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Waismainer Püls Bräu

Pours a clear, golden coloration with a medium, fluffy head and slightly visible carbonation. Smells of doughy, slightly grainy malt and grassy, slightly floral hops. Taste follows the nose, with a great balance of doughy, grainy malt and bitter, grassy, floral and slightly spicy hops, with just a hint of hay and black pepper coming through. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some sweet malts and bitter hops lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and medium/strong carbonation.

This is a rather easy-drinking, crisp and clean Lager with a very pleasant, even balance of sweet malts and bitter hops that has a rather grassy character with lighter floral and spicy accents. A lot better than I had expected from the visuals and screw-cap, actually. Overall, nothing too special, but an enjoyable, quite crisp Lager that is well-balanced and easy-drinking.

From the bottle, it pours a clear yellow golden color with a nice white head that very slowly diminishes. Fresh, slightly malty scent in the nose. In the mouth, it is crisp and refreshing.

Appearance: Looks like a typical German Pils, deep rich golden color on a snow white head of foam that dissipates quickly.

Aroma: Your usual Pils malt strongly coming up here, sweet Pils malt aroma with some hint of Noble hops lingering in the background.

Flavor:
Up front: A biting but not unpleasant bitter flavor of Noble hop and a decent amount of tartness/astringency present. Not much Pils malt sweetness here.

Mid: More bitterness, a little grassy and slightly biting, virtually no tartness here, and pils malt sweetness on the sides. It becomes somewhat peppery and spicy, too, which I like.

Back: Here comes the Pils malt sweetness finally to the fore, making it's presence felt and pushing out all other flavors, but wait, a bit of tartness seeps in again, which is good; otherwise, the bready toast and semi-caramel flavors would be too strong and almost sickly sweet, so it's a nice balance.

Aftertaste: Basically a blend of all the aforementioned flavors: sweet toasty Pils malt, a robust bitterness and tartness all rolled into one lingering note that stays with you.

Mouthfeel: Again, typical bayrische, fränkische feeling of a gemütliche thickness, not too thick and not too thin, and just enough spritziness.

Overall: mmmm, hard to say it's great, but it's very above average. It's a very solid beer but not too much different from all the others I've had these past weeks. It's head and shoulders above a Fernsehbier, but not a Kneitinger or Mahrs Brau. It's decently hopped, so if you like you Pils on the peppery, bitter side, you'll like this. It's not a malt bomb, but also not a bitter bomb either, but leans more towards the herb area. A solid 4.2 of 5.

A: Pours clear golden with lots of small bubbles. The creamy and thick white head is rather tall and sinks very slowly, leaving nice lacings.

S: Bready, sweet malt with some bitter hops. A bit buttery.

T: Follows the smell, neat and clean in a very German way.

M: Buttery oily medium body with rich carbonation, rather smooth though. Short, bitter aftertaste.

O: Not bad, but kind of boring.