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Germany V Mexico World Cup 2018

Germany V Mexico

(Synopsis in red)

Pregame bets:

Germany should come out of the blocks on fire, while Mexico always play attacking football. Expect lots of goals (I hope).

€1.00 Single
Germany v Mexico – Correct Score 3-2 20/1

Full betting review here>https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/top-bets-of-the-world-cup-2018/

Didn’t win, but to be honest, with all the goal mouth action it really could have been that score!

Beers: Group F of Beer World Cup:

World Cup of Beer Group F

For today’s beer match up I have Corona, the laid back Mexican beer, up against Zombräu, a beer brought back from the dead!

Zombrau get the victory here, loads to taste, a slow burner and very enjoyable, whole Corona is nice enough but hasn’t enough kick to be considered a player.

PreGame:

Die mannschaft, Germany, definitely are hot favourites to repeat their 2016 win. They have a squad heavily loaded with top class players, not just the first eleven but a bench full of quality too. They won 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup with pretty much a second team. They ooze confidence as the Germans can only know, sure in the knowledge that they have what it takes to win the cup again. Ten out of ten in the qualifying can sure do great things for a squad.

Ok the squad have lost Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm and Miroslav Klose and Manuel Neuer might be a bit out of form with a slow recovery from injury, but its still a squad with some serious amount of talent. Mats Hummels is still the rock in defence, Toni Kroos has stepped forward to run the show in midfield, and Thomas Müller is sure to score up front (and dive like the bitch he is!). Added to that is the fact that big things are expected of Timo Werner who has scored aplenty in the Bundesliga, and PFA Young Player of the Year Leroy Sané, who likes to bomb it up the wings. But really the thing with the German squad is that they slot into positions so easily, they have plenty of talent in all areas of the field, and can afford to take the hit of an injury to the team. Its hard to pick any weaknesses in this team.

In the last six tournaments Mexico have made the last 16 but no more, playing good football along the way. But its like a mental thing that stops them from progressing to the last eight. Its not like they haven’t done it before, they have twice before in 1986 and in 1970, but for a team of the quality of Mexico, 32 years is a long time to break that barrier.

Rafael Márquez is back for his fifth World Cup, yes his fifth! He is a wily old player, 39 to be exact, world class in his day, but I do wonder what the hell he is doing back with the team considering his two mistakes cost Mexico in the last World Cup and got them knocked out by the Dutch. Could he not have just let it go? Actually looking at the squad, it is quite an old squad, Héctor Moreno also a rock in defence (30), Andrés Guardado (31) and Giovani dos Santos (29) back in midfield and Javier Hernández (30) upfront. This will be the final swansong for a lot of the Mexican players on the world stage.

Can they do it this time and finally make the last eight? I dont think so. For two good reasons. Germany and Brazil stand in their way of doing that. Today is a big test for them. Get a result against the Germans today and they have a massive chance, but that would be a huge achievement for them and to be honest not likely at all.

I fully expect Germany to put Mexico to the sword today. For sure Mexico wont make it easy for them, but I would imagine over the 90 minutes the Germans will come out on top, and also have a few goals in the bag too

A more detailed review on Germany here and on Mexico here

Ha ha well so much for tipping Germany, they just got suckered punched today by an extremely high octane Mexican team. Well done to Mexico on their victory, I was a little worried for them in near the end that they might rue all those chances they wasted, about 10 of them by my count, but no they held on for the victory.

Great goal by Lozano, brilliant to get the drag back and the space to rifle it home. Excellent move from the back, and in three lovely movements he was in.

Great game, can always rely on Mexico to entertain, they are relentless in their attack. Was great to hear the “ole ole” ringing out from the crowd, certainly they approved of the show the Mexican players had put on for them today.

Germany were disappointing, I wonder if Low regrets leaving Leroy Sané back home, as they could have done with his pace and vision today. I mean what the fuck is Khedira still plodding around in the team for, they have Ozil to do that rubbish.

Shout out to the Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa to was solid and kept a very cool head today. Also great to see the legend that is Márquez equal the record of 5 WC appearances, brilliant stuff.

Music to get you in the mood

Polarkreis 18 – Allein Allein (Germany) V Panteón Rococó – Arréglame el Alma (En Vivo) ft. Maria Barracuda (Mexico)

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Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose

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Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose

http://www.leipziger-gose.com/

Brewed by Brauhaus Hartmannsdorf GmbH
Germany

The Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose is an old-style beer specialty of Leipzig, brewed to the authentic recipe by traditional methods. Ritterguts Gose has won several accolades, including, in 2013, a gold medal at the World Beer Awards as the Worlds Best Gose! Well it is the oldest existing Gose brand in the World, so no surprise there!

First thing you will notice when you get a bottle of Döllnitzer Ritterguts Gose, is how cool the bottles and logo look. A really authentic look, and shows that this is a brewery that has a long history. The next thing you might do is ask “what the hell is a Gose beer?”

Well it is an unfiltered wheat beer made with 50-60% malted wheat, which creates a cloudy amber colour and provides a refreshing crispness. The beers typically are sour and salty. They have a low hop bitterness, and a complementary dryness and spice from the use of ground coriander seeds and a sharpness from the addition of salt. They usually have a moderate alcohol content of 4 to 5% ABV. (Thanks to BeerAdvocate for this!).

The beer style is a long time around, first brewed in the early 16th century in the town of Goslar, from which its name derives. But its popularity travelled over to the city of Leipzig where local breweries copied the style. By the end of the 1800’s, it was considered to be a local Leipzig beer and was sold throughout the city.

In 1824, Johann Philipp Ledermann, a master brewer, started to brew using the recipe he had brought with him from Goslar. And so the Ritterguts Gose Brewery was born. In no time, owing to its popularity, it became a market leader in Gose, and he was already supplying most of the Gose bars in Leipzig-Halle (Central Germany). At one time in the early 20th century, there were about 80 Gose bars in Leipzig alone and Gose was the most consumed beer in the town.

Unfortunately with the advent of World War Two, and the increasing prevalence for Pilsners, the popularity of Gose took a bit of a nosedive, with nearly all the Gose brewery’s shutting down. It wasn’t until Armin Brandt from the Leipzig micro-brewery “Zum Kaiser Napoleon”, on September 9th, 1999, had a trial run with the old Gose recipes from the Ritterguts Gose Brewery. Starting small, in a handful of restaurants, but expanding to 20 in time, he showed that there was a market again for this old classic.

But Brandt’s production was too small an operation in its current capacity so with the help of Hans Bauer from the Leipzig family brewery, Ernst Bauer, a bigger more stable brewery was able to help shift more units and expand its output. Nowadays the Ritterguts Gose can be found in 120 restaurants, a 100 pubs, 60 retailers and 15 wholesalers in the region of Leipzig-Halle and has started to export to select countries on a small initial scale. Part of the reason for this success is that Gose beers are back in vogue again, largely thanks to the craft beer revolution where sour ales are popular and anything with a traditional bent will do well amongst the beer aficionados, aka the beer geeks!

So when drinking from a Ritterguts Gose it is important to realise that this is the real thing, the beer that has the Gose lineage, still made to the traditional recipes of yesteryear.

Review: 0,5l bottle of Original Ritterguts Gose, Gose style: 4.7% ABV

The Original Ritterguts Gose, “Das Original Seit 1824”, has won several accolades, including a gold medal at the World Beer Awards in 2013.

Comes in a lovely brown bottle with an interesting old style logo of some old fella messing around with some flasks and beer in a lab, the creative genius behind this beer no doubt.

On pour get a very frothy white headed beer with a lovely looking golden orange colour.
Head does die and the beer goes all a bit hazy after a while.

A piercing, very fruity smell, very citrusy and I can definitely get the salt aroma. Also got a strong smell of grapes and/or cherries.

Taste is very sweet, wow.
Like a very sweet pop drink with a lot of hops. An interesting style alright.
Very sweet tastes, malty, citrusy, the salt and it is also quite yeasty. But it is quite well balanced considering all the different tastes and flavours contained within the brew.

Not a bad style, could get into it.
Kind of like it, for a new style I tried, interesting, would like to try some more to get more of a feel to it. Would never have guessed that salt and coriander would be a suitable mix for a beer.

The salt taste is very prominent, basically just jumps out at ya and gives you a big slap in the face!

Quite strong too, kind of like an energy drink. I say that as I was buzzing, but that could be the football, Korea just knocked Germany out of the World Cup!!

Will definitely try this beer and style again. Gose beers have a new fan!

Review: 0,5l bottle of Ritterguts Urgose Märzen, a Märzen Gose style: 5.5% ABV

From the bottle we get this tit bit of information, “our German beer brewed with salt and spice”, and has the following ingredients “barely, wheat and oat malt, yeast, coriander, cooking salt”. So we have the Gose style and the Märzen style married together, coupled with oat malts.

Head is flat, none to speak of, but the colour looks great, a nice clear orange coloured beer, which looks tops.

The smell is interesting, get the salty aroma no problem, but also get the pine cone easily enough, amongst the usual range of odors……..citrus, malts, coriander.

Like the smell, has an earthly feel to it.

As to be expected, in the taste I also get the salty flavours, and the spices, the malts and coriander. Very well balanced all things considering!

It is a high energy drink, I feel lifted and relaxed when drinking it, actually felt it was a bit similar to a cold lucozade! Not bad I guess, can slowly sip it, the bitterness is light, and easy to manage.

It basically is a regular Märzen with the unique Gose style added. And that in itself is something to try. I liked it, it takes a while to warm your cockles, to overcome the initial surprise of all the sweet tastes, but then afterwards you can drink it slowly and relax into the Gose style.

Will definitely buy again, loving this new Gose style of beer on my taste buds!

Review: 0,5l bottle of Ritterguts Barentoter, a German Sour Gose Bock: 6.6% ABV

The “beer brewed with spices” as it says on the bottle. This one is the Gose Bock version of the classic Gose style.

Barentoter, as far as my German goes, means “bear killer” auf Deutsch.

One thing about these Gose beers is that you cant get a head from them. There is a good bit of carbonation for sure, all bubbling away but it just wont settle down to form a head at all. No real problem as the colour of the beer is nice. A lovely deep and dark amber colour, which I love.

On the nose I get the Gose trademark smell, the salt and the coriander.

Loving the taste, is like a fruit juice, very sweet and tasty, love it. Getting the orange flavours which are very prominent. Very nice mouthfuls. Can also get the salt and the coriander. Spices too.

More sweet than sour me thinks, and not the most typical of bocks I have tasted. Perhaps the salt has a calming effect on it?

Very smooth. And all the complex flavours are very well balanced, and so easy to drink, with the alcohol very well hidden and no bitterness in the beer.

Liking these Gose’s a lot, will definitely pick some more up in time. So easy to drink and I can appreciate the new style.

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Zombräu, back from the dead.

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Zombräu

https://www.zombraeu.com/index.php/en/

Brewed by Zombräu OHG
Essenbach,Bavaria, Germany

Rising from the dead is the craft beer group, Zombräu, hoping to take over the world of a dying decrepit generic beer market. Once you try their beers you are truly shaken up, stirred and infected with the virus for top quality beer, your taste buds are activiated, and there is no going back. Welcome to the underworld of Zombräu!

Coming in some very eye catching logos, Zombräu, definitely have an interesting concept and story behind them. The names of the beers stand out too, with titles such as “MotorOil”, “Voodoo”, “Macumba” and “Insbierator”, all with themes related to the spiritual underworld.

In 2015, two brothers Tobias and Bastian Merches founded the brewery Zombräu, hoping to shake up a limited and somewhat strict beer market in their home in Bavaria, Germany. Finding an old warehouse with a connected house gave the boys the perfect opportunity to put their (dark) dreams into action. With help from parents and friends they opened up their own brewery. As a small start up enterprise that is based mostly on passion over money, the boys have decided to do as much as they can by hand to save on automation costs, also their spend on marketing and public relations is kept to a minimum, using social media, concerts and popup events to get the word out there. It truly is an underground movement!

I can certainly can see the attraction in these beers. Experimenting with exciting new styles, they are very unconventional in their style and approach, so much so that they consciously violate the purity law that German beers hold so dear. Breaking rules and doing something new, I love it! The traditional Bavarian wheat beers and lagers were a thing of the past, here they tried to do it differently. No beer styles are off limits. they brew IPA’s, Stout, Porter, Red Ale, Belgian beers and some specialty wheat beers, and more. Easy to see how spending time with Brewdog, one of the brothers (Tobi) came back a changed soul full of creative ideas and an action plan. In the beginning of 2013, Giesinger Bräu in Munich gave them an opportunity to brew a 5 hl brew of their finest IPA in their brewery, and the rest the say is history. Now the boys have a collection of beers, bottled and on sale ready to dominate the World, one town at a time.

Review: 0,33l Bottle of Zombräu Voodoo, an American style IPA: 3.7% ABV

The picture on the bottle shows some voodoo dolls dancing in the fires of hell (probably). Interesting!

On pour get a nice frothy head, with a very cloudy golden orange coloured beer. A good bit of carbonation resulting in quite a big white head.
Head sticks around, and there is some good lacing.
Looks fine, not bad.

On the nose I get a nice fruity smell. A typical IPA beer smell of hops, the fruits and toasted malts. Nothing wrong with the aroma, nice enough.

Not as hoppy as a regular IPA, still hoppy enough though to have some good taste and kick.
Nice and soft tastes, very manageable for someone like me who isn’t wholly enamored with the whole IPA thing (Heh I’m not a fucking hipster alright!). I guess the 3.7% ABV factors in here to the low hoppiness of the beer.

Tastes of hops, the citrus, caramel, and the malts.

Ok does goes a bit flat near the end, but overall it does have enough good tastes to be wholly enjoyable and for that it is not a bad, light IPA.

Review: 0,33l Bottle of Zombräu Alter Pottbar, a Porter: 5.1% ABV

The logo for this one has a sleepy village and a church, with a nuclear power station in the background. Impending doom perhaps? The calm before the storm?

This is a porter which was stored and aged for half a year in a whiskey barrel!

Usual enough appearance we would expect from a porter, jet black colour with a decent sized white head, good and frothy. Good bit of carbo, took a bit of time for it all too settle.
Head maintains very well, and some good lacing. Yeah, got all the basics of a porter right.

Aroma was strong, definitely could smell the bourbon aroma. I found it quite strong on the nose, also got some smokiness and an earthly feel from the beer.

For the taste, the whiskey barrel aroma has an affect, it is quite strong in the taste as well. Tastes old, tastes earthy, tastes like a root vegetable, something from the ground. That coupled with the bitter hops and barley malts is certainly a very strong tasting beer, very strong. It is a bit overpowering too, all consuming in both taste and aroma. You need quite a strong constitution to drink these boyos!

Certainly a brave and unusual style.

Review: 0,33l Bottle of Zombräu Motor Oil, an Imperial Stout: 7.5% ABV

Motor Oil, what a great name for a beer, and especially for a stout, very good. “200% Stout, Guaranteed satisfaction” written on the bottle, ok I guess but a 100% would be good enough for me!

As you would expect, a pitch black colour with a smallish white head on pour.

The aroma is pleasant, a typical stouty smell of dark chocolate, roasted malts, espresso, caramel, all detected. A nice aroma.

On the taste, I get the chocolate, the dark malts and the caramel, some licorice
Very smooth tasting stout, very nice, light too, not too bitter, and I like the espresso soft taste in the background. The alcohol is well balanced with the roasty flavours, well hidden.

It is a good effort from the German boys here. I mean it is never going to be like a Guinness or whatever but its not a bad stout. I do think stouts (and Porters) are the one style that is quite difficult to get right for a general brewer, as there are so many variables to think about, and the bitterness needs to be just right. This is not so complex but definitely drinkable and quite easy to relax with.

Not bad, some good black oil to get the old engine kicking on again.

Review: 0,33l Bottle of Zombräu Richtfest Bier, a Heller Bock: 6.6% ABV

My Google translate tells me that a Richtfest Bier is a topping beer. A topping beer is related to an old German custom, a topping out ceremony, where after a hard day of construction the labourers celebrate their success with a beer.

On pour get a nice frothy white head with a beer that has a lovely hazy amber-ruby colour. It really is a lovely looking beer, very nice.
Nice white head, maintains well.
Decent amount of lacing.

The aroma is quite strong on the nose, very hoppy and sour on the nose.

The taste is quite strong, lots of deep rooted hops on offer here.
Not the most easiest beer to drink. Full of hops, the grains and the barley, and the fruits. All exploding on your taste buds, quite a tough strong beer to drink!

As they say on their website, “we also did not save on hops”, that might be the understatement of the century, it looks like they threw in every hop they could get their hands on!
Not smooth, with high bitterness, if you are a hop fanatic then this is the beer for you!

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Brauer & Co., Funky trout and Pretty sperm whale!

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Brauer & Co.

http://funky-forelle.de/

Brewed by Brauer & Co Leipzig
Einsiedler brewery in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

From the Brauer and Co in Leipzig, in the eastern German state of Saxony, in what was part of eastern Germany, I got two unique looking beers. One a pilsner called Funky Forelle (Funky trout!), a Pils coming in an equally funky bottle with a rather pop art design of a fish on the long necked brown bottle, looks great. The other beer was a radler called Pretty Potwall (Pretty sperm whale!), also coming in a rather trendy looking design. We get the sperm whale enjoying himself with a nice big yellow lemon! Other than that I dont know a whole lot about the beers or the brewery but then I would guess that is part of the attraction of the beers! Mysterious!

Review: 0.33l brown bottle of Funky Forelle, a Pils: 4.9% ABV

Funky Forelle, means Funky Trout in German. Logo looks well cool, of a fish in the shape of a glass. I am not sure of why its a trout. A fish can symbolize hope, love and community, a living thing that is free in our waters, oceans and rivers (thanks Google), so make of that what you will.

On pour I got a decent sized white headed beer, with a very clear, golden yellowish colour.
Slight carbonation firing up the beer.

It looks very good, looks very appetizing, so can’t wait to get stuck in and drink the damn thing!

The smell is faint, malty, but light on the nose.

On the taste, got an initial bitter taste of the hops, immediately activating the taste buds.

Very malty, a lot of malts on the taste.

Nice to sip, and very easy to drink. Slightly hoppy, this is a regular German pils and quite light to drink.

Review: 0.5l brown bottle of Pretty Pottwal Naturradler, a Radler 2.4% ABV

Coming in a nice long 5,l brown bottle with a rather cool looking logo of a Sperm Whale in the shape of a glass, eye catching.

A radler was just what I needed after the heavy Belgians the night before!

Get a hazy looking light golden coloured radler.

Smell is very nice n fruity, get the citrus, the lemon and the grapefruits. Good, good!

On the initial taste immediately get the nice fruity flavours of this radler. Similar to the aroma, the lemons and grapefruits are to the fore, lovely and fresh nestling on your taste buds.

A nice and tasty radler that does the business, gets you well refreshed for the hot day that was in it.

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Stuttgarter Hofbräu Naturtrübes Radler

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Stuttgarter Hofbräu Naturtrübes Radler

Brewed by Stuttgarter Hofbräu Brau AG & Co. (Oetker Group)
Style: Radler/Shandy
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

http://www.stuttgarter-hofbraeu.de

Established in 1872, Stuttgarter Hofbräu is a brewery located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany not too far from neighbours France and Switzerland.

As of January 1, 2010, the Radeberger Group, a division of the Oetker Group, those of the cheap beer variety, took complete control of the company, but with Stuttgarter Hofbräu Brau still retaining its sense of clear city and regional identity, albeit as the small wheel in the cog of a large brewing conglomerate. It is still viewed as the traditional beer kings of the city of Stuttgart.

The new takeover has definitely produced results as production is up, market share has increased and the brewery is expanding.

Stuttgarter Hofbräu brew Pilsners, Exports, Radlers, non-alcoholic beers, wheat beers and the occasional seasonal and festive beer.

Review: 0,5l, a nice colourful can of Stuttgarter Hofbräu Naturtrübes Radler: ABV. 2% vol

The logo looks well funny to me, as the “Stuttgarter” looks like “Gtuttgarter” to me, with a big fat “g”, but I have no idea why it looks like that.

Anyway, I thought I would try something new, a little bit of a light tasting beer for a change. Apparently this is made up of 40% beer and 60% natural lemonade, according to the label.

The aroma is as you’d expect, full on lemony, very nice though, very nice. I do love the smell of lemons and citrus. Pleasant on the nose, tops marks here.

As for appearance not so good. Looks shite, light yellowish colour, looks like piss to be perfectly frank with no head but to be fair is there ever for a radler? Looks shit, but there u go, par for the course for a radler.

Found the taste to be very, very nice, a very nice sweet taste. Of course it was all lemon, a very nice lemon taste. But not so sweet as it was very manageable, and very smooth and easy to drink. Exactly what I was after during the hot weather we were having.

Got a LOT in the can.
A thumbs up for the taste, albeit I am not so sure there is even alcohol present. Is it possible to taste 2% alcohol anyway?

Citrus/lemon flavoured, lovely to drink. On their site they say it is free from artificial sweeteners and preservatives, I’d well believe it. Didn’t feel metallic or chemically influenced.

Tastes like a lemon n lime but it is a radler that did the trick. Free from artificial sweeteners and preservatives. Liked it, and if i have to drink a radler again then hopefully I can pick this one up. A big thumbs up.

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Warsteiner Premium: A Queen amongst beers

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Warsteiner Premium German Pilsener

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

http://www.warsteiner.com/our-beer/premium-beer/

The Warsteiner Brewery was founded in 1753, and today is one of the largest privately held breweries in Germany and in the top five of the country’s best selling breweries. Its most popular beer is Warsteiner Premium Verum or also known as Warsteiner Premium German Pilsener, which is one of Germany’s leading premium pilsener brands.

Warsteiner beer is brewed in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park outside of the town of Warstein, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. Warsteiner has been privately owned by the Cramer family since 1753, and is now in its 9th generation of family ownership under the guidance of Catharina Cramer.

The company also sells Premium Cola, Premium Lemon and Premium Orange drinks, to appeal to the kids, you know! For beer, apart from its flagship Pilsener, it also sells the usual Dunkels, Hefeweizen’s, a special seasonal beer for the Oktoberfest, and non alcoholic drinks. All beers are brewed in strict accordance with the Germany Purity Law of 1516, naturally! The non alcoholic beer is interesting as they brew it as a Pilsener and then proceed to extract the alcohol content. There has to be better ways of doing that?

Warsteiner is the official beer of Lufthansa and served on all flights, which is great so long as the pilots are not on it.

Review: 0,5l, a nice can of Warsteiner Premium German Pilsener: ABV. 4.8% vol

Can also be known as Warsteiner Premium Verum, it is Warsteiner’s most popular beer, and exported to over 60 countries.

In a nice light brownish coloured can with the famous and striking Warsteiner logo of the crown with the slogan “Eine Königin unter den Bieren” (“A Queen amongst Beers”).

On pour got a nice decent frothy white head of beer with a light golden colour, a nice looking beer. Not a bad looking beer.

A very beery lagery smell, malty but light enough on the nose.

Good initial soft taste. Very smooth, very easy to drink. Slight grainy taste.

Bit of an aftertaste that is apparent in the back end. Light enough though.

Very smooth, nice and clean, easy to drink.

Would be nice to have a kick or a stronger taste though as it is a little too mild for me.

2nd can.
Slight grassy taste. Creamy and malty. Frothy mouthful. Very smooth.
No real kick, little alcohol to be tasted. Very watery too.

After an initial flurry of excitement it all got a little bit boring and generic in the end. Ok beer, could be better.

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Bitburger Premium Pils

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Bitburger Premium Pils

https://www.bitburger-international.com/en

Brewed by Bitburger Brauerei
Style: Pilsener
Bitburg, Germany.

Founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn, Bitburger brauerei is a large German brewery founded in 1817 with its headquarters in Bitburg, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, southwest Germany, bordering France and Luxembourg. The brewery is now in its 7th generation of ownership.

“Bitte ein Bit” is the company’s well known slogan. it means “A Bit, please” or more literally, “Please, a bit!”

Their Pils is one of the most popular beers in Germany and number one beer for draft (as advertised, “Deutschlands Fassbiermarke Nr. 1”). It’s not just popular in Germany, it is also shipped to over 30 countries worldwide.

High profile sponsorship from the company includes a stint with the German National Football Team from 1992 until right up to this year 2018. The company also memorably sponsored the Benetton-Renault Formula 1 team in the years 1994 and 1995, which were specially poignant for the brand as it was also the time that German driver Michael Schumacher won the Formula One championship in both of those seasons.

Review: 0,5l in a nice white can of Bitburger Premium Pils: ABV: 4.8% vol

Nice white can with the iconic logo from Bitburger, “Bitte ein Bit”, yeah sure why not!

On pour I got a very fluffy, very frothy white head, a pretty big head initially.
A good bit of carbonation going on, a million bubbles percolating throughout the beer, a nice sparkling yellow looking beer. Some lacing left behind, head dies afterwards.

Very fluffy head, and a light clear yellow coloured beer with some slight lacing. Ok as a looker, not bad.

Had a nice faint lagery smell, a soft light malty aroma and some grains, ok.

Initial taste was one of lovely big creamy mouthfuls.

Got a small bit of a skunky taste but it’s ok, not enough to be bothersome, and the beer has a small kick to it which I like.

This beer reminds me of an old style lager of yesterday, not too fancy or flashy and gets the basics right, plain and simple.

Has a nice tinge to it, bit lemony as well but I like it, gives it character.
Get a lot in the can. All good.

Second can:
Great big mouthfuls, nice and smooth.

“That” taste, has a bite to it and hoppy, but I like it, lingers.

Not a downer, something to saviour and slowly enjoy instead. Had a nice array of soft flavours and well balanced with the hops and malts. Yeah I liked it, a good beer to chill with and relax. Will buy again.

Could feel the alcohol. Had a bit of a head the next day.

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Flensburger Pilsener, Germany’s most northernly beer!

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Flensburger Pilsener

http://www.flens.co.uk/

Brewed by Flensburger Brauerei
Style: Pilsener
Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The independent brewery, Flensburger Brauerei, was founded in 1888. It is located in Flensburg in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and can be bought all over the country. Apparently it is Germany’s most northernly brewery!

The company was founded on September 6, 1888 by five citizens from Flensburg. They had everything they needed in place for a good well run brewery, an ideal site with an underground glacier spring with crystal-clear water for brewing (Which they still use today) and a way of obtaining the ice needed (in the days before refrigeration) for the lagering cellars. Today it is still mainly held by the founder families of Petersen and Dethleffsen.

All Flensburger products are bottled in glass bottles with a traditional flip-top (swing-top) opener. This has become part of its marketing shtick, a “plopp” sound is what you get when you open the unique style bottle.

The brewery produces a wide array of beers and soft drinks, from the Pilsener styles with a unique North German variation, to dunkels, helles and weizens and for the non beer drinker they make non alcoholic beers, shandies, mineral waters and soft drinks.

Review: 0,33l Flip top bottle of Flensburger Pilsener: ABV: 4.8% vol

A beer that I spotted for sale in my local Aldi. A cheapish 6 pack.

Just love the logo. It’s a boat on the sea sailing past a lighthouse. All coming in a lovely brown stubby flip top bottle. Apparently Flensburger have the world’s biggest automated bottling line for flip top bottles!

On pour get a nice golden yellow coloured beer, with a smallish white head that develops. Doesn’t look particularly great, looks just ok in fact. All goes flat very quickly, little or no carbonation. Some light lacing.

A very piercing, and very citrusy smell. The malts are found on the nose, plus the hops and yeast. Ok smell.

Taste, oh a surprise….a very unique taste there, very yeasty. Also very bitter, very hoppy, fuck me.
No, this is fucking horrible, hopped to death. I found it too hard to drink.

Can feel the alcohol, but it is not nice, far too raw, sour and harsh on the tongue. Where are the malts?

Second bottle,
That taste, too hoppy, needs something to balance that strong sharp taste as it is all too assaulting on the taste buds.

No! not enjoyable at all. Sickly. Very bitter. Ok I know pilsners are a little hoppier than regular lagers, but fuck this shite!!! This hoppy style is meant to be a characteristic of a North German Pils, but as they say in England, this is not my cup of tea, definitely not!

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Tuborg Pilsener, the German version!

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Tuborg Pilsener (German version)

http://www.tuborg.de/produkte

Brewed by Tuborg Deutschland GmbH
Style: Pilsener
Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

Tuborg, originating in Denmark, is available in more than 70 countries in the world. It is also brewed in Hamburg in accordance with the German Purity Law of 1516.

The history of Tuborg begins in 1873 in Hellerup, in the north of Copenhagen. There, a small group of industrialists and financiers joined forces to buy a site near the port. The property bore the name “Thuesborg” in the style of its former owner, but quickly became “Tuborg” in its common usage and laid the foundation for a beer brand that is now internationally known and sold in over 70 countries worldwide.

Tuborg made his first appearance in Germany in the 1960s as an import beer.

The beer is also known as Tuborg Grøn (Green), so must be noted that the name and distributor (German version) has changed but essentially the beer is the same as the Danish version as the recipe remains unchanged.

Review: 33cl green bottle of Tuborg Pilsener (German version): ABV: ; 4.9% vol

The Germany-brewed Tuborg “Premium Quality” Pilsener. Coming in a nice looking green bottle with a rather distinctive logo. The crown representing the fact that the beer was “official court supplier of the Danish court” since 1914, as they state on their website.

For the appearance, initially looks pretty good, all sparkling with a nice head of foam and a lovely golden colour, but boy does it go all flat very quickly with the head not lasting too long.

Has a faint lagery smell, a bit malty and sweet, nothing amazing on the nose.

On taste, I got nice big mouthfuls at the start that were a bit hoppy and I could really feel the grains, not a bad initial taste.

The beer has a nice kick to it. Fruity, sweet, bitter, grainy, malty.

Taste a bit of corn as well. Not a bad tasting beer, slightly a bit too overboard with the hops perhaps, as it is a lager after all?

Not a bad tasting beer. Yeah not bad. Lagery taste with a slight kick. Bit of an aftertaste as well.
I feel the beer stops short of developing into something special, and for this reason I would like to try it again to give a better opinion. I have had it on draught and have come to the same opinion. I really am not sure if I like this beer or not, it always stumps me!

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Hasseröder

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Hasseröder Premium Pils

Brewed by Hasseröder Brauerei GmbH
Style: German Pilsener
Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Hasseröder is a brewery in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, previously owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev. who just recently agreed to sell it on to a Hessian financial investment company, CK Corporate Finance (CKCF). The new company hopes to reinvigorate an old classic, and is also part of the company’s new long term investment into the beer industry. For AB InBev it was a case of a portfolio re-adjustment, and also to get rid of a brand that was seen to be under-performing recently in a stagnant German beer market. As it is mostly seen as a cheap beer, it was often subject to supermarket price wars with little end profit after heavy discounting.

The company started in 1872, founded by Robert Hoppe, under the name “Zum Auerhahn” in the Wernigerode district of Hasserode. In 1882 Ernst Schreyer assumed control of the brewery and in 1896 the brewery became a public limited company, Aktiengesellschaft, AG. It was renamed Hasseröder Brauerei in 1920.

The brewery also has a wide array of beers available from its strong Premium export, a Radler, and a seasonal Hasseröder Schwarz, but its Pilsener is its biggest draw.

Review: 0,5l bottle of Hasseröder premium pils: 4.9% ABV

The beer is one of the most popular beers in Germany but especially popular in East Germany, as Saxony-Anhalt was part of the old Soviet bloc of the GDR.

Comes in a nice brown bottle with a rooster as the logo.

On appearance we get a golden yellow coloured beer that produces a rather small head, looks a bit dull. Head dies a quick death, looks shit.

Nice lagery smell on the nose, can’t complain. Grainy, citrusy and malty

Taste is nice initially, nice big mouthfuls on the first few swigs. Sweet malts and grainy to start.

A bit bitter and the hops are very dominant, tasty, also very yeasty.
At 0,5l you get a lot in the bottle.
Can taste the alcohol for sure.

Not bad, but I think the hops are a little too strong and sharp for me.

Overall, not a bad beer, alright. Nice and refreshing, does the business. Not bad, not anything extraordinary either. It is just ok.

Strong enough, got a slight head though the next day which was a surprise as I didn’t have many of them so maybe it wasn’t as clean as it should have been!!

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