Warsteiner Premium Verum

Brewed by Warsteiner Brauerei
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Warstein, Germany

Since having graduated into beer afficionadohood, I can say with appreciation, ’Thank goodness for the Bavarian Purity Law’. This had the initial signs of being like an American macroswill -- minimal aroma (at first), yellow color. But I tasted it and actually discovered that it had real malts and hops in this thing, so it salvaged the beer to a considerable extent. (The malts even seemed to come out in the aroma more as I proceeded.) Not particularly extraordinary, but it made the experience with this one something interesting, rather than the usual boredom of an American macroswill. The maltiness and the hop character even gave a faint reminder of what I find so good in a great German doppelbock. In short: a pretty standard beer, but with real beer ingredients, and nicely balanced. Dry finish, like a Pilsener. I think I could come back to it again.

For it’s price I was very suprised. It was tasty. Not too strong but not too weak. A good pilsener.

Here’s the dilly: If you get this stuff bottled fresh, within the magical land of Germania, it’s totally aces. However, the canned crapola that we tend to get ’cross the pond is nothing close, somehow. So my rating is very conflicted. Please forgive me, Germanians!

Aroma light but sweet with floral hop accents. Color a pale gold with medium head. Flavor also features a sweet malt foundation and a well-rounded but mild hop top-end. Body is medium-light--appropriate to the style, and is very smooth. In sum, this is a very restrained offering, and one might want a little more assertive flavor, but the elements and balance here are good---a very decent German export beer.

This is the ’Budweiser’ of Germany. It’s quite popular. It tastes OK and is drinkable but nothing to get excited about.

A little hoppy on the nose, nice balanced flavor between malts and hops with a little yeasty flavor. Oily with medium bubbles, nice golden color. Head could be a little more dense and lacks body on mouth. An average german pils.

Bottle 30cl. This is together with Alfa pilsener my beer for any time. Tastes great and definetly one of my favourite pilseners. Pours a beautiful golden colour with a good size head and nice carbonation. Smell is very hoppy and the taste is hoppy and nicely bittered. Only dissappointing thing is that the aftertaste. which isn’t too pleasant, sticks around for too long.

Pour froman 11.2 oz bottle. Pale yellow beer with puffy white head that lasts. Flavor is light malt, respectable sour / bitter hops in the finish. Dry. Very good but not a good as some others.