Edel Pils
Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei
- From:
- Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei
- Germany
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #688 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #36,442 - Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 16.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2025
- Added:
- May 05, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
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Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 500mL in a pint glass. From my favourite LCBO at Tecumseh Mall in nearby Windsor. My first beer from the Bad Kostritz, Germany brewery...
Aug 01, 2025
Reviewed by Ant777uk from England
4.32/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.32/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Wow, a new German Pils that I never had before. No idea what an Edel Pils is, I guess I'm about to find out.
Mega smooth head, incredibly so. Tiny bubbles. Quite intense golden colour. Looks amazing. Aroma of refreshing malt and light hops.
Taste is natural and pure. A little fruity, some lemon and pear. Reminds me a little of some of Zipfer's offerings. This is incredibly well balanced with multiple flavour elements. Tastes natural and healthy, and has a good energy. Mega full and creamy mouth feel. I'm loving the mega balanced sophisticated flavour also with the fairly light hops and malt. Although my favourite beers are usually American West Coast IPA's, this kind of beer, like Zipfer, is totally amazing and deserves a mega high rating.
Jul 09, 2025Mega smooth head, incredibly so. Tiny bubbles. Quite intense golden colour. Looks amazing. Aroma of refreshing malt and light hops.
Taste is natural and pure. A little fruity, some lemon and pear. Reminds me a little of some of Zipfer's offerings. This is incredibly well balanced with multiple flavour elements. Tastes natural and healthy, and has a good energy. Mega full and creamy mouth feel. I'm loving the mega balanced sophisticated flavour also with the fairly light hops and malt. Although my favourite beers are usually American West Coast IPA's, this kind of beer, like Zipfer, is totally amazing and deserves a mega high rating.
Rated by DantePrudente from Canada (ON)
4.69/5 rDev +37.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.69/5 rDev +37.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
A very nice light tasting pilsner. Quite refreshing and easy to drink. No bitterness with a pleasant fine hopped taste.
May 04, 2024
Reviewed by cratez from Canada (ON)
2.75/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
500ml can purchased from the LCBO. Canning date of November 10, 2023, so reasonably fresh by import standards.
L: Super clear straw hue with a thin ring of white head. A few speckles of lacing on the glass.
S: Classic bready malt profile, vaguely sweet, with mild sulphur and a hint of herbal hop.
T: Mostly follows the nose.
F: Crisp light to medium mouthfeel, appley-sweet middle, quick semi-dry finish.
O: A very basic German pilsner that drinks like a North American pale lager, minus the rice and corn. Not bad, but there are much better takes on this style.
Dec 31, 2023L: Super clear straw hue with a thin ring of white head. A few speckles of lacing on the glass.
S: Classic bready malt profile, vaguely sweet, with mild sulphur and a hint of herbal hop.
T: Mostly follows the nose.
F: Crisp light to medium mouthfeel, appley-sweet middle, quick semi-dry finish.
O: A very basic German pilsner that drinks like a North American pale lager, minus the rice and corn. Not bad, but there are much better takes on this style.
Rated by GT800 from Canada (ON)
3.54/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Very refreshing, drinkable German pilsner, a bargain at Ontario's LCBO. More personality than the mainstream standards. I return to it regularly.
Dec 04, 2023
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.55/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Crystal clear yellow gold with a good quality white head that has some staying power. Good lacing on the way down. Lots of fine carbonation action. Has a simple classic look. Nose is quiet grassy hops. Hoppy and bitter in character with enough malt. Again, simple stuff, nothing fancy. Very slight bite from carbonation. Finish is some sweetness and lingering slightly dry bitterness. Average stuff without any big faults.
Nov 14, 2023
Reviewed by monkist from Hungary
3.46/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.46/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Not sure if edel pils is a separate genre but it is pretty darn good! I liked the way it tasted and felt, normal/mild carbonation, perfect hop/malt balance, almost like a Czech lezak (but of course lighter and more refreshing, in the good German tradition)
Got to get some more Kostritzers, they are pretty good!
Jul 19, 2023Got to get some more Kostritzers, they are pretty good!
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.58/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
3.58/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
500 mL can from the LCBO; dated Feb 16 2022 and served slightly chilled. A newcomer to Ontario beer shelves, and one of the most affordable in its category to boot - needless to say, this'll be a regular purchase if it's any good.
Pours a clear, sunny golden yellow colour, stirring up one finger of loose, soapy white head that lasts for three minutes or so. By then, it has been reduced to a tight collar and narrow ring of lacing - it's makin' me thirsty, that's for sure. Bready malts and cereal grain sweetness on the nose, with faint suggestions of grassiness and appleskin.
It's not bad - grainy at first, with bready malts and crackery sweetness developing not long after. On the back end, noble hops impart floral notes and hints of grassy hay, as well as some mild to moderate bitterness that lingers momentarily into a bready aftertaste. Light in body, with middling carbonation that lends a nice, crisp bite to this pilsner's relatively smooth, soft mouthfeel. Superb drinkability; I could easily drink a couple of these in a row, and possibly considerably more on a weekend.
Final Grade: 3.58, a B grade. No doubt there are better German pilsners out there than Köstritzer's, but I'd absolutely take Edel Pils over most of the common big name Euro lagers (think Heineken, Stella, et al.), and not just because it's cheaper than all of them... although that's a nice bonus, am I right? I'll be buying a few of these every time I see 'em, and I'd strongly encourage other value-minded Euro lager lovers to check it out.
Jul 20, 2022Pours a clear, sunny golden yellow colour, stirring up one finger of loose, soapy white head that lasts for three minutes or so. By then, it has been reduced to a tight collar and narrow ring of lacing - it's makin' me thirsty, that's for sure. Bready malts and cereal grain sweetness on the nose, with faint suggestions of grassiness and appleskin.
It's not bad - grainy at first, with bready malts and crackery sweetness developing not long after. On the back end, noble hops impart floral notes and hints of grassy hay, as well as some mild to moderate bitterness that lingers momentarily into a bready aftertaste. Light in body, with middling carbonation that lends a nice, crisp bite to this pilsner's relatively smooth, soft mouthfeel. Superb drinkability; I could easily drink a couple of these in a row, and possibly considerably more on a weekend.
Final Grade: 3.58, a B grade. No doubt there are better German pilsners out there than Köstritzer's, but I'd absolutely take Edel Pils over most of the common big name Euro lagers (think Heineken, Stella, et al.), and not just because it's cheaper than all of them... although that's a nice bonus, am I right? I'll be buying a few of these every time I see 'em, and I'd strongly encourage other value-minded Euro lager lovers to check it out.
Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.78/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I bought 2 cans from the LCBO in Ontario 500ml at 4.8%.
Poured into glass with a 1 finger head good carbonation leaving a lace as you drink it,taste is apple smooth and tasty lager with a low to medium bitterness level.
Refreshing good pilsner beer
Cheers
Jul 16, 2022Poured into glass with a 1 finger head good carbonation leaving a lace as you drink it,taste is apple smooth and tasty lager with a low to medium bitterness level.
Refreshing good pilsner beer
Cheers
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.66/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours crystal clear gold colour with a dense white head on top. Corny and grainy on the nose. Same goes for the taste, grains and corn, a bit of metallic with hops in the background. Similar to most Euro lagers, in my opinion
July 10 2022
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.56/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
500 ml can served cold into a pint glass. LCBO purchase for under $3 CDN.
Appearance - Pristine clear golden brew with egg shell white head of about a finger and a half that lasts for a medium duration. Lots of visible bubbles rise to the top too.
Smell - Some grainy notes, light grassy notes in behind. Pretty straightforward and thankfully absent of any metallic notes.
Taste - Clean, grainy with some bready qualities, light grassy bitterness afterwards. Some crackery qualities in between, giving extra depth.
Mouthfeel - Crisp, well carbonated and semi-dry finish.
Overall - A fine German pils that holds up well. Not much to differentiate on, but this was certainly pleasant on a warm summer's night.
Jun 21, 2022Appearance - Pristine clear golden brew with egg shell white head of about a finger and a half that lasts for a medium duration. Lots of visible bubbles rise to the top too.
Smell - Some grainy notes, light grassy notes in behind. Pretty straightforward and thankfully absent of any metallic notes.
Taste - Clean, grainy with some bready qualities, light grassy bitterness afterwards. Some crackery qualities in between, giving extra depth.
Mouthfeel - Crisp, well carbonated and semi-dry finish.
Overall - A fine German pils that holds up well. Not much to differentiate on, but this was certainly pleasant on a warm summer's night.
Rated by Mclusal from Colombia
3/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
M33
Dec 09, 2018
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