for Ale yeasts to be used! You can hear the Germans crying.). Their Munich Helles, Jerry Rig is a perfectly executed lager with a cracker and bread crust malt character leaning into a crisp clean finish. Brewer Chris Barber cut his teeth brewing in the south of England before setting up his Hawke's Bay brewery and has made a name for his brewery as probably the best producer of classic European styles in the country. Tradition is hard wired into the DNA of Zeelandt brewery. These efforts though are not going un-noticed and will definitely reward drinkers looking for more subtlety and simplicity.Ĭheck out some of the best lagers New Zealand has to offer below. While traditional lager styles have been kept alive and thriving in certain parts of the world, most notably Germany, craft brewers have undertaken the often thankless work of resurrecting, reinvigorating and re-imagining this style which often gets passed over by craft drinkers in search of the next hop bomb. Lagered beers are fermented colder and conditioned longer than their Ale counterparts but that doesn't stop them having a wide range of iterations and different flavour profiles from bright hoppy New Zealand pilsners, smooth and malty Vienna lagers, roasty schwarzbier and the traditional Munich helles. ![]() However there is more to these styles than those brewers would have you know. Having dominated the 20th century through the efforts of macro breweries, the style has become synonymous with what beer tastes like for many drinkers all around the world. There is no larger shadow cast over the beer world than that of the lager. ![]()
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