Not one of my favorite styles but this one was really well done. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy apricot color with a medium sized foamy yellow-white head that left good lacing. The aroma was tangy and citric and a touch sour. The flavor was tangy and sweetish with notes of citrus, grass and a hint of perfume with a light bready undertone. the finish was long, tangy, sweetish and nicely hoppy. Medium body and smooth. Pretty good for what it is.

A pretty decent example of the style. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy yellow-golden color with a large creamy yellow-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was banana, clove, orange and was very bready. The flavor was bread, clove, orange and honey. Medium finish and moderately full bodied. Solid.

This one is a pretty classically done Pilsner - so as such it does not do a whole lot for me, though I have to give them credit for accuracy. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright straw yellow color with a huge creamy white head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was dryish cereal and light crisp perfumey and grassy hops. The flavor was tangy and citric with a sourdough bread undertone and crisp herbal hops. The finish was medium length and tangy with lingering bread and herbal hops. Light body. Ok.

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.

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, toasted. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, grassy, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20111211]

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, white bread, grain, hay, cereal, toasted, dusty, vegetables, sour malt notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111211]

355ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is caramel, slightly burnt with a touch of apple. Taste has some toffee to start. Short finish with some apple.

355ml bottle. Pours light gold with a large frothy head. Aroma is clean and mineral with a hint of berries. Taste is clean with lager malts. Crisp finish.

355ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a thin head. Aroma is mostly clove with a little bubblegum. Taste is wheaty to start. Fruity clove finish.