Holsten Pilsener

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Aroma like clay, parfume and hopps. Very sweet, when a bitter kick when just watery. Holsten knallt am dollsten, like we Hamburgers do say.

Lame by German standards, but good enough standard lager if nothing else is available.

Jan 2007: Small brown 275ml bottle, 5.0%, brewed somewhere within the European Union for ’Carlsberg’. Looked good, crisp, clear, golden yellow with a head that was whiter than white (as the Daz adverts used to say). Do lagers smell of anything really? No, this one doesn’t either. Just a beery, yeasty, hoppy, malty, weak mix. Fairly dry in taste, I drank this while making a Beef Lasagne, this is a kitchen drink, not for serious supping. Can’t get excited about it, but it is not bad enough to slag off, all in all, a typical European fizzy lager.

Bottle. golden colour with a white head. Aroma is dry, malt, hop, grain. Flavour is dry, malt, hop, grain, hay. OK beer.

Bottle 50cl, a clear yellow beer almost without head. Nose is malty and sweet like. Aroma is malty, dry with a nice floral hops which is bitter and on almond and toasted notes. Nose bad pilsener at all, smells like done with lot of Hallertau hops. Very dry feeling at the end.

Pale yellow clear with white frothy head, lacing. Aromas malts, hay, grains. Palate watery thin, mouthful. Carbonation medium, smooth. Taste mild, malty. Finish has hints of dry bitterness and some hoppiness. Quite balanced pils, with good basic flavours. Bulky, but drinkable. 2,1

Clear yellow with a medium head. Pleasent taste of grass, green flowers. Tastes a bit grainy and bitter in the beginning, bu then watery. medium body, average carbonization, dry at the end.

50 cl. bottle @ home. Straw colour with a white head. grassy aroma. classic pilsener taste. decent German pilsener.

Clear golden color with small white head. Thin bitter and slightly metallic flavor.

Bottle at the Lochview Motel. Pours lemon with some head. The nose is mostly pale malt - like porridge oats in a way. The taste has more of the pale malt but with a citrus zing on the end. The palate has a light body, with a creamier than expected texture and a dry refreshing finish. Overall, this was better to go back to than I expected.

Bottle.pours yellow with a white head .Aroma of malt, fruitiness, some floral notes and spices. Flavor is sweet and fruity with some grains, malt and some bitterness.Medium body, average carbonation.