Ottakringer

Why it matters

Maintains an independent Viennese brewing presence in the city that gave its name to Vienna lager.

Details

Reference beers

• Ottakringer Helles5.2% ABV

  A Viennese pale lager from the city that gave its name to Vienna lager, and a reminder that Austrian brewing is not simply German brewing.

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Styles it is associated with

• Munich Helles — Bavaria’s everyday pale lager: soft, bready and malt-forward, with just enough hop to balance and nothing to distract.
• Vienna lager — An amber lager built on gently kilned Vienna malt: toasty and lightly sweet, but finishing clean and dry.

Traditions

• Vienna and Mexican amber lager — The amber malt-forward lager tradition begun in Vienna in 1841, which survived more strongly in Mexico than in Austria.