 | Meteor is a amber Craft Vienna Lager. Moderately rich German malt with a light toasted malt aroma. Meteor isn’t just a lager – it’s a comet in a glass. Picture a deep amber pour, crisp as a winter night sky, with a creamy tan head that lingers like a meteor’s fading trail. The aroma? Toasted oak, burnt sugar, and a whisper of fresh-baked bread – smells like a campfire under constellations. First, sip it, and it will land: smooth caramel malt floods the palate, sweet but never cloying, balanced by a subtle hop bite as clean as starlight. Midway, hints of dark honey and roasted nuts swirl in, earthy and warm, like the afterglow of a falling star. Meanwhile, the finish stays dry, crisp, and quietly bold – no fireworks, just quiet gravity. Paniza brewed this as an ode to fleeting beauty. Real meteors blaze bright, then vanish; Meteor Vienna Lager bottles that magic. Vienna malt lays the foundation, kissed by noble hops, while cold fermentation polishes it to a mirror shine. It’s a lager stripped of pretense – no shortcuts, no gimmicks, just malt mastery honed over centuries. |
Resemblance
If you like: Sierra Nevada Vienna Lager, Yuengling, Samuel Adams Boston Lager
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Food Pairing
Start with roasted herb chicken—the lager’s caramel malt hugs crispy skin while earthy hops mirror thyme and rosemary. Add a smoked Gouda burger, some toasted oak notes meld with charred patty richness and crisp carbonation cuts through cheese creaminess. Pair with caramelized onion flatbread; dark honey undertones amplify the onions’ sweetness. Don’t skip spiced candied pecans—roasted nut flavours in the beer clash (then bond) with cinnamon heat. Or lean into simplicity: a pretzel with coarse salt lets the malt’s quiet glow shine. Let the lager’s quiet gravity pull every bite into orbit.
Universe Reference
A meteor is a streak of light when space debris burns up in Earth’s atmosphere – a fleeting blaze of heat and glow. Most vanish in seconds, but their brief beauty sparks wonder like cosmic fireworks. Meteor Vienna Lager mirrors that magic: a crisp, amber brew where toasted malt’s warmth lingers longer than a shooting star’s flash. Both remind us to savour fleeting brilliance.