Rating no. 1100. 0.75l bottle, Jahrgang 2008, 12087, courtesy of ogivlado (thanks!) who shared it with me and heavy. Medium sized white head that went away fast, perching on top of a hazy darker yellow body. The nose was already a letdown, with a fine, fruity sweet maltiness only showing up from time to time, the rest being a sourish white wine-like aroma. The taste is certainly smooth, with some fruity and honeyish maltiness showing up, with some pollen and definitely pear too. It’s stale however, with the acidic white wine notes, which made this feel like barrel aged (if it was so, it certainly wasn’t a good idea), ruined this a little. The taste just isn’t good. An interesting experiment, but for 20 Euros a bottle, one would expect at least a good beer and this unfortunately isn’t one.

Bottle. Golden, lazy carbonation, quite stable foamy white layer. Pale-malty, a bit bready, too, nose with shy herbal hops underneath. Moderate dry bitter flavour, light bodied, soft MF. Dry aromatic-hoppy finish. Fine example.....

75 cL bottle, 04933, courtesy of renffisch. Pours hazy yellow and a bubly white head. Dense alcoholic and phenolic aroma. Smooth and caramel malty flavoured with a mild yeasty note. Lingering yeasty and malty finish. Smooth yet not really good.

Draught @ Flyers Restaurant & Brewery, Oak Harbor, WA. Pours a clear yellow color with a white head. Sweetish malty grainy aroma with some grassy hop hints. Sweetish malty grainy grassy hop flavor. Long malty bitter grassy finish.

From a bottle in Wien, 2006. Very light color. Nice head. Fruity, hoppy aroma that is very nice. Also a good hop flavor with lots of fruit, but very light on the malt. Not much real malt depth at all. A very nice pils to be sure, but a bit too light for my tastes.

From tap at Pizza Port, Carlsbad. Pours clear and golden yellow with a creamy white head. Cornish and brewing cereal aroma. Mild fruity hops yet also a lot bitterhops and cornish dry flavours. dry, mild spiced and bitter finish.

Vintage 2008 Little head on pale golden beer. Cidery, nearly fruity white wine nose - unheard of! Sweet-sour beer, unfortunately a bit Babycham-like, (an impression that can only be reinforced by the saucy bottle). Gradually the little sourishness gets indeed a pear-like aroma, certainly retronasal. It’s probably the wheat, but it certainly has no wheat-character, no bananaester, no cloves. Light body despite the ABV, Champenoise carbonation. Not realy convincing IMO, but it depends maybe on what the target group for this beer is...

bottle from Interspar Bregenz. Clear pale golden colour, large and creamy head. Very intensive hoppy aroma, flowery. Full-bodied, very hoppy in a flowery way, bitter-sweet with hints of Saaz hops. Reminds me of good Czech 12° lagers, although this one is more flowery and perfumy. Well-matured, pleasant mf and carbonation. My first Austrian beer since a long time - and what a surprise, this is superb!