Mahrs Bräu Pilsner

Brewed by Mahrs Bräu
Style: Pilsener
Bamberg, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

500ml bottle, pours a clear straw gold with some effervescence, the pour turns hazy from sediment that is in the bottle, has a small white head that falls quickly, aroma of pilsner malt, bread and some malt sweetness, small citrus and faint grass fragrances, light flavor of pilsner malt and bread with a good bitterness and sour on the tongue, bitterness lingers a bit after the finish, more bitterness and citrus sour then I expected, has a medium mouth feel or a bit less, medium carbonation, not sure how fresh this sample is, it does not taste off but I wonder what a sample from the tap would taste like.

(bottle) lightly hazy, pale greenish-yellow colour, tall white head. aroma is standard pale malts and light hops, with a distracting whiff of buttered corn. favour is very distinct, with a grainy, fresh malty taste, light hops, yeast. dy, light bitter finish, medium carbonation and body.

(Bottle). Judging from other reviews here, I must have sampled a non-fresh bottle. Mine was only a faint shadow of a good pils. There was some breadiness and some bitter hops, but they had to be searched for, and the overall impression was simply dull and flat. Hopefully, I’ll have the chance to update in the future with a fresh sample. 3-3-3-2-5 = 1.6 [Re-Rate] Tried a different bottle, which confirmed my suspicion that the original sample was well past its prime. This time I experienced a creditable Pilsenser, with appropriate malt, yeastiness, and a nice hops finish. Much better! 6-3-6-3-13 = 3.1

(6/31/08) Bottle at the brewpub in Bamberg. Clear yellow-golden with a white head. Aroma has some pale malt and some decent hoppiness. Flavor has some light malt sweetness but is mostly quite dry and hoppy and maybe slightly herbal. Medium-bodied. A decent Pils.

Golden with a huge, nice head. The aroma has notes of malt, flower and straw. The flavour has a light sweetness, smooth notes of malt, light caramel, flower and straw. The finish is citrussy. It’s incredibly well balanced and delicious, smooth and mild with a lot of nice details. I could drink a lot of this one.

50 cL bottle, trade with Maria. Pours clear and golden yellow with a dense, chalk white and creamy head. Clean and crisp hoppy aroma. Flavour is light metallic, nicely hopped wih a light bitter appearing. Subdued caramel sweet malt base, light corn note. Nicely balanced mix of sweet caramel malt and dry bitter hops finish.

Pours a clear golden color with a smallish head and some dark colored floaties. Aroma is grassy and bread.

Bottle poured a clear gold with a small lingering white head. Aromas of straw, bread dough, spice and a light hint of citrus. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw and light spice with a crisp lightly bitter finish.