On tap at the brewpub in Istanbul. Pours a hazy, glowing golden yellow color with a small, foamy white head. The foam is quickly fleeting, and soapy lacing mostly rejoins the body. The nose is heavy on bready yeast, with a pungent, sourdough type note. Floral hops are weak to hardly distinguishable, with just a hint of a spice note. Flavors follow suit, with pungent grains and yeast balanced by faint floral hops. Moderate in both body and carbonation. This beer doesn’t leave much of an impression on me, it’s just kind of "blah".

Draught at the brewpub. Hazy yellow, small head. Medium bodied with rounded, spritzy mouthfeel. Grainy with very light spicy hops. Quite mellow with low bitterness. A quite messy beer without much pilsener characteristics.

50cl glass from the Balans Brau brewery tap 21-01-07 taken from travel diary notes I added this brewpub to places on the 24th January and I’m pleased to see that its had a couple more visitors since and that the beers that I had have been added. These were my last two beers of the night and of my time in Turkey my notes read ’soft, easy drinking, cloudy yellow unfiltered beer’ (amusingly for both beers)The reason I didn’t rate this at the time was I was unsure whether the beers I had were one and the same (see notes on place) and I had to write the type of the beer down in Turkish I had written Special and Kristal for each one as thats what I was told they were, but hoped that someone else in a less wobbly state could add them better than I did.

Nice and average pilsner it looks at first, it is easy going on mouth as you go on.But less bitterness and low malt aroma is disadvanvateges. They should improve this beer. Not asy to find a micro brwery on tap.

Draught at the brewery in Istanbul
Hazy blond color. Sweet Pilsener. Quite good and refreshing.