Potsdamer Rex Pils

Brewed by Berliner Kindl Schultheiss Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Pale Lager
Berlin, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Potsdamer Rex Pils pours to a beautiful, bright, golden color with a bright white head, and vibrant carbonation. The nose on this beer is very nice with aromas of crisp pilsner malt and mild herbal aromas of hops. The palate on this beer is very crisp and clean with excellent pilsner malt flavor. The body on this beer is very round and polished making it a very drinkable beer. Potsdamer Rex Pils finishes with more crisp malt flavor up front, then ends with grassy/herbal hop bitterness to balance this beer out to perfection. This is a very well done German pils with good malt and hop character. It is a wonderful beer to enjoy just drinking, and would match well with a number of dishes. An image of Fredrick the Great, Potsdam’s most famous resident, is proudly featured on the label of Potsdamer Rex Pils, and one can picture Prussian kings drinking this beer. I could picture my great grandfather drinking this beer in Postsdam, and it was a very satisfying feeling for me to be drinking this one in the city of my ancestors

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2006 Bottle - malt aroma on the sour side. Bright yellow color with small head and lots of bubbles. Nice malt flavor with only slight hops - no sourness comes out in taste. Good body with nice balanced carbonation.

Draught (30 cl) at Zum Nussbaum, Berlin, Germany. Clear golden, medium white head. Hayish malt aroma with strong herbal hops. Light in body, soft but lively carbonation. Long bitter finish. Hugely underrated, have they made drastical changes in the recipy lately?

Golden colour with a thin head. Herbal hops and bready malts. Moderate bitterness. Hop extract taste - vague grass and herbals. Decent malt background and respectably dry finish. A touch thin, as per style. For a regular Berlin swill, I like it.

On tap at Restauration 1900 in Berlin
Appearance : Hazy yellow with medium fluffy and creamy head. Extensive lacing.
Aroma : Malty and crisp hops. Slightly citrusy.
Taste : Malty and slightly mineral. Finish crisp and herbal.
Overall :Not bad but nothing really interesting. Well made and everything but quite boring.

Bottle @ Aufsturz. Pale gold with nice glow. Spicy hop aroma. Some mushroom. A bit gassy. Thin with good balance of sweet malt sugars and clean fresh finish with good grassy hop. Refreshing.

(Draught at "Zum Nussbaum", Berlin)
As Potsdamer Rex Pils
On June 6, 2008
Clear golden color, fluffy white head. Malty, bitter, herbal hoppy taste, some butterscotch. Herbal hoppy scent mixed with malt. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

Draught. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.