Ayingerbrau D. Pils Strong Lager

Formerly brewed at Samuel Smith
Style: Pale Lager
Tadcaster, England

Keg Handpump at the Boot Inn, Chester 17/04/2004 Clear golden coloured and hoppy with some sour fruit flavour. Dry lasting finish.

(Tap, King Arms, York, England) Descent tasting lager from Samuel Smiths’ new brand name. Brown colored lager pours with a medium frothy head.

Had this in London a very long while ago. Really pale yellow in appearance, sweet malty, with little else to it. Not really German in flavour, but then again, it is brewed in England.

Draught at Earl of Lonsdale, London. Golden coloured. A rather good fresh and fruity pilsener.

Decent enough pale gold colour and relatively strong for a British brewed lager, but that’s where the complements end. There’s a hint of malt in the aroma but, otherwise it all comes over as artificial, chemical and metallic. Dull mouthfeel. Drinkable, but not good. Not the worst I’ve had either. Keg at the Brewery Tap (the old Courage brewery tap, now run by Sam Smiths), Southwark.

A pale lager with little carbonation. The taste is sweet and the smell is off-putting after a while. Not a pleasant experience even on a hot day and in need of a cold drink.

Tap, Cittie of Yorke, London. Some water with a squeeze of apple juice is the total sum of the aroma. A stronger version of the lager. Chemical and metallic flavour is stronger and thus more unpleasant. Slightly better mouthfeeel. But all in all this is a glass of garbage.

Light dusty lager nose, straw color, low tight head. Clean crisp malt with a hint of citrus. Round corners. An average German-style pils that holds its own. Still, nothing special here.