Hansa Pils

Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Pilsener
Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Bottled: Looks ok - clean gold with a medium head. Small bubbles with reasonable carbonation. Some grassy hop aroma with a thin malt presence and some bitterness in the finish. OK, if on special ($12 buck a six pack).

I was a bit alarmed by the sqeaky noises the bottles made against each other as I carried them. 6 500ml bottles for AU$15. Not too bad. I like this. Very moreish, and before I knew it, i had none left. I think I prefer this to Pilsner Urquell. Worth buying again.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pale golden with a handsome, full head. A bit watery but still with a good, malty body and a hoppy finish. 040300

(bottle) Clear golden colour with a medium foamy white head. Grassy hoppy nose with a tinge of malts. Medium body, soft sweet flavour. Malty and a bit fruity taste with a dry and crispy, slightly hoppy finish. A clean and well-made cheap beer with a good price-pleasure ratio.

Attention, cheap bottle ! Clear golden, big rocky white head, long lasting; only very shy aroma, some traces of malts (and yeast?), nearly no hops; weak malty beginning, light bitter sweet flavour, weak bitter finish; refreshing (when You are thirsty), drinkable, but not really bad.

It’s not bad, except, uh, somebody forgot the hops. Looks nice, smells OK and has a decent feel and finish, but without the hops, it can’t compare to the better pils out there

After downing an Oranjeboom this one seemed quite enjoyable, but alas it was just my taste buds re-awakening after earlier falling asleep. Poured into a large tulip, a short dense white head formed atop a typically clear gold body. Fresh cut lemons and light fruity esters in the aroma, with a hint of honey. In the mouth, the sweetness of the pale malt dominated the palate, off balancing the lemon and citric hop tones barely noticeable in the back. Medium-light bodied and medium in carbonation, it finishes with a dry, cereal grain swallow. A little undemanding and macro-standard, but it seemed quite clean and ’brain dead’ refreshing. Just another Lager, really!!

Passable and quite cheap. Good for trying something different every now and again but certainly not a masterpiece of brewing techniques.