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Mediterranean Lager

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The first beer Althaia ever brewed and still its best-seller, it is a brilliant straw-gold beer with a dense white head. The nose brings clean, softly malty grain with fresh floral and citrus hop notes. On the palate it is bottom-fermented and easy-drinking yet with good body, balancing cereal sweetness against a crisp hop bite before a clean finish. It is unfiltered and unpasteurised and matures for a month in horizontal tanks. The brewery claims to have coined the term Mediterranean Lager.

ABV
5.0%
Bitterness
Lightly bitter23 IBU
Citrus hop bitterness
SRM
pale gold4
PaceSession
Where this beer sits
Body
lightfull-bodied
Sweetness
drysweet
Bitterness
mildbitter
Texture
crispcreamy
What makes this beer itself
MaltHop
cleanmaltyfloral
clean
malty
floral
hoppy
citrusy
bready
Aroma
Clean malty grain forms the foundation, offering soft cereal sweetness and gentle warmth.
not found:juicy,caramel,fruity,smoky

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for Mediterranean Lager

◎ Appearance

A brilliant straw-gold hue with excellent clarity and luminosity. The dense white head displays strong initial presence and lingering retention, with fine lacing clinging to the glass. Carbonation is brisk and persistent, creating a dynamic visual profile throughout the tasting.

straw-golddense white headbrilliant clarityfine lacing

◌ Aroma

Clean malty grain forms the foundation, offering soft cereal sweetness and gentle warmth. Fresh floral and citrus hop notes emerge with restraint, providing a refined herbal and zesty character without dominance. The overall nose is crisp and inviting, free from solvent or off-aromas, with the unfiltered character adding subtle complexity.

soft malt sweetnessfresh floral hopscitrus notesclean grain

◐ Taste

Entry is smooth and approachable, with the pale Malz contributing a gently sweet cereal foundation. Mid-palate develops good body and balance, as a crisp hop bite emerges to counter the malt sweetness without aggressiveness. The finish is clean and dry, with lingering hop bitterness (23 IBU) providing definition without harshness.

balanced malt-hopcereal sweetnesscrisp hop bitegood body

◑ Finish

Dry and clean, with a medium-length fade and subtle hop aftertaste. The absence of pasteurization allows yeast-derived complexity to linger gently on the palate.

dry finishsubtle hop persistence
78
hopIQ score
Aroma
78
Taste
80
Appearance
82
Finish
76
Serve at 4–7°C

Serve well-chilled at 4–6°C. Carbonation and crispness are the main event — cold preserves both.

Stein

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store cold and drink fresh. Lagers are at their crispest within 3–4 months.

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What is a Pale Lager?

Euro Pale Lagers are clean, refreshing lagers with 4–5.5% ABV and IBU 10–25. Soft malt sweetness, light hop bitterness and high carbonation make them supremely drinkable.

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