While not my first beer from Germany, this is the first beer I've had from what is proudly proclaimed "The World's Oldest Brewery." That would be quite the feat, if it was true, but I understand one of the oldest recipes ever recorded was of beer in Egypt, and I am willing to bet that the original place that brewed this beverage would have been older by quite a lot. I think they mean the oldest surviving brewery. Still, let's see what we get.
The clear gold beverage produces a very white head that simmers down to a dusting on top of the beer with an incomplete ring around the sides of the glass. The aroma is lemon and bread crust. I don't know why I expected more dough to my malt, but I think I may have subconsciously expected this to be less of a helles and more of a pilsner.First sip is quite strong. Like, more than the nose would let on. Spices are on top of bread with hop bitterness and a dryness that is quite off-putting. I am not entirely sure why this brewery has been producing this beer for as long as it has. The sip is not impressing me. Maybe I need to give it a proper chance, though.
Tip-in is light carbonation rising up while bread malt hits against spices all across the tongue. The middle arrives with carbonation moving to the roof of the mouth while a very nice bread basket floats on through with light bitterness and spices. The finish turns drier as the yeast swells and spices cling on for the trail-off.
Bottom Line: Not bad.
2.75/5