Trumer Pils

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Josef Sigl
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Salzburg-Obertrum, Austria

Nice gold color with little head. Sweet and grainy in the aroma. A little grass. Flavor is similar with a grainy sweetness with a crisp hoppy finish. Not exactly my favorite. It was boring and average.

(Draught) Sampled at Duck Island in Seattle, WA, on October 20, 2007. Served in a kolsch glass. Pours lasting thin white foamy head. Nose of wet grain and crisp hops. Flavour has a minor corn tongue. Not a bad pils at all.

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

Comments: More bitterness than expected from such an available beer. A fine quality vs. price offering.

aromatic nose reminds me of the other skunky and disappointing pilseners i’ve had, but it’s missing the funky snap to put it over the edge. great crisp flavor and snappy dry finish.

Draft. Body-honey body with a foamy head. Taste-honey, light husk, light perfume, slightly husky and dirty medium sweetness, barky, light malt. Basically a sweet, perfumey pilsner. No big woop. Sweetness makes it lose points on palate. Nasty sickly aftertaste.

Bottle. Poured into a Brooklyn Weisse beer glass. Deep clear golden in color with a nice fluffy white head. Citrusy malty hoppy aroma. Orange and grassy hop notes. Malty hoppy flavor. Citrusy notes. Crisp and refreshing. Finish is bitter. Medium bodied. Nice beer.

Slightly Skunky smell with corn, wheat and yeast. There seems to be a bit of citrus, probably the hops. The color is cloudy golden yellow with a thin white head. The taste is citrus with hints of wheat and corn. The mouthfeel is a medium body with a tainting of bitterness at the finish. I could drink this beer all night.

U.S. bottle from World Market in Berkeley. Skunk arose as the cap lifted. The pour lost nearly all the skunk; maybe all. Light caramel malt aroma (very light) with some noble hop. Good start. Medium in body, moderate, just a bit too harsh for creamy, carbonation. The flavor is perhaps pale malt sweet, but here is some grassy, floral hoppiness. The finish is fairly dry, a bit tingly, with a nice level of bitterness. Good representative of the style, which seems to be maltier and less crisp than Bohemian Pilsner.