Pinkus Pils

Brewed by Brauerei Pinkus Müller
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Münster, Germany

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Pours a slightly darker gold than hte usual pilsner with a medium head. Bready with mild bitterness.

Hazy rich straw color, smells a bit like rising pizza dough. Starts on the sweet side, smooth and sourish in the middle, then dries out with some peppery hops at the finish.

Pours pale yellow with a large snow white head. The aroma has rich smooth pils malt, light grass & grain, light spice and hints of honey. Medium body that is very clean and lush for the style with lots of soft carbonation. The flavor starts with velvety smooth pils malt and some sweetness. This is organic, but not as grainy as many pils. The finish has a pleasing hop spice kick and a good amount of grassiness. Thumbs up for this fine example of a pilsener.

Pours cloudy gold, little to no head. Aroma is malty, hinting at honey notes. Initial flavor matches the malty aroma. Sparkling carbonation on the tongue. Finishes very light and sweet, hardly any bitterness. Very pleasant beer, if simple.

Ah, pours a pale yellow color, thin initial head, quite weak for a pilsner, slight haze visible. Aroma was grainy, really lots of grain and cereal, light fruity esters (in a pilsner?). The flavor was strong grains, cereal, fruity esters, finishing with a touch of hops, not a mouthfull of grass by any stretch, yet the beer overall wasn’t a mouthfull of anything, either: pretty watery. Ah, Pinkus can’t do beer me doesn’t think (harsh recollections of that "Muenster Alt" comes to mind).

Sadly today I learnt that even MJ can be wrong. Pinkus Muller Organic Alt does not exist. Page 371 of Michael Jackson’s Classic Brews and only 386 of his Classic 499 Brews to go.

Cloudy yellow the colour of straw. Caramel aroma, noticeable in flavour along with some dry cereal notes. Pretty thin...maybe not fresh enough.

Cloudy pale straw colour with thin stark white head. Spicy malt nose. Grassy malt taste with lingering tang malt finish.