Showing posts with label Pilsener. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pilsener. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Thoughts on Duckstein

Time to post a few thoughts on Duckstein as it's now the third time I've sampled through their range.

Can't have been too bad considering how quickly the tasters evaporated!

These guys do a good range throughout but oddly it's the Pilsner that's probably the most accomplished of the lot, great taste in this, highly drinkable, a fine example of the style fresh off the vat. Dunkel goes down ok with malty character, and the Altbier sports nice peppery spice notes at the end. The other stalwart from the tasting range is a Hefeweizen that is traditional to the style, predominately banana and lemon, pretty drinkable.

The one seasonal drop this time was a Pale Ale - ie, the only non-German beer in the lineup, and interestingly it was pretty poor, falling well short both of other pale ales, and of the quality found in Duckstein's offerings. As a comparison I found their seasonal oktoberfest beer to be far superior in the past.

So if there's a lesson here it's stick to what you're good at. But all in all a reliable and faithful German brewery, more than respectable. Massive bloody roast pork meals they do there too.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Mac's Hop Rocker Pilsener

Mac's from NZ, rockin' the hops.


To be fair this beer was probably at a bit of a disadvantage, tested as it was in the shadows of a fresh hop hog. But the hop flavours still come through after an initial malt burst. Nelson Sauvin apparently though it's not overly passionfruity. It's pleasant and refreshing with quite a fizzy body.



Kind of unsure what to rate this as. As a pilsener it's brilliant (ie it has some taste). But as a hop beer it's only middling probably.

If all pilsener was this then the world would be better. 7.0