Steinlager Pure - New Zealand Breweries Limited

DoctorStrangiato

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev +32.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured a 330-ml bottle into a pint glass.

Appearance - pale straw colour with a good sustaining 1/4-inch head. Fairly decent carbonation. Nice lacing on the sides.

Smell - cooked veggie smell over a hoppy, nearly skunky aroma. Doesn't smell like it's crossed over though!

Taste - crisp, malty taste with an almost floral element here. Nice hoppiness at the end and finishes fairly dry.

Mouthfeel - despite the higher carbonation very smooth, mellow characteristics.

Drinkability - I really like this beer. Maybe it's partly the marketing, but it seems crisp and honest and goes down easy.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2011 03:36:04 | More by DoctorStrangiato

ChicagoNick

Illinois

3/5  rDev -0.3%

04-17-2013 01:06:53 | More by ChicagoNick

tubeyes

Texas

3/5  rDev -0.3%

04-15-2013 02:07:59 | More by tubeyes

Danobold

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +16.3%

04-09-2013 03:08:52 | More by Danobold

amstokesdb9

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev +16.3%

03-21-2013 02:21:49 | More by amstokesdb9

Hultkrantz

Sweden

3.25/5  rDev +8%

02-17-2013 15:35:35 | More by Hultkrantz

RonaldTheriot

Louisiana

4.03/5  rDev +33.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Steinlager Pure has a thick, white head, a mostly clear, yellow golden appearance, lots of streaming bubbles (etched glass), some brown yeast chunks floating about, and a lot of thick lacing left on the glass. The aroma is of sweet, pungent barley malt, and the flavor is fairly hoppy, sweet, somewhat sour, and one gets a full taste of hay and barley malt. Lots of white bread and bread crust with this one. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and Steinlager Pure finishes crisp, semi-dry, refreshing, and drinkable. This is a very good beer, and I think you should try it out.

RJT

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2013 15:04:02 | More by RonaldTheriot

crownrl28

Georgia

3.25/5  rDev +8%

01-25-2013 21:59:33 | More by crownrl28

tbryan5

Louisiana

3.75/5  rDev +24.6%

01-16-2013 14:56:24 | More by tbryan5

jrempel

Quebec (Canada)

3/5  rDev -0.3%

12-28-2012 03:42:19 | More by jrempel

justinm4bama

Alabama

3/5  rDev -0.3%

12-14-2012 02:59:19 | More by justinm4bama

Kyrojack

Indiana

2/5  rDev -33.6%

11-14-2012 17:53:12 | More by Kyrojack

rarbring

Sweden

2.05/5  rDev -31.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Clear straw, a quckly settling white head, little lacing, small curtains.

Boiled vegetables, some herbal grassiness, sweet corn flakes.

Sweet corn, boiled vegetables, a dash of lemon marmalade, some biiter notes, quite chemical.

Little carbonation, soft texture, a small body and slightly dry finish.

In all a very boring beer. Possibly ice cold on a warm beach.

Serving type: can

11-08-2012 17:53:08 | More by rarbring

crobinso

Colorado

2.25/5  rDev -25.2%

10-26-2012 03:16:03 | More by crobinso

bzach

Indiana

3/5  rDev -0.3%

10-21-2012 06:04:30 | More by bzach

bark

Sweden

2.95/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

The beer pours with a fizzing sound. The clear liquid is straw yellow (5 EBC), the two finger head is white and compact. It sinks slowly leaving some lacing.

The smell is light and clean. Pilsener malt. Somewhat sweet notes of French loaf. Hints of alcohol, earth and flowers.

The taste is very light and a bit thin. Clean sweetness, hints of bread. Light body. Some clean bitter notes in the aftertaste, as well as hints of clean bitterness and a touch of earth. Warming alcohol and hints of green berries in the finish.

The carbonation is strong, the small bubbles short-lived. The liquid is somewhat smooth.

A clean beer that just borders to being thin. Not very exciting.

Serving type: can

10-19-2012 20:28:50 | More by bark

Sunnanek

Sweden

3/5  rDev -0.3%

10-05-2012 18:04:01 | More by Sunnanek

Lemke10

Wisconsin

2.78/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Green bottle, light yellow color, and grassy scent. It already screams New Zealand’s version of Heineken. Pours a clear, light yellow color with only a slight, short lived head. Scent is of cheap grassy grains. Something different for sure. Taste is mild with different grains blended together to give very earthy tone. Basically drinks like any cheap watery American beer, but with perhaps a little bolder flavor. If you drink this you’ll show a little culture but don’t expect a great taste.

Serving type: bottle

08-23-2012 03:58:54 | More by Lemke10

mralphabet

Virginia

3.6/5  rDev +19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass

A: Poured a pale straw yellow color with about a finger and a half worth of head that settled quickly to a ring with no lacing to speak of. Very visible carbonation from start to finish.

S: A little skunky but not bad, I'm getting a little cooked veggie smell over a light hoppy smell. Smells better than I thought it would.

T: Good mix here, a malty taste up front with a light floral hops half way through. The finish is clean and a little dry.

M: Good crisp carbonation with a strangely smooth and dry finish. Very nice.

D: I was really surprised by this beer, not the Euro Lager crap I was thinking it would be. Very nice mix on all fronts (except for the smell)... Nice mix of malt, hops, crisp and smooth, very easy to drink. I would look for this one again. Thanks New Zealand !!

Serving type: bottle

08-19-2012 01:21:25 | More by mralphabet

fionn13

Ireland

2.5/5  rDev -16.9%

06-04-2012 15:53:40 | More by fionn13

joefinnigan15

3.25/5  rDev +8%

05-25-2012 05:40:55 | More by joefinnigan15

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I'll try anything for a dollar and this was not that bad!

A - My guess is that it's a light almost clear yellow with a 1/2 inch of sticky white head. It's a guess since I drank it from the bottle.

S - Initial smells of sweet water, mild corn/rice, and some apple or pear sweetness (skunked?)

T - Initial pear or apple skunked flavors are tart at first but quickly mash with the sweeter malts and flavors of very light corn and rice. Almost sugar or vanilla like sweetness makes it enjoyable.

M - Light and at times almost "champagne like"

Overall again for a dollar it's quite a good lager and as the temperatures reach 90 here in Pittsburgh it quenched my thirst very well. Not worth more than a dollar but it drinks well for a beer from New Zealand.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2012 19:33:30 | More by DrDemento456

smartassboiler

Illinois

3/5  rDev -0.3%

04-10-2012 18:25:06 | More by smartassboiler

Devbinks13

South Carolina

1.5/5  rDev -50.2%

04-04-2012 15:53:22 | More by Devbinks13

Drinking_Milkshakes

4/5  rDev +32.9%

03-25-2012 04:58:37 | More by Drinking_Milkshakes