Holsten Pilsener

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Can. Light golden, large white head. Aroma has sweet malts. Flavour has sweet malts, with grassy hops. Dry finish. Not bad.

Can. A golden beer with white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of straw, and so is the flavor.

[bottle] Very nice base malt aroma that is sweet like first runnings with hay notes and some barely detectable hops. Crystal clear straw with a thin, white cover. Boring and weak flavour that has some herbal bite, but otherwise just gentle malt behind a bitter kick. Clean finish, medium carbonation. Not outstanding, but very quaffable.

Pale yellow, white head. Has a corny and somewhat grassy aroma. Finishes bitter, quite bland, disappointing.

500mL can from a 4-pack, from the BS. Pours a hazy gold with a small, frothy white cap. My cans are technically expired so I wasn’t expecting a beautiful golden pour. Smells like, plastic, with stale hops, and mild pils malts. Not totally awful. Flavour is like this weird medley of crappy malts with faded hops and plastic. Enjoyable enough though, and this is probably surprisingly decent when fresh. Not much more to say about this one.

bottle. Clear pale yellow, large white head. Hoppy nose. Malty background with some bitter hops, slightly aromatic. Hints of dough with a very slight sourness, rather stale due to low carbonation. Quite ok.

Bottle. Clear golden colour with a medium creamy head. Malty body with a grassy and hoppy finish.

I use to love this beer when I was younger, however drinking it from a glass the aroma ia awful, it smells of piss which was really off putting