Schloss Eggenberg Hopfenkönig

Brewed by Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Pilsener
Vorchdorf, Austria

Draft, Baja Bean, Staunton VA. Light gold with white head. Faint aromas of corn, hay, metal, and sugar. Flavor is light malt with a serious twang, almost skunky, but certainly sugary and corny. Cleans up bit in the finish with very little aftertaste. Drinkable stuff, but not my favorite thing.

Super clear golden body, foamy white head, fine lacing; Small not pleasant very sugary wort like aroma, special with a very little grass; Big carbonation in soft thin sugary body with actually a very, very little hopfen bitterness; A very little very plain hopfen bitterness in finish with metallic mineral aromas. Hopfenkonig what?, terrible and super boring beer.

Bouteille. Couleur or-pâle, mousse s’estompe pour garder un lacet, mais laisse de belles traces sur le verre. Arôme très grains, gazon, houblons floraux. Goût de grains, très houblon floral, définitivement saaz, douce amertume, belle finale sèche, bien atténuée. Légèrement mince, effervescence modérée à forte. Je trouve qu’elle est sous-évaluée ici, c’est une très bonne pils selon moi.

This is one of the better pilsners that I have had. Nice malt flavor to it that wasn’t overbearing but wasn’t absent either like some of the other pilsners that I have had. Crisp finish with some hoppy flavors. The aftertaste was wonderful. Hard to describe but you can tell that this is a time-perfected recipe. The glass that I got with it (pictured) is made of crystal which really set this one off with some style points too!

I think I got this at the LCBO in Ottawa and I remember it being an assertive well done pils. Page 412 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 259 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.

Bottle from the importer. Light golden-yellow with a large, snow white head. Given the green bottle, I was expecting some skunk in the aroma, but it was actually quite clean and fresh, with soft malt and sharp herbal hop notes. Thin, crisp body. Flavour starts quite sweet, reminding me a bit of marshmallows, some notes of orange and honey, and a quick, herbal finish. A bit sweeter than I like from a pils, but otherwise, this is a pretty decent beer.

Bouteille de 33 cl verte. Blonde claire, pas pire collet avec de la dentelle. Arome d’houblon moufette, un peu métalique. Goût passable d’houblon sec et faiblement sucré.

330ml bottle from BeersOfEurope. Crisp forced carbonation and a noticeable dry dusty bite in the finish. Salt lingers. Malt is fairly clean, with some biscuit notes. This is a dry, almost harsh beer. There’s nothing wrong with it, and for those who count a high level of bitterness to be a sign of quality, the hop extract used here will certainly persuade them they are dealing with a first class brew. I liked it. It’s clean, refreshing and has some flavour. 10 months to go before the BBE date, so fairly fresh - which may account for the hop bite.