Day 11: Ottakringer  Wiener Original

Right off the bat, anything this colour called a "wiener" beer? Caution. Not sure I want to drink the wiener beer. Maybe this advent calendar has been lulling me into a sense of complacency just so it can punk me by getting me to down the brown wiener water.

But it frothed up so nicely. Not a thick head, but relatively tall. And there was character. Some genuine maltiness and a little more hop than the calendar has recently provided.  A little caramel and vanilla, slightly, almost imperceptibly floral.

Of note: my experience with "interesting" beers is that I almost always start out too cold and end up enjoying them more as they warm up. Not so with the Ottakringer. Keep this wiener cold. As it warms up, the weiner starts to develop a funny after taste. Maybe that has to do with being in an aluminum can for a while. But that makes sense. Wieners should not be in cans. Wieners should be free. Cold and free. Four steins.