Pinkus Pils

Brewed by Brauerei Pinkus Müller
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Big pretty head and perfect sticky lacing. BIG (almost Wolnzacherian) Hallertauer nose with great malt and hops balance in the mouth. Terribly long finish, in the tradition of great Pils. Gets better with each sip. If I ever had to give one example of German Pils, this would be this. I find that I keep buying this, and even its relatively high price can't keep me away. Swell beer.

Poured from bottle into a pilsner glass with a cloudy, obviously unfiltered, flaxen colour. The odour of freshly bailed hay, cut grass, and earth are instantly perceptible from this exceptionally well brewed lager. An often overlooked parameter, the water used here is so clean and smooth that it truly places the delicate malt and subtle hop aromas at the fore. From first sip to the last this beer is simply one of the best of the style.

Wow. What an interesting beer. I’ve never tasted one quite like it. It wasn’t what I was expecting. It was kind of sweet and buttery yet also crisp, however they manage that. I happened to be eating some Piave cheese with it and I’m telling you the two were made for each other. I’ve never been one to really think much about beer/food pairings other than in a general sense, but this was a dead-on lock. Try them together! Mmmm. I’m going to try the other Pinkus varieties now. I think Whole Foods had a couple others.

bottle: pours with a large froathy pure whitehead. this sits on a very golden light hay colour body. aroma is a very floral, fresh fruit pear like,crisp with toasted grain. some wheat like aroam and touches of light honey. great. flavour is very clean and crisp, fresh fruit tasting of orchard fruits, flowery hops, honey and toasted greain. and a great sweetness in the malt. the perfect amountof bitter in the finish. about the best pils i have had so far.

50cL bottle. Pours a hazy bright yellow with dense white foam that fades to a thin layer, very nice lacing. Fairly light grassy hop aroma, little bit of citrus rind peaks through also. Little hint of pilsner malt flavor comes through before the German hops overtake. Not overly hoppy, very balanced in fact. Very nice bitter finish.

Pours a beautiful unfiltered straw yellow with a lasting white head. Aroma is toasty, biscuity, with a big floral grassy hop character. Body is med-lt. The flavors are grassy with sweet malts that leave the mouth as easily as they enter. It finishes quite dry. Entirely refreshing and delicious. Excellent Geman Pils.

Pours a cloudy, orangish pale yellow color with a large, lingering white head. It has a nice, hopp pilsner aroma. Medium bodied with low carbonation, the flavor is malty up front with a nice hoppy finish. This is one of the better German pilsners I have had, smooth and very refreshing.

The first thing that hits you with this beer is the aroma! Nice bready/yeasty whiffs wafting toward your nose. Yogi_beera describes them as "sweet farty" smells, so not everyone agrees with me that it’s worthy of such praise. Anyway, the taste isn’t quite as rhapsodic. Although I’ve gotta give props to anyone who brews a CLOUDY pils (organic, no less), the flavor is muddled and crisp. Good, but not great.