{"id":475,"date":"2008-10-05T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=475"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:11:58","slug":"knappstein-reserve-lager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/knappstein-reserve-lager\/","title":{"rendered":"Knappstein Reserve Lager"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Knappstein<\/a>
Knappstein 'Reserve' Lager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another<\/a> winemaker’s beer. And this one seems much more of a go, marketing-wise (in that somewhat-tragic but totally-understandable way that more ‘normal’ \/ less ‘interesting’ beers are often more marketable).<\/p>\n

It’s a very clean lager, like a lighter version of the ‘Weka’ by Moa Breweries (itself another winemaker-offshoot). A little too thin for my liking, but perfectly well-made. These things do make for a good way to begin an evangelism effort — the flavour won’t freak anyone out, and you’re miles better off having one of these than something daft like Heineken — and at least it gets some people over that first hurdle of actually trying things from places they’ve never heard of before.<\/p>\n

\"Knappstein<\/a>
Diary entry #57, Knappstein Reserve Lager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Knappstein Reserve Lager. 5\/10\/08 $3.5 @ Markets. Another winemakers beer. Very pale lager, with vanishy bubbles. Very clean lager, a la Weka by Moa. Better for evangelism, but a bit too thin for my liking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another winemaker’s beer. And this one seems much more of a go, marketing-wise (in that somewhat-tragic but totally-understandable way that more ‘normal’ \/ less ‘interesting’ beers are often more marketable). It’s a very clean lager, like a lighter version of the ‘Weka’ by Moa Breweries (itself another winemaker-offshoot). A little too thin for my liking, … Continue reading Knappstein Reserve Lager<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,15,9],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-australia","tag-lager"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2004\/01\/07\/sam-adams-boston-lager\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":0},"title":"Samuel Adam\u2019s \u2018Boston Lager\u2019","author":"Phil","date":"January 7, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So starts the diary. 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