Paulaner Original Munich Lager

Original Munich Lager. Paulaner. Munich, Germany.

“The traditional Munich lager”.

4.9% ABV.

Appearance

Dark urine. No clouds. Pours a slight head that quickly dissipates into a fizzy pool of variable bubble size, with the appearance of a perfectly polluted stream.

Tiny bubbles percolating up the glass.

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Smell

Very slight smell. Don’t have the vocabulary to describe it. Only notable for its absense.

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Taste

Plain. Traditional. Somewhat like an American macro, but not as metallic and boring. A slight bitterness, but this is not a beer with a strong hops character.

Aimee describes it as “balanced”, but also “flat”.

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Mouthfeel

Simple, a bit of fizzy. Fine.

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Overall

This is a prototypical beer.

I could drink a half dozen of these, and would much prefer it to Budweiser, but don’t prefer it to the German pilsners I’ve had recently, particularly the Ayinger.

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