Salm-Bräu 1842 Pils

Brewed by Salm-Bräu
Style: Pilsener
Wien, Austria

Draught @ Salm. Cloudy golden with good white head. Not a lot of aroma, somewhat hoppy. Palate is medium bodied but dominated by an unusually creamy carbonation. Light malty bready start gives way to good long lasting bitter finish. A nice Pils.

Preferred this one to their helles. Color was a slightly cloudy gold with a foamy head. Aroma was wheaty, yeasty and earthy. Flavor was bready, yeasty and earthy as well, with some herbal elements. A well done version of the style for me.

My Bottom Line:
The piquant hoppiness of this most healthy unfiltered Pilsener drives its spicines into the chewy straw of the base malts to create a pillowy and flavorful quencher not unlike its Franconian cousins.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A dollop of foam bobs atop the cloudy blond.
-The nose is draped in herbal hoppiness, yet it is quieter than the flavor profile.
-Their Helles has better malt character (to my tastebuds), but their bodies are very similar.
-The spicy hop bitterness pleasantly lingers.

On tap at the brewpub.

Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy golden colour. Small head. Good aroma hop flavour, sweet and nicely spicy. Mild carbonation. Pleasant and easily drinkable. Not a pils, but good.

Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy yellow coloured with a white head. Fruity aroma of malts and hay. Fruity flavour of malts, hay and hops. Hoppy finish.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2     Lasting: 3     Lacing : 3
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 1   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 3   Pilsner : 3   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : XX   Hay : 3   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : 2   Grassy : 3  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 4   Farmy : XX   Complex : 2   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Crisp : 2   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX

Comments: Served quite warm this one, but still a crisp, well-constructed pils though with little identity and very filtered for an Austrian lager. Fair bitterness, quite green.

on tap at the brewpub. pale golden with a steady white head. light menthol aroma, very grainy, plenty of bitterness, no real sweetness, tasty stuff

Draught@brewpub, Vienna
Golden color, slightly hazy, small white head, lace. Light bready hoppy nose. Brewing mash, sweetish unfermented sugars, some hops in the finish. Something I call typical low-end brewpub pils.