Trumer Pils

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

12 oz. Bottle, Apr 16, 2006 This is quite clearly labeled as being produced at the Berkeley brewery. Sold at Wild Oats in a six pack with a cylindrical pilsner/alt glass attached. Pours pale straw with a rocky, lacy head on top. Big German hop smell at opening stays with the pour. Lazy stream of bubbles rises through the glass. A nice German malt, with a very, very slight tart note. Kind of a grassy straw taste, finished of by straightforward noble hops bitterness. A solid interpretation of the style, and who’d a thought a place in Berkeley would have the discipline to make a pils to precise German engineering standards.<hr>Draft, Sept 18, 2005. Sampled in a solid plastic mug, so I couldn’t get a handle on its color. Have to presume it’s okay. Taste, though, is light and "crisp," like American pale macros claim, but this one really is. But beyond that, not much stands out in the way of hops, just the standard German bitterness against pale malts. Finished nice and dry. Again, an imported pilsner that’s probably much better closer to home.
Additional note, Aug 10, 2006. Finishing the sixer, I found that last bottle started to show more nice German hop bitterness. Crisper and cleaner. I think that’s worth bumpint the rating up a notch.

This is from the US brewery in Berkley Pours a brilliantly clear straw-gold color with a pale off white head that is held up by a moderate, persistent carbonation. The aroma is clean and spicy with a light herbal note that is all quite appetizing. The beer is smooth and clean as it first hits my mouth. It is fairly dry with a light toasted malt note, though the hops definitely are the major flavor contributor. The beer is quite floral and spicy. This is definitely a nice example of a dry German Pils, though it has a bit more fresh hop flavor than usual, which is just fine in my book. This is light, easy drinking, and full of bright refreshing hop flavors.

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Very spicy hops with a slightly vegetal, grainy malt aroma. Clear, pale golden coloured body is topped with a low, white, fully diminishing head. Grainy, vegetal malts with a lightly spicy hop finish and light bitterness. Light body with fairly lively, pointy carbonation. Bottle sampled at GBBF 2005.

pale yellow beer with a very small head. fruity citrus aroma. tastes citrussy too, bitterish, yeasty, herbal and a bit sweet. nicely balanced pilsner, nice one!

Bottle (GBBF): Light gold with a small white head. Clean malt aroma with a touch of sulphur. Herby hops with clean malts behind. A little thin though quite refreshing.

Can’t really get excited about pilseners, but I guess I should try and be unbiased. Pours a pale straw colour, with a tiny and short-lasting head. The aroma was basic pils - grassy hops and maybe some lemon. The flavour was not bad - finished bitter and the aftertaste was pleasing. Pretty thin palate, though, but it is a pilsener afterall....

Bottle. Sour malt aroma - slightly skunky. Light golden yellow with little head. Tart-sour creamy malt flavor. Moderate body. Very light for the style - one of my least favorite German style pilseners.

Bottle at GBBF 05. Light Germanic Pils. Fairly grassy, not too flavoursome and with a boring aroma. Dry, nondescript.