Brand Cuvée Pilsener

Brewed by Brand Bierbrouwerij (Heineken)
Style: Pilsener
Wijlre, Netherlands

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Brand Pilsener is a heavy tasting beer. It starts of like any other pilsner, soft and easy going, but finishes with a really bitter aftertaste. This is a beer that you either hate or love.

Very smooth, not too gassy. Rich, full flavour for a pilsener with a little sweetness, clean aftertaste.

Bottle 30cl. Pours a clear golden colour with a small size head and good carbonation. Smell is hoppy and spicy, also some fruits. Taste is almost like any other pilsener, not much to define this from any other pilsener.

This has been on the market for a very short time, I believe it is retired now. A sweeter, malty and a bit more fruity version of their normal pilsener. Added nothing to their beer spectrum. But that never stopped any big brewer.

Pours medium dark amber. Smells and tastes almost like standard bad strong lager, but with a bit less alcohol and a bit more pleasant taste.

Bottled. Deep golden colour, mediumsized foamy head. Malty and hoppy nose along with a weak sting of alcohol. Flavour is sweet malty, with some hops balancing up the sweetness. Some breadyness and weak fruitiness also noteable. A bit papery in finish, and stivky, but dry palate.

Bottled (BB 07/2006)
Thanks to Zoli, ha1ag for this one.
Golden color, small creamy white head. Nose is more sweet malty than hoppy, wet newspaper is dominant aroma. Medium-bodied. Cardboard flavor with el cheapo grassy hops.Some sweetness in the finish and even alcohol. Not much "cuvée", not even much pilsener.

Cuvee? sounds fancy but there is nothing specail about this beer. Bottle poured a nice gloden color with some white head. Flavor was slightly sweet, with a bit of hopps noticable. Finsihed crsip. Maybe the subtles of this beer are lost on me, but I perfer normal brand.