UPDATED: JAN 8, 2022 Taste: bright crystal malts, crackers, crisp, clean finish with slight bright hops. Same with the nose. Bright golden hue, clear, white head, some lace. light body. Mellow appetizer lager.

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2022 Tall can, Ann Arbor, MI via Costco advent calendar. Another fairly standard one.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2022 Number 11 for Kalea 12 days of Christmas.
Into a dimple stein, chilled. Unexpected, yellow gold body and shimmering, with a solid finger of tight, white foam atop. Heady, spiced, bready nose with ample toasted brioche, toasted white bread, sunny grains, hay bales, lemon balm and earthy, herbal hops. A similar case on the palate. Dusty yet sweet. Light yet rounded with soft carbonation and a softer finish. This builds to be quite full in body as it warms. Light in hop with just and earthy herbal note on the finish fading off into the malty swallow. Vollbier or Münchner Helles spring to mind, but definitely absent of Wiener malz. Very grainy, bready, toasty with a rounded earthy nuttiness. A lovely lager, whatever it was meant to be. Could easily smash quite a few steins of this. (50cL can, BBE 05/2023, Aldi Cannington)

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022 Can, from the Costco advent calendar. Pours clear bright lemon yellow with a foamy white head, faint bread aroma, high carbonation, mildly sweet malty taste with light grassy hops flavor, thin body, medium finish with a sweet malt aftertaste. Interesting lager.

UPDATED: DEC 31, 2021 Can from the advent calendar. Malty, biscuity nose, bit of citrus hops, grass, and honey. Medium to deep gold, clear, nice thick head. Very pale for the style, but looks appetizing. Rich and malty, biscuits, toasty Wiener malt, honey. Herbal, slightly minerally hops in the finish. Just starting to get a bit of oxidation in there but not bad. Slightly sweet. Decent.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2021 Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured a golden with a white colored head. Aroma is malty, toasted, light veg. Taste is sweet, grain, citrus, grass.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2021 Pint can from the 2021 Costco advent calendar, 12/22/21. Clear golden amber, thin fizzy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of toast, grain. Taste is toast, grain, a bit of citrus. Thin, crisp. Decent.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2021 Pours clear gold with a one finger white head. I’m not sure why a vienna lager isn’t amber colored at all, but okay. It has a grainy, biscuity, somewhat fruity aroma. The flavor is sweet with a little hops bitterness in there. I didn’t find it overly sweet though. It’s biscuity with a little lemon. Pretty good. It’s admittedly not a style I’m likely to rate much above average on a hedonistic scale, but it’s well made.

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2021 16oz can. Pale, filtered tan body. Steady white head. A pretty classic, true Vienna lager. Bright noble hops, bready malt and lager tone. Perfect balance. Old school, tasty.

UPDATED: DEC 20, 2021 Can at home from CostCo Advent calendar. A crystal clear golden colorued pour with a fine white head. Aroma is big lager notes, biscuit, honey monster cereal apple curd. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, nutty malts, dried fruits raisin, dried apple, bit sweet. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Bit sweet.