3.5

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

2004 bottle. Well if you want to rate this relative to the other low carb beers on the market, this one would be in the high 4’s. However, on the whole scale of pale lagers, it’s not nearly that special. Still, the flavor is not offensive, just pretty neutral, watery and weak. There was some attempt at hops flavoring, dry and minimal with a seltzer-like body. No sweetness whatsoever, very peppery carbonation, with almost no aroma. Clear, straw color, white head. Very similar to sparkling mineral water (San Pelegrino anyone?). Whatever, it’s better than bud light.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Undated bottle (probably 03). Nice soft rusty yellow color, mostly clear and bubbly with a good-sized white head. Smells of crisp clean hops and lagered yeast. Body is light but not thin or watery. Dry pear flavors, light champagne grapes flavors. Flavor of crisp bitter hops does not let up. Dry, lightly biscuity malt balances it, with an herbal finish that is clean and quick.

6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

First, let's set the record straight once and for all. This beer is not, and never has been, a "dortmunder" by style. It is a pilsner. DAB Export is the regular dortmunder from this brewery and it's damn near impossible to find, even in Dortmund. This pilsner has a pale gold colour and bubbly white head. The aroma is predominantly hoppy (grassy, minty, anise) with a hint of bready malt. Bitter to the tune of about 25-28 IBUs (more than I remembered). Lean, dry body, spritzy carbonation. Hops lead throughout, with malt sticking to balanced background. I've only ever had this in cans before and I remember it being a lot lighter. This is from a bottle and it's obviously very fresh, and it's also quite good - on a par with the finer German pilsners we get in Ontario. Well balanced and stylistically bang-on.

4

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

3.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottled. Nut brown. Very rich head. Sweet and lightly roasty. Offputting vegetable finish. Ohhh. So this was a Binding beer? That explains the lousy quality...

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5

Gold,fast fading white head. Sweet malt nose.Exceptionally light corn malt taste. Not much here

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Overall impression was more hoppy than I would've expected from a German style. My bottle poured out with a big head that settled down after a few minutes.

4.9

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

A yellow beer with a fast disappearing head. The aroma is slightly sour and malty. The flavor is very German with a good malt sweetness balanced well by a fine hop - a pretty dry aftertaste. An average pilsener.

5.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

4.2.02:Damn, I have to write more down while I am drinking the beer. Well apparently it was so boring that I did not bother to comment it. Rerate: Bitter gras aroma, pale golden and pours with a sensible head. Lightbodied, lacks carbonation IMO.

2.8

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

Classic german pilsener i guess. Nothing special. Hoppy, bitter, that''s all i''ve to say about german pilseners.