Hansa Pils

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

An orange beer with a white head. Both the aroma and flavor are sweet and primarily hoppy.

(Dortmunder Hansa-Brauerei Premium Pilsener) Compact but enough evanescent foam. Clear and pale color, limpid and little fizzy. Light scent of inumiditi cereals. Insufficient bitter with an unusual end that seems nearly wet maize.

Run of the mill cheap German supermarket pilsener. Gold colour, negligible head. Floral nose - maybe some citrus. Sweetish body with some fruity character and a dry bitter finish. Ho hum. (Bottle)

Bottle: Aroma is flowery and lightly sweet. Pours a transparent gold with an insignificant white head. LIghtly sweet up front that continues to the finish. Finish is light sourness and weak hops.

Bottle, from a supermarket in Köln. Gold, moderate white head and low condition. Low malt and some soapy hops in the nose, soft and sweet fruity malt in the mouth and a short finish with some bitterness that seemed more saccharine than hops. Tasted more like a cheap and nasty Kölsch.

My sample was in a tubby 500ml bottle. The bland label should have been the giveaway. Too watery, lacking aromas, lacking any depth to flavour. Pass.

Hoppy, grassy aroma. Meidum dry finish, slightly sweet, maybe a bit soapy. But actually drinkable, if bottled.

Hoppy, grainy aroma, some malt. Very pale, yellow coloured with a thin white, lasting head. Taste is watery, moderate bitter, hoppy and grassy. Some metal in aftertaste. Still fresh. One of the better brews I bought during my small cheap german supermarket beer-bust last weekend.