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Vienna Lager 7A

A lighter, drier, slightly more bitter Märzen. Everyday amber lager, not a festival beer.

Sensory (IQ shorthand)

Sense	Intensity → quality
Aroma	Moderately-intense malt, toasty + malty-rich. Low hop (opt). Clean lager.
Appear.	Light reddish amber to copper. Bright. Large off-white persistent head.
Flavor	Soft elegant malt forefront, firm enough bitterness, fairly dry soft finish. Malt + hop in aftertaste.
Mouth.	Medium-light to medium body, gentle creaminess, moderate carb, smooth.

Significant caramel · biscuit · roast. (Same banned trio as Märzen.) No adjunct/specialty-malt dominance.

Anton Dreher, Vienna, 1841 = same year as Spaten Märzen (1841 twins).
Taken to Mexico by Santiago Graf + Austrian immigrants, late 1800s (Mexican amber lager lineage).
Modern craft revival elsewhere.

Best-quality Vienna malt (can use Pils + Munich); continental hops; clean German lager yeast; small specialty malts for colour/sweetness possible.

vs Märzen 6A: similar malt, but lighter in intensity and body, a touch more bitterness and dryness; lower alcohol than Märzen or Festbier.
vs Czech Amber 3C: less rich, malty, and hoppy.

OG 1.048–1.055 · FG 1.010–1.014 · ABV 4.7–5.5% · IBU 18–30 · SRM 9–15. Never on S0.