West Sixth Packaway Vienna Style Lager

Packaway Vienna Style Lager. West Sixth Brewing. Lexington, KY

5.3% ABV.

Not quite a Cincinnati brewery, but close enough.

I don’t know what a “Vienna Style” lager is.

Appearance

Frothy-headed pour. Slightly murky amber.

5

Smell

Mild. Apple juice.

Aimee says “melon”. I ask what kind. She says “I don’t know - a little bit of watermelon”, does some googling and says “honeydew”.

Aimee and I have completely different tastebuds.

3

Taste

It’s not sweet.

It’s dull. Not quite boring.

Tastes like fermented grain!

I am having such a hard time identifying “tasting notes” in beers — beers taste like beer.

Maybe I’m not creative enough. I’m a terrible beer-taster.

I am determined to name a tasting note. Here’s one: cardboard. But have I ever tasted cardboard? No, I don’t recall such an experience. Still, I stand by my note: this tastes like cardboard.

Aimee says “it tastes so boring”.

It tastes like mediocre lager.

I can say it tastes different from the Durtmunder Gold we’ve been enjoying lately, and not better.

2

Mouthfeel

Typical.

3

Overall

Not worth a drink.

I am frustrated.

2