Holsten Pilsener

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, vegetable light notes. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish is metalic. [20090109]

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

(Can 50 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Clear golden with a dense, white head. Fresh and floral aroma. Medium body, sweetish malty with floral hops and a dry, lightly hoppy finish. 270408

50 cl can. Pours pale yellow with dense and chalk white head. Light bitterhops and cornish aroma. Flavour is light bitter and mild cornish sweet. Ends light bitter and cornish. Decent German pilsner.

Canned. Pale yellowish golden colour, mediumsized fluffy white head. Aroma is grains, bready malts, some starchlike sweetness as well as a mild metallic note as well. Flavour is quite alike, and also has some cooked vegetables in it. Cheap and bulky.

Canned. Clear yellow coloured with a white head. Aroma of malts, corn and hops. Flavour of malts, corn and hops.

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2011 Bottle. Grassy aroma. Pale yellow colour. OK white head. The bitterness is a bit rough, but clean enough. Good malt base, but with some grainy notes.

Keg
Blond color. An average lager; nothing special. Some bitterness at the end, higher than the average.

Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet fruity and slightly hoppy aroma. Sweet flavor with malty and cardboard notes.

50cl bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white foam. Lots of grain and hay in both aroma and flavor. Medium to thin body. Bitter and dry end with citric notes.