7.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

330 ml bottle into lager glass, best before 1/16/2020. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance. Aromas of cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Mild fruity/yeasty aromas. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, wood, peppercorn, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light body; with a very smooth, moderate bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous mouthfeel that is good. Overall this is a very nice non alcohol pale lager. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish. Not overly aggressive. Flavorful and not too watery. Mild cardboard NA flavors. Great balance of clean malts with great noble hop presence/balance for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example.

3.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

500 ml bottle. Clear golden, foamy head. Corn, grain, biscuit malt, honey. Sticky sweetness. Light bodied, oily watery texture, lively carbonated, sweet finish. Not good.

3.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Sold as Bitburger Alkoholfrei. Cabbage aroma and flavor, with a hint of orange fruit and soap. Thin and sad. Doesn’t look too bad though: a firm lasting head.

3.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Smells of sugar and wet bread, has nice solid foam and clear gold body. Flavour is more wet bread and sugar. Cloying aftertaste. A poor attempt.

6.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aroma of sweet malt. Taste is light, sweet malt, syrupy taste along with some mild hops. Pilsener style palate, bread and hops. Good, can hardly tell its alkoholfrei.

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6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention recedes leaving soapy trailing sheets. Sweet malt aromas. Dry with sweet hay and bitter earth upfront turning to sourdough in the lasting finish.