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Premium Pils
Bitburger Brauerei
- From:
- Bitburger Brauerei
- Germany
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #528 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #26,472 - Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 16.05%
- Reviews:
- 957
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 03, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 02, 2001
- Wants:
- 58
- Gots:
- 416
Vollendeter hopfenbetonter Pilsgenuss kombiniert mit Leichtigkeit und Eleganz, dazu ein kristallklares, sonniges Strohgelb und ein anhaltender, feinporiger Schaum: Nur aus besten Rohstoffen nach deutschem Reinheitsgebot gebraut, überzeugt unser Bitburger Premium Pils nicht ohne Grund als das meistgezapfte Bier an deutschen Theken. Sein fassfrischer Geschmack macht unser Premium Bier so beliebt.
The perfected delight of pilsener with an accent of hops, combined with ease and elegance, and a crystal-clear, sunny straw-colour and long-lasting, fine head: brewed for almost two hundred years from the finest raw ingredients according to the German purity law, it's not for nothing that our Bitburger Premium Pils is the most popular draft beer in Germany. Its freshly-drawn flavour makes our Premium beer so well-loved.
The perfected delight of pilsener with an accent of hops, combined with ease and elegance, and a crystal-clear, sunny straw-colour and long-lasting, fine head: brewed for almost two hundred years from the finest raw ingredients according to the German purity law, it's not for nothing that our Bitburger Premium Pils is the most popular draft beer in Germany. Its freshly-drawn flavour makes our Premium beer so well-loved.
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Ratings by AaronRed:
Rated by AaronRed from New York
3.4/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.4/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Not bad. Crisp and clean. Some malt arrives toward the end
Oct 02, 2001More User Ratings:
Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Jan 30 2024
Jan 30, 2024Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.94/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +12.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2024-01-01
500ml can served in a shaker pint. Dated 2023.07.12.
Pours clear brassy golden, smallish coarse head with a thick skin of head. Lots of active carbonation. Smell is mild, bread and grass.
Taste is slightly yeasty and strong grassy or leafy bitterness. Long bitter aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is light, clean, crisp. Overall, I quite like this.
Jan 01, 2024500ml can served in a shaker pint. Dated 2023.07.12.
Pours clear brassy golden, smallish coarse head with a thick skin of head. Lots of active carbonation. Smell is mild, bread and grass.
Taste is slightly yeasty and strong grassy or leafy bitterness. Long bitter aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is light, clean, crisp. Overall, I quite like this.
Reviewed by cratez from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
500ml can from the LCBO. Expiry date of August 31, 2024, so roughly 4 months old.
L: Crystal clear, light yellow hue, with two fingers of rocky white foam. A few strands of lacing on the pilsner glass.
S: Baked white bread and boxed cereal (plain Cheerios come to mind). Herbal, grassy & mildly floral hopping. Some lemon wedge and the faintest hint of sulphur.
T: Mostly follows the nose.
F: Light side of medium bodied, crisp carbonation through middle. Dry finish with a lengthy, firm and lingering bitterness.
O: While this is a widely distributed beer that drinks on the milder end of the style, it's still a textbook German pils that I would gladly revisit.
Dec 31, 2023L: Crystal clear, light yellow hue, with two fingers of rocky white foam. A few strands of lacing on the pilsner glass.
S: Baked white bread and boxed cereal (plain Cheerios come to mind). Herbal, grassy & mildly floral hopping. Some lemon wedge and the faintest hint of sulphur.
T: Mostly follows the nose.
F: Light side of medium bodied, crisp carbonation through middle. Dry finish with a lengthy, firm and lingering bitterness.
O: While this is a widely distributed beer that drinks on the milder end of the style, it's still a textbook German pils that I would gladly revisit.
Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania
3.99/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a classic German Pils but it's hard to judge it when not drinking it at the source (lagers travel better than ales but a transatlantic trip can be too much even for them). It offers all the classic notes of a German pils but admittedly with a bitterness that is a little bit toned down.
Dec 17, 2023Rated by OfficerVZdiver from Florida
3.15/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.15/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer continues to show that Germany beats USA when it comes to Pilsners. Very tasty and easy drinking.
Nov 25, 2023Rated by James_Gravelle from Canada (ON)
4.04/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
A beautiful Pilsner with a bit of a bittery hoppy taste.
Smooth to the pallet. Great with pairing with pork or beef
Nov 24, 2023Smooth to the pallet. Great with pairing with pork or beef
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.73/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can, dated 3/29/23, best by 3/28/24
Clear light golden in color, bone white colored head. Decent head retention. Aroma of crackery pale malt, a touch of grassy hops. Taste is fairly clean bit a little sweet. Thinner bodied.
Oct 15, 2023Clear light golden in color, bone white colored head. Decent head retention. Aroma of crackery pale malt, a touch of grassy hops. Taste is fairly clean bit a little sweet. Thinner bodied.
Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)
3.57/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.57/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured a 500ml bottle into a pint glass. A big three finger fluffy white head on a clear yellow. The head diminishes to a layer.
Grassy smells.
Tastes of bready, grassy malt. a mild hop finish.
Light body and medium carbonation. Well balanced.
A pretty good German Pilsner.
Oct 09, 2023Grassy smells.
Tastes of bready, grassy malt. a mild hop finish.
Light body and medium carbonation. Well balanced.
A pretty good German Pilsner.
Reviewed by MissouriMule from Missouri
4.04/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.04/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours pale with a white head that fades quickly.
This is not a very aromatic beer, but there is a balance between malt and hops.
There is less balance in the taste, where the malt clearly plays second fiddle to the hops. This mix is fine by me, and I like the lingering bitterness in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel is a bit too light to my taste. The carbonation is sharp up front, but leaves a light and somewhat watery mouthfeel to replace it.
Overall, this is a very good Pilsner that I can always distinguish from other brews in the genre.
Some reviewers complain that Bitburger uses hops extract. I can understand that complaint lodged by IPA aficionados against IPAs that rely on extracts to achieve over-the-top bitterness. In that genre such a practice might be seen as not fighting fair. As regards Bitburger, though, the use of hops extract is more expedience than a trick to manipulate flavor. Moreover, Bitburger is quite open about the practice.
Oct 01, 2023This is not a very aromatic beer, but there is a balance between malt and hops.
There is less balance in the taste, where the malt clearly plays second fiddle to the hops. This mix is fine by me, and I like the lingering bitterness in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel is a bit too light to my taste. The carbonation is sharp up front, but leaves a light and somewhat watery mouthfeel to replace it.
Overall, this is a very good Pilsner that I can always distinguish from other brews in the genre.
Some reviewers complain that Bitburger uses hops extract. I can understand that complaint lodged by IPA aficionados against IPAs that rely on extracts to achieve over-the-top bitterness. In that genre such a practice might be seen as not fighting fair. As regards Bitburger, though, the use of hops extract is more expedience than a trick to manipulate flavor. Moreover, Bitburger is quite open about the practice.
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