Astra Urtyp

Bavaria-St.Pauli-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Brewed at Holsten-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Hamburg, Germany

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

.33L bottle - Courtesy of SkyCop32. Picked up at Maruhn Getränke in Darmstadt. Pours a golden yellow color. Aromas of grass, cheerios, and some hops. Flavor is typical pilsner, not a lot of hops, a nice smooth taste.

(bottle) pours a clear yellow colour with a frothy white head. aroma of a freshly opened pack of old bittering hops, very skunky, with lots of grassy and metallic notes. flavour is mostly harsh grain, slightly sweet, with some surprisingly noticeable alcohol and a grassy finish. light-bodied with average carbonation. industrial garbage.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 Pale yellow clear with sediment body with white thick head. Aromas hops, malts, paper. Palate thin with smooth carbonation and mouth feel. Aftertaste sweet caramel malt flavours and medium long dry hops finish.

(Flasche) Es hat eine dunkel-gelbe Färbung, es ist klar filtriert und hat eine weiße Schaumkrone. Beim Aroma kommt einem erstmal eine große Süße entgegen und im Kopf ist eine gut erkennbare, würzige Hopfennote. Der Geschmack ist weich, leicht süßlich und gut würzig und es hat eine leichte Bittere, die erst rauskommt, wenn sich der restliche Geschmack verflüchtigt hat. Die Karbonisierung lässt ein bisschen zu wünschen übrig. Alles in Allem; ein etwas langweiliges Pils und sicherlich nicht nordisch.

33 cl bottle served into a mug. Pours a pale orange colour with a small off-white head. Malty aroma, grain, some sweetness and a very small hop presence. Nothing else..good carbonated, and refreshing. Not a bad beer but nothing special.

Pale yellow golden colour, white head. Malty aroma, light hops touch. Sweet malty flavour, very light hops. Nothing too special.
(From 33cL bottle @ hostel in Berlin Mitte)

Squat little 33cl bottle pours our clear pure gold with somewhat short lived white head and it leaves a bit of spotty lacing. The aroma is on the sugar sweet malty side followed closely by an even mix of noble hops where floral, spicy and earthy hops are all noticed. The taste is a bit different where it begins with a pleasing spicy hop flavor and bitterness followed by a touch of floral hops and then a modest amount of sweet maltiness. It finishes with the addition of a minerally to metallic sensation that damping the mood of the beer a bit. It would be pretty darn solid without the odd somewhat distasteful finish.

Bottle, 33 cl: Clear orange-yellow beer with a white head. Sweet biscuit-malty and a herbal, slightly fruity hoppy aroma with notes of abricot and red berries. The taste is slightly sweet with notes of caramel and a pronounced herbal hop profile and a relatively long dry fresh bitter hoppy finish. Lightbodied with a watery texture and an average carbonation, this is nice thirst quencher.

bottle @ lolita bar, Kassel. I don’t know how the beer looks like. They served it in bottle because they didn’t have a glass left! I know that it had a nice hoppy, fruity and malty taste. Shame on that ’kneipe’!