Organic Ur Pils | Brauerei Pinkus Mueller
Brewed by:
Brauerei Pinkus Mueller
Germany
pinkus-mueller.de
Style: German Pilsener
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.20%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by xlperro on 04-16-2002
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Ratings: 390 | Reviews: 252
4.03/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into flute. No head at all. Light straw color, with flakey detritus.
Nose is a mix of grain, fruit, and honey.
Taste is cracker, malt, light fruity notes and honey. Light herbal hops bitter it a bit.
Crisp, yet smooth mouth. Goes down sweet with a carb finish.
A charming organic pils with a good flavor.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into flute. No head at all. Light straw color, with flakey detritus.
Nose is a mix of grain, fruit, and honey.
Taste is cracker, malt, light fruity notes and honey. Light herbal hops bitter it a bit.
Crisp, yet smooth mouth. Goes down sweet with a carb finish.
A charming organic pils with a good flavor.
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4.43/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.33/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Worlds first Organic brewery since 1816
A mostly clear, solid gold color. Fizzy but firm white foam cap. Lots of life, well carbonated and jazzy look.
A crystal, pils, malty aroma. Canned corn, dry wheat, various grains, and very herbacious hops. Slight vanilla/cream.
A very crisp and clean German Pils. Light, crispy, bready and grain-filled malt taste, just perfect balance wise. Bold, herbal, earthy hops, multiple grain flavors, canned cream corn and lots of wonderful, funky yeast stuff. Once again: classicly balanced and rather bold without too much hop.
The mouthfeel is authentically light, crisp and maybe slightly dry in the finish with a smooth ride at the very end.
American Pils are usually hop-extreme for the style, while that works for hop heads, lovers of the classic pils have to seek out the imported european classics for authentisity. It's nice to have a readily available, German, Organic pilsner.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Worlds first Organic brewery since 1816
A mostly clear, solid gold color. Fizzy but firm white foam cap. Lots of life, well carbonated and jazzy look.
A crystal, pils, malty aroma. Canned corn, dry wheat, various grains, and very herbacious hops. Slight vanilla/cream.
A very crisp and clean German Pils. Light, crispy, bready and grain-filled malt taste, just perfect balance wise. Bold, herbal, earthy hops, multiple grain flavors, canned cream corn and lots of wonderful, funky yeast stuff. Once again: classicly balanced and rather bold without too much hop.
The mouthfeel is authentically light, crisp and maybe slightly dry in the finish with a smooth ride at the very end.
American Pils are usually hop-extreme for the style, while that works for hop heads, lovers of the classic pils have to seek out the imported european classics for authentisity. It's nice to have a readily available, German, Organic pilsner.
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3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.47/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.03/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle purchased at AJ's Beer Warehouse in Henrietta, NY.
This one pours a clear creamsicle orange, with a small tight head, and a good amount of lacing.
Smells like grassy hops, slightly sweet honeyed malt, and grainy bread.
This is a really solid pils here. It's maybe a little bit too sweet- and I'd prefer a crisper hop bite. However, it's still pretty delicious, and hits a lot of right spots. The hops are grassy and fresh tasting, with a bready bite for malt, and a slight fruity yeast character, kinda reminds me of dried apricot.
This is pretty crisp, with a good level of carbonation.
Not the most perfect pils ever, but still pretty damn good.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle purchased at AJ's Beer Warehouse in Henrietta, NY.
This one pours a clear creamsicle orange, with a small tight head, and a good amount of lacing.
Smells like grassy hops, slightly sweet honeyed malt, and grainy bread.
This is a really solid pils here. It's maybe a little bit too sweet- and I'd prefer a crisper hop bite. However, it's still pretty delicious, and hits a lot of right spots. The hops are grassy and fresh tasting, with a bready bite for malt, and a slight fruity yeast character, kinda reminds me of dried apricot.
This is pretty crisp, with a good level of carbonation.
Not the most perfect pils ever, but still pretty damn good.
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3.74/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Harpoon Dark pils-style glass
L: Beer looks great. Dark golden yellow, bordering on orange in color, tons of carbonation tossing around the glass. Originally poured a huge fluffy head. Head retention is excellent. Beer is somewhat hazy
S: Smell is very faint. What I can smell is grass/hay, floral hops, and a touch of biscuit malt, and crackers.
T: Tastes different than most other pils I've had, though its certainly not bad. Hard to characterize though. Definately bready, biscuit like. Not sweet. Very faint bitterness on the finish. The malts taste different though, might sound weird but almost remind me of tomato or some spice found in a sauce. Really hard to pin down.
F: Good, really smooth, balanced. A little heavier than I prefer for the style, though.
O: Good pilsner, definately not my favorite but has unique characteristics I'm not accustomed to, which makes it memorable. Will revisit again certainly.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Harpoon Dark pils-style glass
L: Beer looks great. Dark golden yellow, bordering on orange in color, tons of carbonation tossing around the glass. Originally poured a huge fluffy head. Head retention is excellent. Beer is somewhat hazy
S: Smell is very faint. What I can smell is grass/hay, floral hops, and a touch of biscuit malt, and crackers.
T: Tastes different than most other pils I've had, though its certainly not bad. Hard to characterize though. Definately bready, biscuit like. Not sweet. Very faint bitterness on the finish. The malts taste different though, might sound weird but almost remind me of tomato or some spice found in a sauce. Really hard to pin down.
F: Good, really smooth, balanced. A little heavier than I prefer for the style, though.
O: Good pilsner, definately not my favorite but has unique characteristics I'm not accustomed to, which makes it memorable. Will revisit again certainly.
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4.41/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.81/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle poured into a Sam Adams glass
Pale yellow, slightly hazy, tons of micro carbonation, solid , dense frothy one finger white foam cap
Aroma of grassy, grains,
Taste follows aroma, grassy, grains, a bit of spice
smooth, crisp, dry finish
Good beer
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle poured into a Sam Adams glass
Pale yellow, slightly hazy, tons of micro carbonation, solid , dense frothy one finger white foam cap
Aroma of grassy, grains,
Taste follows aroma, grassy, grains, a bit of spice
smooth, crisp, dry finish
Good beer
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3.54/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle served cool into a personalized glass mug. Purchased in Niagara Falls, New York.
Appearance - slightly cloudy rich golden color. A fine finger or head rests on top and stays a while. Some sparse lacing left behind.
Smell - clean and crisp with huge floral notes up front. Some grainy sweet notes in behind. A certain milky pasteurized atom mixed in.
Taste - clean and easy to drink, slightly herbal with fruity and flowery flavours. Light malt bill. Slightly doughy flavours too.
Mouthfeel- smooth and crisp, light body and mild carbonation.
Overall - Pinkus organic pils is a fine and easy to drink example of the style with plenty of floral flavours. Worth a try if not my favourite example.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle served cool into a personalized glass mug. Purchased in Niagara Falls, New York.
Appearance - slightly cloudy rich golden color. A fine finger or head rests on top and stays a while. Some sparse lacing left behind.
Smell - clean and crisp with huge floral notes up front. Some grainy sweet notes in behind. A certain milky pasteurized atom mixed in.
Taste - clean and easy to drink, slightly herbal with fruity and flowery flavours. Light malt bill. Slightly doughy flavours too.
Mouthfeel- smooth and crisp, light body and mild carbonation.
Overall - Pinkus organic pils is a fine and easy to drink example of the style with plenty of floral flavours. Worth a try if not my favourite example.
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4.5/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.59/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
3.52/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into a standard pint glass
A: Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with a frothy white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little light lacing.
S: Fruity, yeasty, some spice, and bready malt.
T: Fruity and spicy, floral notes, yeasty, bready malt, and a touch of sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Drinks more like a kolsch. I wish it was lighter and crisper. What is there isn't bad, just not necessarily what I'd expect for the style.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into a standard pint glass
A: Pours slightly hazy golden yellow with a frothy white head that settles to a thin layer and leaves a little light lacing.
S: Fruity, yeasty, some spice, and bready malt.
T: Fruity and spicy, floral notes, yeasty, bready malt, and a touch of sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Drinks more like a kolsch. I wish it was lighter and crisper. What is there isn't bad, just not necessarily what I'd expect for the style.
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3.76/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer has good stuff: clean, family-owned and an innovator in organic ingredients.
While not clear like most Pils, it has a nice rich malt in the nose and initial taste makes me salivate for a second.
As I drained the bottle, the hops ended-up a bit dry for me.
OA: Despite those two relative flaws, this Ur Pils seems well put together and I would not be shy about having it again.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer has good stuff: clean, family-owned and an innovator in organic ingredients.
While not clear like most Pils, it has a nice rich malt in the nose and initial taste makes me salivate for a second.
As I drained the bottle, the hops ended-up a bit dry for me.
OA: Despite those two relative flaws, this Ur Pils seems well put together and I would not be shy about having it again.
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3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.48/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Appearance is more cloudy and hazy than I am used to in pils. May have poured too hard? Head was huge and but it dissipated rather quickly. Left some nice lacing.
Smell was sweet. Caught some floral hops and citrus. More “Kolsh-like” in aroma.
Taste was wasn’t what I expected. Sweet malt and cereals. Some chalkiness. Some grassy notes really lingered long after on my tongue—almost disappeared and then came back stronger after a few seconds after the sip. Aftertaste wasn’t altogether pleasing.
Kind of unremarkable but not bad. The sweetness made it a more robust Pils. No bite at all to speak of. Not as clean (tasting or looking) but that may be what they were going for. Either the bottle was not fresh of the unfiltered style was just not my cup of tea.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Appearance is more cloudy and hazy than I am used to in pils. May have poured too hard? Head was huge and but it dissipated rather quickly. Left some nice lacing.
Smell was sweet. Caught some floral hops and citrus. More “Kolsh-like” in aroma.
Taste was wasn’t what I expected. Sweet malt and cereals. Some chalkiness. Some grassy notes really lingered long after on my tongue—almost disappeared and then came back stronger after a few seconds after the sip. Aftertaste wasn’t altogether pleasing.
Kind of unremarkable but not bad. The sweetness made it a more robust Pils. No bite at all to speak of. Not as clean (tasting or looking) but that may be what they were going for. Either the bottle was not fresh of the unfiltered style was just not my cup of tea.
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Organic Ur Pils from Brauerei Pinkus Mueller
3.8
out of 5
based on 390 ratings.
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Light gold color with white cap and decent lacing.
Aroma of crackery malt and lightly spiced hops.
Taste is sweet, clean bready malt with a touch of spiced hops. Rich malt on entry with spicy hops riding along. Hops are the jockey but malt is the racehorse. Simple but well woven flavor threads last to the finish with a nice rounding off of these flavors in the aftertaste.
Light medium creamy texture with balancing carbonation.
As German Pilsners go this one falls into the 'oh that's nice' category which is to say a polite comment but the conversation continues on other matters.
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