Edel-Pils
Privatbrauerei H. Egerer

 

Appearance: Clear medium golden yellow by, crowned by a large, dense, finely-beaded and persistent white head. The lacing leaves small, scattered islands of foam about the glass wall.

Aroma: Wet grain against a backdrop of grassy and herbal hops.

Taste: Opens with faintly sweet malt. Grassy and metallic hops soon utterly dominate the taste. The metallic hops carry on well past what is otherwise the end of the taste, lingering on at the back of the mouth.

Mouth feel: Quite smooth and full, very pleasant.

Drinkability/notes: The metallic notes were, for me, a bit overdone in what was otherwise a well-made example of the style.

Presentation: Packaged in a sixteen point nine ounce (500 ml) steel can with a pulltab lid, served in a Duvel chalice.

 

$ 2.50 (Including tax)/500 mL can ($0.148/oz) from Costco, Schertz, TX. Part of the Costco 2019 Advent Calendar. Reviewed 10/31/19.
Can dated “EXP 05/2021”. Stored on the shelf at the store, stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried half liter Pilsner Urquell pilsner glass.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Light yellow, clear.
Body – Light yellow, clear, effervescent.
Head – Large (Maximum 15 cm, aggressive center pour), white, high density, average retention, stabilizing at seven cm before slooowly diminishing to a jagged four to fourteen mm crown with torn curtain lacing remaining on the glass as the head retracts.
Lacing – Excellent! Multiple three-dimensional rings of tiny to small bubbles with stalactites and multiple small islands separating the rings.
Aroma – 3.75 – Grainy with some light hoppiness.
Flavor – 3.25 – Begins slightly sweet with very light malt flavor. Ends with a slight metallic dimethylsulfide taste. Aftertaste is metal. No alcohol (4.5 % ABV as marked on the can) flavor or aroma, no diacetyl.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, almost creamy, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.25 It was doing quite well until the aftertaste kicked in.

CAN: 500ml from the 2019 Costco Beer Advent Calendar.

D / NOT RECOMMENDED

 

 

 

Like the others from this huge set, this sample is can-bound.

It pours a nice yellow with fizz. The aroma is slightly sweet and malty with a bit of dirty aroma hops thrown in. The taste is overshadowed by the metallic taste. This is unfortunate because it seems like it may have been a very good pilsner.

Not recommended based on my poor sample.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the can, it pours a golden color with a modest head, slowly diminishing to a thin layer. In the nose, there is some definite hops and a bit of malt. In the mouth, it is nicely bitter with a solid malt base.