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On the can, this is referred to as a lager. And it is, technically, a lager. A lot of beers are lagers, and the other kinds of beers are ales. Those are the two main kinds, and I had to look at my handy beer style chart to look for what a kellerpils was. It turns out, it's not on my chart. I then went and did the unthinkable; I looked it up. It appears that this is an offshoot of a regular pilsner that does not have to be bright, as a regular pilsner should be. I have oft complained about the pilsners I was drinking being cloudy, and it appears that they should probably all have wound up in this category. Are there other differences? Probably, but I'm not going to read more. I'm just here to drink beer.
The pale yellow beverage has a slight haze to it, a significant enough head, and enough points of nucleation at the bottom to have kept the Titanic afloat. This rocky mixture of bubbles on top pleases me to my core, and I'm actually going to see a little bit of lacing as it goes down. The aroma is filled with fruit esters, grains, and the esters are bullied by coriander. It is a good smelling beer for what it is, and all I have to compare it with are things that were labeled pilsners.
First sip is nice, and crisp. There are many beers in the market that claim to be cold beers, or that they somehow take advantage of the cold in a way that a normal beer wouldn't. This beer seems like it is bringing its own cold. The taste is, for some reason, giving the sensation of cold more than the actual temperature of the beverage. The coriander and grains are held a loft by this cold sensation, and the effect is quite pleasing. I want more, and I'm going to have more in a gulp.
Tip-in is coriander, lemons, oranges, and they all sit on top of those grains. The carbonation becomes noticeable in the center, as it becomes a strange pillow of light sizzling on top of the mouth while the other flavors thin out to allow the cold sensation to come through in the center. The finish is a quick dazzle of carbonation across the entire mouth as bitterness starts to seep in, but it doesn't really disrupt the rest of the beverage very much.
Bottom Line: This is a quite drinkable beer.
4.5/5
