Lion Red is a full-bodied malt flavoured beer, balanced with a pleasant hop bitterness.
It is batch brewed using high quality malt and the finest New Zealand hops to produce a 4% alcohol/volume beer.
This leading New Zealand beer's history dates back to 1907. Originally known as
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Phishpond417 from Madtown, Wisc, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (4/24/2007 8:31:49 PM)
"Pours pretty light with a bright copper colour. Decent head, caramel, apples and biscuits in the aroma. Taste is going to be pretty light as well. But tolerable."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
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Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer many times. (6/10/2006 12:25:11 AM)
"Here is a classic case of a beer that goes from quite good to unmemorable in under 5 minuites. Amber in apperance with fatty fat effervecence and a thin white head. Smells is entirely sweet malts, which is ok, but somethng else would be nice..kinda like getting new shoes and you have to buy the laces seperate. A little too much carbonation ruins the malty smoothness for mouthfeel, but let it get warm and it only feels flat. Initially, tastes of fruity malts, maybe a tinge of cirtus and followed quietly by slightly bitter hops come out quite enjoyable but half a beer later you're stuck drinking flavourless liquid. Gotta be good for working in the yard on a hot day. Easy to polish off quickly."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.9)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 330ml @ $1.98 Unit Cost: $2.84 per Pint
[3] Review by EyeChartBrew from CA, Liechtenstein who has tried this beer a couple times. (7/31/2005 12:41:07 PM)
"~ Initial Review, 06-10-2003:
Another Trader Joe special -- this single ended up costing me I think in the neighborhood of $0.80. And while I did enjoy drinking the Speight's Gold Medal Ale that I purchased at the same time, the Lion Red is a strictly run-of-the-mill Kiwi lager.
Despite it's name, this is not a red beer (thankfully) -- only the label is red. Even if I dislike red beers, it would be more interesting if this looked a little more appealing than it does. Thin head that quickly fades, with zero lace. In addition, not much in the way of aroma to go with here.
For taste, this reminds me of the dozens of different beers I had when I was in Australia a few years ago. Swan, Emu, Toohey, VB..., all marching to the same beat. This Kiwi beer follows suit, and would fit in with it's Aussie brethern a little too well. Not bad, just predictable.
In addition to the lack-luster effort put forth by the flavor and aroma profiles, the mouthfell is a little too soft. Some sort of character here would at least give this beer some sort of personality. But as it stands now, this beer isn't bad, isn't good, isn't much of anything. Nothing exciting nor annoying about this.
~ Re-Review, 04-06-2005:
Why the heck did I buy a six-pack of this, if my previous review displayed my complete indifference towards this beer? Good question. Chalk it up being a total space cadet at the liquor store -- I meant to grab the sixer of Speight's Gold Medal right next to this, and wasn't paying attention until I got home. Duh...!!
But overall, I could have done a lot worse, that's for sure. A bit on the sweet and cloying side of things in the mouthfeel. But even still, this isn't horrible. Kills a thirst without much fanfair.
Not my least favorite Kiwi beer, at least....
Music: Psychotic Waltz's "A Social Grace".
//TB"
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $0.8 Unit Cost: $1.07 per Pint
[4] Review by Vac from San Diego, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (3/28/2004 1:35:04 AM)
"This brew pours with a amber gold body topped by a thin white head with a surprisingly good amount of lacing. The aroma is nothing special, much like any mass produced lager, except perhaps with a bit more sweet maltiness. The flavor is better, it's slightly sweet with malt yet well balanced with a nice bitter hoppiness. Light to medium bodied, tingly from the carbonation and dry.
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Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.7)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
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