Bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a straw yellow with two fingers of off-white head. Aromas of lemon/lime citrus fruit and peel, wheat, floral and herbal notes. Tastes of lemon/lime citrus, light tropical fruit, floral hops, light pine, wheat. Light-medium body with a dry finish.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 1/9/12

Aroma: The nose is heavy on malts, with grains, cereal, bread, earth, herbal notes, spice, and grass
Appearance: Pours a clear, bright golden-yellow color with a thick, foamy white head, and light-mid lace
Flavor: The taste is pretty well balanced between the fairly heavy, but not overly sweet, bread/cereal/grain malts, and the light-medium bitterness that comes from the earthy/herbal/grass hops as well as the spice
Palate: It is medium-full bodied with a well-rounded, a highly drinkable feel, and an average carbonation
Overall Impression: This turned out to be a really interesting offering. It actually surprised me how much I liked it. I found it to be a well-made, fairly complex, extremely balanced, and highly drinkable offering. I liked what they did here. This is the first thing I've had from their "Signature Series" and it is a clear step-up from their regular 12 oz offerings. I would happily try more from these guys, I find they do a pretty good job of incorporating some nice flavors into these standard German styles, without moving too far from the traditional flavors of those style. Well done.

This brew pours a somewhat cloudy straw color with a medium white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of grassy hops and bready malt. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character that has notes of pepper and citrus, with some malt behind it. The finish retains a citrusy, spicy hops zing. Above average overall.

on tap-pours a dissipating white head with trailing lace and hazy yellow color. Aroma is fruit, light malt. Taste is fruit, some spice, light malt.

Bomber from Ledgers. Nose is sweet honey, and a little grassy hops. Clear yellow with a big pale yellow head. Flavor is lightly sweet caramel with a small bitterness.

Thanks to bhensonb for this one - clear gold - effervescent pour - soapy ring of lace - medium bitter, medium dry aroma, with quite a bit of herbal and grassy character - faint honey sweet maltiness - some noticeable alcohol detracts a bit from enjoying the aroma - lively mouthfeel, medium-full carbonation - fairly sweet, but strong, spicy noble hops are certainly the star of the show here - the beer dries out somewhat through the middle, but an unwelcome sweetness returns and lingers through the finish, - some alcohol warmth arrives and tries it’s best to work with the spiciness of the hops - a bit too heavy and sweet on the tail end, never delivering the crisp, dry finishes it hints at through the middle - there are some good things here - I feel like, if they made this a regular pils at about 5%, it would have been a phenomenal beer - alas.

Bottle from the Co-op in Davis, CA. Pours gold with a foamy white head. Aroma of noble hop. Medium body with creamy/foamy carbonation. Flavor is a bit bready with a lot of grassy/spicey hop. It’s pleasantly bitter and quite tasty. There’s malt sweet but the bitter seems to stay on top without losing the sugar. Nice.

Bottle. Golden beer with a whitish head. Grass and light malt aroma. Malt and light caramel flavor with light mineral. Medium bodied. Malt and light caramel lingers with light grass and light mineral.

20th Anniversary Series Bottle. Pours with a clear pale golden body with a large white head that stays. Aroma is grassy, herbal, corn, bread. Taste is alcohol, DMS, grassy bitterness. Not too great. Lively bubbles. Dry.