Day 6: Fohrenburger Unser Bier

There's a unicorn on the can. +1 This is the first beer I've ever had from Austria. +1more. It actually tastes like it has something going on. + another 1

I found a website that claims this is a special anniversary beer made special by the "best" raw ingredients and glacial water. I suspect that there's a little bit more of a complex hop profile going on than in the last few beers I've reviewed, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that this beer was close to officially qualifying as a pilsener.

It poured slightly cloudy, but that cleared up quickly. Not a lot of carbonation, and what head there was disappeared after the first couple of drinks. Very clean tasting, with hops clearly present but not crossing into bitter territory at all. The hops are the harmony rather than the melody here. Slightly more floral than citrus.

I'll admit that the pleasantness of the first sips were aided by the fact that I earned this beer (and the next one I'm going to drink...hey, it's Friday) by playing basketball for an hour and a half. Almost any beer is going to taste good after that. But this one stayed interesting all the way down. Nothing is blowing me away, but there is just enough complexity going on to make me think about what I'm drinking every time I take a sip. That's the way it should be. Very clean aftertaste.

And it's Austrian. If pressed, I'd say it was more Von Trapp than Schwarzenegger, even though I don't know what the hell I mean by that.

But if it was Schwarzenegger, it would be this one. (That's him on the left)

I would actually buy this stuff. It rockets to the #2 spot so far on this calendar. Four steins! With an edelweiss garnish!