Radeberger Pilsner

Brewed by Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Radeberg, Germany

You dont’ get much more ’classic german’ pilsner than this. I spent some time in Germany this year and this is an example of what Germans drink when they drink Pils. My problem is, I just dont like this kind of beer. But if your only choice is to drink a Pils, drink this one.

tap - Pours clear gold with a one finger white head. It smells of pale malt and the taste is fairly well balanced between the cereal malt and the hops. It’s a light, basic pilsener that’s not a bad choice at the pub.

($5.75 pint at Taco Mac in Kennesaw, GA). Appearance: Clear, pale golden body with a small, fizzy white head. Smell: Sweet-smelling cereal aroma with a light grassiness and notes of cabbage. Taste: Pils malt flavor upfront, though with less sweetness than I was expecting from the nose. Mild grassy notes. Herbaceous hop flavor with a medium bitterness. Strong vegetal quality throughout. Dry, hoppy finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A pilsner with little to offer and lacking much of an identity of its own, it was hard to get too excited about it when Victory Prima was also available.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a white head. Sweet corn aroma. Flavour is soft malty with a minor sweetness lasting into the finish. Ends soft malty and pleasant.

500ml can, 4.8% a/v Effervescent (totally spelt wrong im sure) gold pour with a generous white head. Nose is citrus, slight hop and grass. The taste is clean, a bit grainy and a nice hop finish. Mouthfeel is just right as well. Pretty good beer.

Bottle from Capone’s. Pale gold pour with minimal white head. Hopcitrus and faint pale malt were noted in aroma and flavor, with some off metallic flavor notes, and a bit of thiols in the nose. This started off at about a 2 rating, then devolved into a drain pour for the last 4 ounces or so.

Bottle from BevMo. Medium golden in color upon pouring. Moderate grainy aroma. A tad sour. Fairly average pils. Some grain and a little bitter. A little lacking in flavor, but still fairly crisp and clean.

Pours a fairly translucent bright yellow. Little head and little carbonation. Weak aroma smells very fruity, kind of like lemon. Tastes more sweet and more bitter than other pilseners I have tried. Palate is smooth with a light body. A little too bitter for me.