Rhine Heights
Source Farmhouse Brewery

Picked this up recently at Source, as they were out of a similar beer that I was intending to purchase. True to form and easily enjoyable on a warm night such as this, this was a textbook example of what a good German Pilsner should be given how low it was in bitterness and how easy it was to quaff!

Bright, brassy, and full of fine bubbles, this was topped off with more than enough head to offset the liquid. The scattering of dots on my glass looked like the stars in the night sky as I've never quite seen lacing like this before. A good amount of hops were in the nose, along with grain and bread as the taste had plenty of Noble in it. Mildly slick, decent in body, and bubbly enough, there was some herbal undertones to this to go along with the spice of bread and fall fruit. A bit of sourdough came through in the end with some grain as this was plenty varied for a beer of this style, and easy to relax with.

Much of that had to do with the recessed alcoholic presence, as this never felt like something that was over 5%. Canned on 7/2 with "REINHEITSGEBOT" written above it, it's easy to see that this would be something brewed under the German beer purity law of 1516 since this had that feel from start to finish. The name of this beer was a worthy play on those words as it would be worth seeking for those unable to get an imported beer of this type.