Primium Pilsener
Günther Bräu

Had on-tap in Triberg; Germany. Poured into a tall pint glass.

L: Poured a clear golden color with thick white head.

S: Malts and noble hops.

T/F: This is a nice clean lager. A little more hop bitterness than usual which is a definite plus. Malty backbone and very refreshing. Great carbonation and smooth.

O: Really nice German pilsener and way better than average for the style. Would look for it again.

Let me introduce you to Günther-Bräu's Premium Pilsener.
I think it's nice they give a little more details on their ingredients on their website, such as:
Hops: Spalter Aromahopfen
Malt: "helles Gerstenmalzen, hergestellt aus fränkischer Braugerste" (light brew-malt produced from Franken brew-grains.)
or Pils malt.
It's 4.9% and according to their website again, "kernig, würzig und mit elegantem feinherben Hopfenaroma." (full-bodied, spicy and with elegant, fine-herb hop aroma.)

Appearance: Looks here, it's a Pils with deep golden beer under a snow white head that dissipates quickly. It's just a tad richer and darker golden than a normal Pils,... a sign of tastes to come?

Aroma: Again, no surprise, it's got tons of Pils malt aroma dancing under my nose. Aroma hops,...mmm, a little bitter note in the nose. It's got that typical fränkische bier aroma for a Pils.

Flavor:
Up front: A decent amount of bitterness interlaced with some tartness/astringency of Noble hops, smooth enough not to have a mammoth bitter-bite, but rather a nice bitterness to build a good foundation for the later tastes to come.

Mid: Almost the same as up front but more astringency/tartness, really getting strong here, and then mellowing on the sides but still keeping up it's bitterness. Some Pils malt sweetness seeps in here, too, but it's just that, creeping up and keeping the bitterness from being too strong, but only about 30% of the flavors present here.

Back: Again, bitterness, not biting but pleasantly spicy with tartness intermixed. I also get a deep almost but not quite verging on carmel sweetness here, a deep sweetness of Pils malt but roastier than normal, almost as if they'd used a Vienna malt, but I can't believe they'd do that, so they may have boiled the malts longer to get this almost roasted spiciness.

Aftertaste: Spicy, leading to peppery almost, but not fully, with a bite, wrapped around a Pils malt sweetness underneath.

Mouthfeel: Pretty typical for a fränkische Pils, though a little thicker and more full bodied by about 20%, yet also spritzy, especially in the front. I like it!

Overall: A very herb beer with a robust bitterness, spiciness of Noble hops throughout the drink from front to aftertaste, with only enough Pils malt flavors to mellow it and keep it from overpowering. It's a nice beer, the thickest, most robust in body of all these so far. If you like a beer that doesn't slap you silly with hop bitterness but still isn't afraid to give you a nice smack, this beer is yours. It's not WOW, but it's really pleasant experience in bitterness riding high over a strong Pils malt presence, and keeps you coming back for more, the definition of süffig. A 4.4 or 4.5 of 5.