Schmucker Meister Pils

Brewed by Privat-Brauerei Schmucker
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Mossautal, Hessen, Germany

Bottle Best by 070706. White small head that mostly diminished, sparse lacing, carbonated, transparent, and a yellow hue. Malty and hoppy nose. Flavor was malty, hoppy and crisp. Tingly mouthfeel.

There is a lightly hop aroma and the color is a very pale golden with a decent white head. The taste is light and somewhat watery with a faint finish on the palate.

Poured medium gold with a thick head and excellent lacing. Mild spicy hop aroma. Light to medium bodied, dryish malty flavor, clean and lightly bitter with faint yeastiness and dry in the finish. Pleasant but for a German pils nothing fancy. From the Aldi variety pak-I thought the Golden Lager was more distinctive.

0.33l bottle Schmucker Meister Pils Premium, 4.8% found in some bar in Zagreb (again, ozujsko’s tip, but I accidentally stumbled upon it).
Hmph. so I went in that bar, and asked which German beers they had. The barkeep suggested Bavaria. I did a half smile and politely told him that it was from Holland. I suggested that a friend told me that they had some "odd" German beer before, and he "remembered" that he still had Schmucker. Hm.

Anyway, it poured a big, thick but fluffy white head that went away at a medium pace leaving lots of scattered lacing. Walls of bubbles clung to the edges of the glass, but they went away soon enough. Lively carbonation in any case (though not fizzy). Yellow/golden colour (says so in my notes...... shrubber85 nailed it). The nose was faint, sourish, malt & dust. The taste started with a lemony sourness that gave way toa subdued honeyish maltiness Not much hops, one dimensional, but refreshing in a way. I’ve had worse.

Bottle (labelled Odenwalder Meister Pilsener). Strong barley malt and hops aroma. Light golden yellow color with small head. Sour stale malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. A pretty poor German Pilsener - not even as good as some American macros. 2nd (Schmucker label) - same opinion if not worse (hops have a metallic taste to them).

Bottled(330ml). -pale golden colour, medium white head, grassy, hoppy and herbal aroma, light sweet flavor with light bitter finish.

Bottle: Pale golden colour, big, long lasting white head; bitter, a bit sourish nose; light bodied, only a tinge of malt in the beginning, bitter finish...Not too harmonic, not too aromatic: where are the noble aromatic hops ?

Another northern style Pilsener, which is not bad at all. Grassy hops with slightly malty taste, light to medium bodied. Decent, but fairly good for the profane hessian beers.