This is Zipfer Helles. It is dark - too dark for a Helles. Also, it is surprisingly cloudy for the style.
As for aroma, there was none. As for flavor, it was like drinking melted butter (diacetyl). As for me buying it again, no.
3/10
May I present MacQueen's Nessie, imported all the way from, what the hell, Austria?
This is a "whisky malt red beer", peeking through the loch with 5% ABV.
Let's cut to the chase- she needs to remain an enigma.
Nessie has a very interesting aroma, like a sour mash with a sugary tang. It tastes like nothing. But it retains a very nice mouthfeel. I detect no whisky (where I thought there'd be some peated malt), so I have no clue what "whisky" means to Schloss Eggenberg, other than malted barley.
The color was pretty brown before it was red.
Eggenberg's Samiclaus is a classic beer. Schloss Eggenberg MacQueen's Nessie is not.
Overall, I'll give it 4/10.
Don warned me about Austrian beer, saying they are more miss than hit. Heed the advise.
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So, the more I think about Nessie, the more I think I was tasting some kettle caramelization. But, it was really more buttery than it was the flavor of toffee, which is why I threw the diacetyl flag.
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