Weihenstephaner Original Bayrisch Mild

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

Pours a pale golden color with a rocky short lived head. minimal lacing. mild aroma. citrus and malt. Flavor is mild, slightly sweet slightly bitter. Average.

Appearance: clear as a bell, pale yellow, brief white head. Nose: plain as the nose on your face, dry, with slight citrus and honey, but pleasant. Citrusy taste, but mild as mild can be in every way possible, mild and light, light and mild, sticking together like Mutt and Jeff, nothing can tear them apart. Good, tasty, lip-smackin’ texture, though, so, it’s got that going for it. Light’n’breezy, so, it’s perfect when that’s all you what, but frankly, it bores me to bits. As good or better than, oh, say, 85% of all the lagers in the world.

Clear pale golden color with medium white head. Malty aroma with light touches of toastiness and lemons, some light hops detected as well. Well balanced malts with a light dry and short hoppy finish. A refreshing beer if nothing else.

Looks like a basic lager with a straw body with moderate carbonation and a sudsy white head. Buttery aroma with a touch of citrus and pineapple. Flavor, too, is buttery, fairly sweet, and has just enough Noble hop bite to lend some clean balance and make this easy to drink. Far from great but better than the vast majority of widely available German lagers.

Draught. Helles--no way. This is a classic German pilsener if anything. Pale golden, medium white head which lasts a while. Aroma is stale, but slightly malty. Flavor is very bitter, with little other taste. Classic pilsener from Deutschland.

Pale with a heop-like aroma. Nice and crisp; a good summer lager. Perhaps a bit of citrus with an earthy feel to it. Not bad, but not too watery. A good thirst quencher.

Clear yellow, decent malty nose with some obvious hallertau hops. Clean and refreshing, but otherwise quite boring. Decent malt background with a bit of grassyness at the finish. BBQ beer!

In Oklahoma, labeled as Original Lager. Surprised me to see this as a Dortmunder, as it just seemed to lack the smoothness. Nothing special, just seemed like an average lager to me.