Weihenstephaner Pilsner

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Pilsener
Freising, Germany

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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I was pretty excited to find a bottle from Weihenstephaner that’s new to me, and it’s even better that this is quite a nice pilsner. It pours pale yellow, a bright hay color. Quite clear. A big white head puffed up immediately and held its shape a good few inches over the top of the glass. Lots of bubbles sticking to the walls of the glass and such. Aroma is a mix of very fresh grain with some bright spicy hops. The hops are a bit milder than I’d like, but their aroma is nice. Pleasant, lightly tart flavor from the lager yeast. Malt is light and sweet. Taste has more of that light, yeasty tartness. Pretty crisp. There’s some more of that quality pilsner malt sweetness, but the beer is fairly dry, particularly in the finish. Hops are spicy, grassy and floral. Mouthfeel is mildly tart and very clean. Weihenstephaner definitely shows off their technical skill with this beer. It just nails the classic pilsner flavors. It’s tasty and extremely easy to drink. There’s no off flavors to be found. This beer is pretty much what I wish macro lagers tasted like.

Barley malt, minty grass nose, rather sweet. Crystal clear golden, medium head, decent lacing. Grassy, beginning to end, no graininess. Not nearly as sweet as feared. Good grassy bitterness, no transitions. Not bad.

Bottle @ Hopfen & Malz, Berlin. Pours clear pale yellow with a white head and lacings. Straw, grain and hay. A bit thin. Dry bitter finish. Standard.

Draft. Clear pale yellow and citrus. Smooth. Easy drinking. Nothing memorable. But good ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Basement aromas on the nose were not necessarily the start I was looking for, but the appearance was everything I look for in a pilsner... Golden in color and crystal clear continuous stream of bubbles effervescing from the bottom of my glass. Taste was solid and the palate mediocre. Overall, a fine example of a pils.

Pours yellow with a fluffy white head. Bready aroma with some banana and hops. Nice taste that mirrors the aroma.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2013 Lightish gold,clear,well carbed,nice layer of head retention,good lace. Spicey floral aroma,light fruit citrus like lemon,grassy slight skunk. Pretty good body in this nice malt mild bready backbone,smooth mildly sweet with citrus lemon floral,grassy,spicey bitter.Lingering grassy spicey bitter.Pretty bitter not really slightly but is to style. A lot of lemon citrus,tart sour apple you could say.

Pours a perfectly clear honey gold with a fluffy larger-bubbled eggshell head that settles fairly quickly leaving some soapy lace. Nose involves some sweet malt, dusty bready yeast and spicy noble hop notes. Taste is somewhat sweet, mostly bitter. Crisp, refreshing, well carbonated, lighter, tingly, with a fairly lengthy bitter finish. Definitely easy to drink. Simply enjoyable.

Poured a clear golden with a frothy white head. Aroma of sweet malt and bitter hops. Medium body, flavour of grassy hops, quite a honeyed sweetness, slightly bitter.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Pours pale golden, very clear, with frothy, white head. Delicate, straw aroma. Smooth bitterness, slight graininess and malty sweetness. Light body, long straw finish. Drinkable and very nice.