Pinkus Münstersch Alt

Brewed by Brauerei Pinkus Müller
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Bottle. Orangey yellow and slightly hazy pour, with creamy white head. Sweet malty aroma, lightly caramel and a touch citrusy and doughy. Semi-sweet light malty flavors, and more light fruit and orangy citrus flavors. Mouthfeel is creamy, but the flavors end short and clean. Interesting and easy to drink.

Buttery gold pour. Tempting aroma of sweet tangerine and buttery malts. The body is creamy, smooth and drinkable. More sweet malts are present in the body, as well as increasing amounts of sugary fruits - mostly peaches as it warms. Overall, an interesting blend of fruit and caramel malt that acts a great refresher. Nothing phenomenal, but could become a regualr as it is definitely above average and is definitely priced right.

Golden orange, with a foamy, cottony white head. Orange marmalade on pumpernickel toast aroma. Fruity and citrusy with a doughy, ryeish middle. Some hints of pine and, I don’t know, oregano, maybe?

Light-hazed golden/amber with an off white head that reduced faster than anticipated but left a frothy lace. Base aroma is definite sweet & candied malts with light alcohol notes, but it’s topped with a conundrum of meaty vegetables like squash, pumpkin and broccoli. Smooth bodied with the flavor reverting back to the sweet malts, then a swing to sourness in the finish. Sounds like a roller-coaster ride but it wasn’t all that exciting. About as good as their lauded <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/pinkus-pils/4553 which I feel is only mediocre.

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Cloudy golden color with a thin white head that completely dissipates. Has a honey aroma and an almost mead-like taste

Pours a pale cloudy yellow with a small head with a malty aroma of vegetables, spices and yeast. Sweet, vegetable taste on a thin body.

(500ml bottle) Cloudy amber body with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, vegetal, light caramel, light orange. Taste is medium sweet, lemon sour, vegetal. Light body with decent crispness. Being outside of the usual style categories, maybe it achieved what it wanted to, but I do not like it much.

Bottle (500ml). In my Erdinger Weissbier glass. Poured cloudy lemony with a huge fluffy white lasting head. Aroma is disappointingly vegetal - there’s pleasant lemony wit character here, mildly spicy, some sugary malt, but not really appealing - almost chemical sharp. Taste is decent - honey malt, lemony with some grain, gets a bit dishwatery and grassy on warming. Mouthfeel very flat and watery. This didn’t turn my crank, but apart from the aroma it isn’t super unpleasant, just too sweet and bland.