5.3 % ABV, 25 IBU. Utepils Brewing, Minneapolis, MN.
And now we have a beer that just sounds wrong. Vienna Lager is not a style that begs for the addition of lime. I certainly wouldn’t be doing this review if I needed to pay for it. Fortune smiled and a can landed in my hands.
Clear, with a caramel/bronze color, under a large, lasting off-white head.
In the nose: hey, lime! And somewhere below, a malty lager. Lot of lime.
In the mouth: light bodied. Lightly limed. Makes you forget about the Vienna lager lurking below. Sweetness offset by citrus. Well balanced, light, and supremely drinkable. Loads of lime. More than I like. I’m happy with Vienna lagers and never thought they needed lime. Well I am right and whoever thought of this is wrong.
I’ll finish it, though. I always finish.
Our refreshing take on a Vienna Lager with Lime.
A style which most people first experience first as a Mexican lager with lime. Now available for the summer season both on draft AND cans in 2022.
Originally created in 2021 & sold on draft only as a Mexican Lager w/ Lime as a collaboration with Freehouse Brewpub in Minneapolis.
There’s more on the can: Vera Cruz comes to you with two stamps on it’s passport—via Mexico, by way of Germany. In the late 1800s, German immigrants to Mexico brought their beer recipes from back home, including the classic Vienna Lager. Somewhere along the line, a bit of lime was added to the mix, because heck, why not? The result is full-bodied and smooth, with just a touch of tartness on the tip of the tongue.
I am calling bull on that story. No one ever adds lime to a classic German recipe because heck why not. People stick lime wedges in Corona bottles because it had no flavor otherwise. And then they put them in anything because they’re idiots. And some people say “hey, Vienna Lager” is sort of a Mexican beer, right? Let’s shove limes in it, for no reason!
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