Spaten Münchner Hell / München / Premium

Botle, 2009-05-15, Göteborg AP: cowslip (the flower) yellow, creamy high head, wee fine curtains AR: a hint of light bread F: malty, and a hint of vanilla AF: Long and lasting

Poured from bottle into Summit glass. Bright, clear and rich gold with fluffy white head. No lacing but quite pretty. Aroma of apples, lemon, hay and maybe a touch of noble hops. Dry malts with an emphasis on apple, grass and hay. Slight spiciness appears at the finish to help balance the beer slightly, but this is mostly about the malts. Moderately high carbonation, light to medium body. I would say it has a dry finish but there is a grainy aftertaste that unfortunately gets in the way. Great German lager for a hot day or as a simple accompaniment to food or friends.

Sample at Esbjerg Beerfestival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich malty, hops and notes of citrus. Semi oily.

(Draught at Flying Scotsman, Stockholm) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty, bready nose with grass, butter and some citrus. Malty taste with notes of bread, hay, grass, hints of tropical fruit, some butter and grassy hops in the finish. Medium body with some malt sweetness throughout. Decent lager, but hardly exciting.

Pours very yellowy with a thin white head. Tastes very dry, kinda wheaty, very light on the hops. Overall, goes down pretty smooth, nothing too wrong with it.

12 oz bottle. Pours pale yellow with a very thin white ring of bubbles. Aroma is earthy, hay with a slight sweetness. Taste is lightly sweet malt, with hay, wet grain, and light hops.

(bottle 50cl called Spaten Munich) Pours golden with a thin white head. Aroma of malt and hay. Malty flavour fresh and light body,

A nice light lager with delicate hop flavors and moderate bitterness. Not much else to it, a simple beer but quite satisfying.