Warsteiner Premium German Pilsener | Warsteiner Brauerei
Brewed by:
Warsteiner Brauerei
Germany
warsteiner.de
Style: German Pilsener
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.80%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by canadianbarman on 07-19-2001
Ratings: 2,103 | Reviews: 885
3.4/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look: Light, clear straw color, white head
Smell: Minimal creamy malts with grassy/spicy hop notes
Taste: Sweet pale malt up front backed by aforementioned hops work out to a dry, slightly bitter profile
Feel: Crisp, dry, and a bit astringent. Good carbonation and light body.
A decent representative of the style but nothing too special.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look: Light, clear straw color, white head
Smell: Minimal creamy malts with grassy/spicy hop notes
Taste: Sweet pale malt up front backed by aforementioned hops work out to a dry, slightly bitter profile
Feel: Crisp, dry, and a bit astringent. Good carbonation and light body.
A decent representative of the style but nothing too special.
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5/5 rDev +45.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Very crisp and delicious beer. My go to if I don't have any becks. I can almost always find this fresh around here and it's only 20 bucks for a case.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Very crisp and delicious beer. My go to if I don't have any becks. I can almost always find this fresh around here and it's only 20 bucks for a case.
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2.56/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
No date. Pours a pale straw yellow into a fifteen ounce glass mug the same temperature as the beer. One finger white head that dissipates rapidly. Very little lacing.
Nose is sulfur. Quite skunky.
Tastes of sulfur. Some sweet malts. No hops
Thin and watery mouthfeel.
No even close to the better Pilsners I've had. Maybe its old and stale?
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
No date. Pours a pale straw yellow into a fifteen ounce glass mug the same temperature as the beer. One finger white head that dissipates rapidly. Very little lacing.
Nose is sulfur. Quite skunky.
Tastes of sulfur. Some sweet malts. No hops
Thin and watery mouthfeel.
No even close to the better Pilsners I've had. Maybe its old and stale?
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3.26/5 rDev -5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
2.78/5 rDev -19%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
3.34/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Rating from notes taken on a can from Germany in SoCal while waiting in line for Churchill's pub's anniversary party:
Low B (3.53) / GOOD
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Review from notes taken on-draught at a bar in Amsterdam in Summer 2011:
HEAD: One finger worth of head. Pleasantly creamy and soft, with fair thickness. Average (~2-3 minute) retention.
BODY: Clear yellow. Obviously filtered.
AROMA: Cream. 2-row barley.
Mild aromatic intensity.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Creamy, emphasizing helles malts and 2-row barley. A bit stale; I think this keg may have been sitting about for a time.
Build is simple. It's balanced at least, but tastes pretty off. Again, I suspect a bad keg or dirty lines.
Smooth for the most part, but it does become coarse at different points in its structure, oddly, preventing it from feeling refreshing. Wet. Doesn't complement the taste particularly well.
OVERALL: Not a quality brew, expensive by Dutch standards, and not a beer I'd recommend - but then again the keg may be bad. As-is, it drinks like a "student beer" at best, which is to say it's a passable budget lager.
D+ / NOT RECOMMENDED
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Rating from notes taken on a can from Germany in SoCal while waiting in line for Churchill's pub's anniversary party:
Low B (3.53) / GOOD
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Review from notes taken on-draught at a bar in Amsterdam in Summer 2011:
HEAD: One finger worth of head. Pleasantly creamy and soft, with fair thickness. Average (~2-3 minute) retention.
BODY: Clear yellow. Obviously filtered.
AROMA: Cream. 2-row barley.
Mild aromatic intensity.
TASTE & TEXTURE: Creamy, emphasizing helles malts and 2-row barley. A bit stale; I think this keg may have been sitting about for a time.
Build is simple. It's balanced at least, but tastes pretty off. Again, I suspect a bad keg or dirty lines.
Smooth for the most part, but it does become coarse at different points in its structure, oddly, preventing it from feeling refreshing. Wet. Doesn't complement the taste particularly well.
OVERALL: Not a quality brew, expensive by Dutch standards, and not a beer I'd recommend - but then again the keg may be bad. As-is, it drinks like a "student beer" at best, which is to say it's a passable budget lager.
D+ / NOT RECOMMENDED
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3.24/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.83/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.27/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Look: Pale, clear golden ale with a pillowy head of white foam. Surprisingly good lacing and retention.
Smell: Grassy, wheat, yeast
Taste: Lives up to the nose. Grassy and yeasty, undertones of something sharp.
Mouthfeel: Light and bracing; scouring
Overall: Not a bad representation of the style. There's better out there, and there's certainly worse.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Look: Pale, clear golden ale with a pillowy head of white foam. Surprisingly good lacing and retention.
Smell: Grassy, wheat, yeast
Taste: Lives up to the nose. Grassy and yeasty, undertones of something sharp.
Mouthfeel: Light and bracing; scouring
Overall: Not a bad representation of the style. There's better out there, and there's certainly worse.
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2.83/5 rDev -17.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.26/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a bright, clear, very effervescent gold color. Thick tight sudsy head dissipates slowly down to a layer of white foam.
Smell is surprisingly yeasty, some bready malts, and some grassy almost vegetal hops. There is also a slightly metallic yeast note that I get in the aroma that is kind of off-putting.
Taste is not unexpected from the nose - bready malts, grassy hops, and almost bark like wood flavor from the hops also comes through. Strong yeast flavor with an almost astringent bitter aftertaste. I should add that for an import this is a very fresh can - its less than 3 months old.
Feel is light and drinkable. Bit on the sweeter side. Medium carbonation.
Overall, this is an okay German pilsner - there are just much better options readily available. The critique of this as a "big industry beer" seems unfair though since its a private - family owned brewery.
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look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a bright, clear, very effervescent gold color. Thick tight sudsy head dissipates slowly down to a layer of white foam.
Smell is surprisingly yeasty, some bready malts, and some grassy almost vegetal hops. There is also a slightly metallic yeast note that I get in the aroma that is kind of off-putting.
Taste is not unexpected from the nose - bready malts, grassy hops, and almost bark like wood flavor from the hops also comes through. Strong yeast flavor with an almost astringent bitter aftertaste. I should add that for an import this is a very fresh can - its less than 3 months old.
Feel is light and drinkable. Bit on the sweeter side. Medium carbonation.
Overall, this is an okay German pilsner - there are just much better options readily available. The critique of this as a "big industry beer" seems unfair though since its a private - family owned brewery.
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3.48/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
honey, malts and yeast. Taste: honey, malts and a tiny bit of tropical fruits. Finish is sour and yeasty. This beer aims for a modern Kellerbier to get the cool kids back to buying big industry beer but it is just a mess.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
honey, malts and yeast. Taste: honey, malts and a tiny bit of tropical fruits. Finish is sour and yeasty. This beer aims for a modern Kellerbier to get the cool kids back to buying big industry beer but it is just a mess.
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3.57/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
4.74/5 rDev +38.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Very good example of my favorite style of beer . Was quite tasty but still refreshing and easy to drink . Doesn't top radeberger in my opinion but is still good and would not complain about only having this in my fridge
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look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Very good example of my favorite style of beer . Was quite tasty but still refreshing and easy to drink . Doesn't top radeberger in my opinion but is still good and would not complain about only having this in my fridge
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4.12/5 rDev +20.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Dark Brown
Taste - Sweet, Coffee
Smell - Coffee note
Overall - Good beer, but the coffee note is a little too strong for me
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Dark Brown
Taste - Sweet, Coffee
Smell - Coffee note
Overall - Good beer, but the coffee note is a little too strong for me
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3.34/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
4/11/07 - Pale straw coloured beer, medium thick white puffy head. Hops and grain and grassy aroma, Taste consistent with aroma, nice light body, strong carbonation. Mouth feel pleasant. Overall good offering.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
4/11/07 - Pale straw coloured beer, medium thick white puffy head. Hops and grain and grassy aroma, Taste consistent with aroma, nice light body, strong carbonation. Mouth feel pleasant. Overall good offering.
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Warsteiner Premium German Pilsener from Warsteiner Brauerei
3.43
out of 5
based on 2,103 ratings.
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
This has that import.... kind of skunky taste. Of the German ones that come to mind.....Beck's and Saint Pauly's.... I would say this is not as good.
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