Engel Engele Premium Pils

Brewed by Crailsheimer Engelbräu
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Crailsheim, Germany

Draught. Light berry and barley malt aroma. Golden yellow color with moderate head. Creamy barley malt and moderate grassy hops flavor with light berry notes. Nice body. A very tasty beer - a great example of the style.

No 810
Rated: 02.09.2009
Bottle brown, 500 ml, 11.83 P, non-pasteurized.
Appearance: Pours beautiful crystal clear, vividly carbonated, shiny and true golden body, head is slightly off-white, frothy, dense, huge initially and slowly decreasing to medium, very firm and long lasting, giving nice lacing, very impressive as for a Classic german Pilsener mainly due to its nice fat malty body colour what makes it extraordinary as compared to other beers of this style.
Aroma: Generally aroma is quite easily detectable, but very gentle, well defined pure and clean notes of gentle alcohol and yeast at front strenghtened by a vivid carbonation. Immediately after, sharp notes of typical German Pilsener style hops are present, very spicy, papery (like a fresh paper), when you sniff deeper there is a nice touch of pure grains, fresh, slightly chalky and dusty, really inviting to drinking and refeshing.
Flavour: Very soft, gentle and refreshing front, slightly yeasty, gentle alcoholic, gently carbonated ob palate, than very easily experienced moderate spicy-citrusy (lemon, grapefruit) bitterness from quite noble hops creating a really pleasant contrast with gentle background situated malty sweetness, finish duration is moderate.
Palate: Body is light to medium, texture is dry, carbonation on palate is soft, finish feel is moderately to highly astringent, dry, grainy, floury.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081122]

Clear golden with medium off white head. Sweet malty aroma with notes of caramel. Sweet flavour with cardboard and grainy notes. Finished sweet.

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a white head. Light grassy and mild cornish aroma. Mild sweet malty and light bitter into a medium dry finish. Nice and easy. Refreshing bitter and dry.

The bottle is nt really inspiring, the plastic cap makes you suspect. After all it was a goo beer.

[bottle] Spicier and caramellier aroma than usually in this style, together with some lemony, floral hops. Smells almost like an american ale, hopped with german cultivars. Bright, dark gold with a white cover that doesn’t last long. Spicey, caramelly malt flavour with nice, floral hops and an almost clean finish. Medium body, medium carbonation, a bit sweetish.