Warsteiner Herb
Warsteiner Brauerei

Copenhagen 25/1 2020. 50 cl can from Meny, Østerfælled Torv, Kbh. Ø. As “Warsteiner Double-Hopped”. Warsteiner’s usual design in green.

Pours clear, pale yellow with a medium-sized white head. Fairly stable and quite fluffy. Settles as thin but frothy layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Crawling up the sides of the glass. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is moderately intense, malty sweetness and a dry vibe from the hops. Sweet pale malts, grass, herbal touch.

Strong carbonation. Thin, watery, lively texture.

Flavor is medium sweet followed by a stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a bit. Finish is dry.

A tad too sweet but not without a bitter bite.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a bright golden color with a big, fluffy white head.

Smells of toffee, straw, a coppery note which adds to the sweetness, and a subdued note of herbal and ice bonbon sweet hops.

Has a higher carbonation, overly light body, borderline watery, one dimensional as for its malty flavor foundation.

Tastes of straw with a metallic note from the lively carbonation, soothed by toffee malts. Turns a tad dry then, while straw and malts take over soon, reestablishing the beer's easy drinkable sweetness.

Boring, not dry as the name indicates, just your average Fernsehbier.

 

Nice clean pilsner that finishes dry with more hops than the regular version. Will buy again at $2 a tall can

 

500 ml can, exp. 09/2016, label says "double hopped". Pouring in a pilsner glass a very clear straw-colored beer, with large amount of foam, the kind that sticks to the glass leaving semicircles for each sip. I felt the extra hops more on its bitterness and aftertaste than on aromas. I guess the can might not taste as good as the bottled version. Carbonation is just where it needs to be and contributes to an exciting freshness and drinkability without getting nearly unbalanced. Light bodied and refreshing, this beer still has lots of character.

Light golden color with a very thick head with great retention and leaving a wall of laces.
Clean aroma with predominant notes of herbal hops and malt sweetness.
Flavor with notes of herbal hops, bread malt, apple juice, grains and lager yeast after warming up. Dry aftertaste with a persistent bitterness that leads to another sip.
Light body with appropriate carbonation.
Crisp and balanced German Pilsner. This is much better than the other versions from this brewery sold locally. Maybe the can preserved better its freshness.

 

 

 

 

Pale golden blonde, 1.5 fingers white head and some lace. Smells is clean and grainy, grassy hops, light lemon citrus with some biscuity malt. Taste is of earthy hops and cereal grain, malty with a mild bitterness, light sweetness mid palate into the finish. Medium carbonation, light medium body. Decent, certainly much more interesting than the original Warsteiner, would do in a pinch but nothing to write home about.

0.5l can.
Poured into lager glass.
Clear yellow, nice white head and retention, some laces.
Weak aroma - grains, faint hops.
Clean malty with pleasant herbal hop finish.
Light body, medium carbonation.
Good pilsener.