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

Klare goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, leicht hopfiger, leicht getreidiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, leicht getreidig, leicht hopfig. Mittlere Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500 ml can #1 from the 2023 Costco Advent calendar. Happy New Year! Pours a semi-clear gold color with a white head and great retention. Lots of streaming carbonation. Decent lacing. Very light beer aroma. Doughy malt flavor with only a hint of sulfur flavor. Just a good, basic German beer. Medium body and medium carbonation. Not bitter.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

500 ml bottle. Clear golden with a fluffy head. Grass, straw, hay, grain, citrus, floral hops, vanilla. Mild dry bitterness, grainy sweetness. Medium bodied, oily texture, lively to soft carbonated, dry zesty grassy bittersweet finish. What a tasty Export!

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

16oz can from Costco Advent calendar. Poured a clear yellow color with a medium sized foamy head. Aroma was sweet malts, perhaps too sweet. Malty, but a touch thin. Herbal, with a grassy finish. Barley.

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

500ml bottle from the Lidl Festbier slab. Pours clear gold, large white head. Bready sweet malt nose. Overall profile relies on sweet malt, bready notes, hay, grainy moments. Fine.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Day 1 Costco. So excited I have finally secured one of the calendars. Gold pour and minimal white head. Nose is straw and herbal. Tastes herbal, flowery, straw and sour mash, wet paper. Medium bodied.

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

330 ml bottle. Clear golden with a big fluffy head. Metallic notes, grassy hops, some hay, citrus. Metallic bitterness. Light bodied, watery texture, soft carbonated, metallic bitter grainy finish. Average Pilsner, clean but without any highlights.

Clear golden body large foamy white head. Grassy bready aroma. Bready toasty spicy flavor. Medium light body moderately high carbonation. 6/3/5/3/11 2.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

16oz can pours a clear gold.  No head.  Sugary nose, bread and honey.  Flavor is essentially the same.  Malt.  Honey.  Butter.  This could be pretty good but it's under attenuated.  Sweet finish.  5 2 5 2 8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Boiled grain. Some butter. Pours golden with decent head. Light cloying finish. Can from first day in Cosco advent calendar.