Holsten Edel

Brewed by Holsten-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Style: Pilsener
Hamburg, Germany

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Bottle (found in a friends cellar, kindly shared...). Pale golden colour with tiny white head, that vanishes quite quickly. Aroma is grassy, bready malts, some herbs as well as mild cardboard. Flavour is bready malrs, some herbs, mild grassy and earthy notes as well.

Bottle 33 cl. golden, clear with a minimal white head. Aroma; sence of sweet malt, but not much. Flavor; much more flavor of malt and a some grass. light bitter ending, a bit watery.

The bottle looks simple, the beer in the glass is zippy. Starts very malty-spicy with artificial dry notes. Becomes more and more moldy and mushy. Unbalanced finish. Not really edel!

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop. Medium body. Boring beer.

Bottle. A clear, almost golden beer with a white head of moderate size. Weak nose with malts and hops blended nicely, but in very low quantities. The flavor follows the same path, really boring, but not flawed, with pale malts and hops and, and the bonus; some bitterness standing out. Medium body. Edel? Maybe, but utterly boring. Easy to drink, and with a bitterness towards the finish, which saves the day. (090328)

At an mitra, Golden, lasting head, grainy bottom, some bitter, little better than a boring one.

33cl bottle. It poured a pale yellow colour with a medium big white head that settled down fast in the glass. It has a very malty aroma. The flavour is metallic and tastes of malts, grain and water. It has a short aftertaste.

Bottle courtesy of fonefan pours golden with thin white head. Aroma is sweet malt. First taste is sweet with nice carbonation. Finish is sweet. I like this one.