Rhinegeist Lager

Lager. Rhinegeist Brewery. Cincinnati, OH.

4.8% ABV.

Appearance

Golden and effervescent.

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Smell

Faint.

So faint I want to give up and just say I can’t smell anything.

A bit of apple?

Once again I get my nose so close that I just inhale a bunch of lager. It’s not great. Note: this is not a good beer for inhaling. Though, really, it’s probably about the best beer for inhaling. I don’t want to inhale a porter.

I just want to drink a porter.

Mmmm…

Meanwhile, Aimee is trying to google why lagers taste like pee. Is everything smelling like pee a covid symptom?

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Taste

I make a face when I taste it, and say “oh, man”.

After that rosé I was looking to drink a good beer.

This isn’t it.

It tastes cheap, and dull, probably marginally better than a typical macrobrew lager.

Aimee says “rubber”, and I try to get on her level: the lingering flavor in my mouth does make me imagine sucking on some industrial chemical.

2

Mouthfeel

It’s thankfully very thin.

4

Overall

Argh, I keep going back hoping for something, and it’s just boring.

It’s super boring. We dump the rest in the sink and open a Two-Hearted.

I’ve still not had a good beer from Rhinegeist.

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