Berliner Kindl Pils

Brewed by Berliner Kindl Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Pilsener
Berlin, Germany

Very pale blond colour. Thin white head. Smells of wheat. Distinct pilsener malt aroma, with just enough malt for this type of beer. Not a bad pilsener.

I enjoyed plenty of currywust when I was in Berlin. My friend is a currywurst fanatic, and every time he goes to Berlin, he gets his fix. You must try currywurst at least once if you visit Berlin, and if you do, you will need a nice cold beer to wash it down. A good choice is Berliner Kindl Pils brewed by the Berliner Kindl Brauerei AG (Oetker Group) of Berlin. This is a very popular beer in Berlin, and is a well made, very drinkable pilsner, that matches well with currywust, and makes for a good drinking beer. Berliner Kindl Pils pours to a beautiful, bright, golden color with a bright white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is balanced with mild grassy/herbal hop aroma paired with hints of crisp pilsner malt. The palate is crisp and clean with good pilsner malt flavor on a smooth and round body. Berliner Kindl Pils finishes with more crisp malt flavor, then ends with a gentle hop bitterness that balances. This is a well done pilsner, that is clearly brewed to appeal to a number of tastes. I would have enjoyed a bit more hop character, but I still enjoyed this one, and it really was a great beer to wash a currywurst down with. This beer can be found everywhere in Berlin, and I enjoyed an ice cold half liter can with my currywurst, at a little currywurst shack called Check Point Curry right outside the Friedrichstrasse train station.

Bottle. Poured a thin, very clear yellow with a thin white head. Hoppy smell, watery, watery, watery taste. Light, flat body with no finish, really a weak Pilsner, not bad, but quickly forgotten. Water - brush your teeth with this stuff. [2]

Update (from tap): Had a few more of these, and though I do not retract any of my previous comments, and this beer remains somewhat thin, I did detect a much stronger malt profile and notes of bread. Taste more like a Helles than a Pilsener that night.[2.4]

Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, small bubbly head. Hoppy nose and flavour with hayish hints. Quite boring.

Berlin - Simple yellow/gold pour, your basic pils feeling. Smells of hops and wheat, the flavor was watered down but it was a good taste.

(Bottle 50 cl) Clear as crystal, straw golden. Classical, fresh hoppy German pilsener. 120799

Light yellow beer, very malty in flavor, easy drinkable, not very special, but pleasant.

The aroma is sour with notes of straw. The color is light yellow and it has a collapsing white head. The flavor is dry hoppy and sour - if it wasn’t German I’d guess brewing cereal had been used.