Hacker-Pschorr Münchener Gold

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Munich, Germany

My bottle reads "Munich Gold". I have a hard time believing this is not the same thing as their Edelhell, given the exact same alcohol content. This one might be a shade darker in color. Out of the 6 I bought, I found this to be moody. Some of the bottles were sort of muted, but others were bursting with flavor. What I was surprised to find was that backing up some really nice, clean, sweet, but medium-light, malt flavors was this nice little bit of flowery hop "crunch" at the end. I really loved this beer.

Super clear bright and solid whitened gold color with some softly effervesced bubbles making there up thru the bright gold body. Slimming but strong, starchy white capping of foam creates a quick top to then leave a trace skim and a thin collar. Lacing is drippy with a few spots sticking and a couple casts of sporatic blobs. Wonderfully clean, crisp, and brightly sweet with a fresh berry scent with a slight underscoring of cystal malt grain, trace hop leaf, and a pinch of soft lemon air. Flavors are quite solid, a well deserving showcase for the style. Well tendered sweetness is clean, crisp, very well-rounded; berryish tone mixed with a stint of bread dough sweetness, no crusts please, and a nice touch and pulse of real grain goodness that lasts very well across the palate. Slight starchy dry finish with bready leftovers, airy lemon, and a puff of leafy hops. A nearly perfect taster for the style. Body is just shy of medium, but the length is outstanding and actually seemd to gain a bready girth as it goes. Outstanding! The crispness is set forth with a gleem of short rounded snappyness. Then the sweetness rolls in from a malt load of fun twisted berry breads and lemon puff chewy cookies. Delish!! A near perfect Helles Lager if there ever was one. Drinkable? You bet it is. Unwholly drinkable really. Yummy, yum, yum!

12oz, 07/08 production, in bordeaux glass. Pours brilliant gold with medium white head. Rich malt nose, a wisp of noble hops, and the faintest vanishing skunkiness. Malty, crackery, and hints of green herbs - avoids that mealy legume thing that a lot of Pils-based beers can have. Clean and balanced. This will become my source of at-home Hellesy goodness since Spaten Premium is a green-bottle mess.

Bottle - Grassy, doughy aroma. Great clarity. This is a very, very solid beer. Light malty body with slight hints of dough and tobacco. A sharp perfectly bitter finish. Surprised by the low ratings.

A very nice gold color with a clean clear yeasty aroma. A nice lasting white head and a smooth, almost sweet (not in a malty way) flavor which is unlike most beers I prefer (bitter). This is as close to the Oktoberfest beer you get at the Augustiner Fischerbrau tent in Munich. Actually tastes more like it than the Austiner Oktoberfest bottled beer we get here in the US.

Fruity hay spicy nose. Deep gold color and soapy head. Spicy honey sweetness with a great bitter balance. Full carbonation, lighter body, crisp fruity finish. Just a very solid anytime beer...this is a classic.

500mL bottle from my local BS. Very cool labelling, though I’m not sure if it’ll be as popular as the Edelhell was with the German mistress on the front. Pours a perfect pale gold with a medium white head. The aroma is very classic for the style, HP pale malt body with some grassy Noble hops, more than I would expect for this style. Very crisp and enticing. Flavour is super crisp, extremely refreshing, nice biscuity malts follow ample German hops, rounded out very well balanced in the finish. Sourish barley tinge in their too. Soft feeling in the mouth as one would expect from a Munich Helles. Underlying hoppy dryness. Totally bang-on stylistically to me and very tasty. The more subtle aspects come out as it warms. Very nice, if not particularly distinct from their Edelhell.

Nice swing top bottle. Malts dominate and it has a welcoming golden appearance.Slightly bitter and easy to drink.