Hersbrucker
Tasted by half-pint on tap at the London Covent Garden branch of the Porterhouse pub. A: dark golden colour, a thin but foamy head and gently carbonated--looking healthy. S: ashy/dusty and resinous hoppy smell piercing through the foamy cap, on top of a very light malty backbone; as it warms up a more assertive green-apple-ish and lightly strawberry fruity aroma from the hops expands. Very straight forward and mild. T: refreshingly bitter-sweet and lightly spicy hops rest on a bed of toasted maltiness; lingering hops in the aftertaste, turing increasingly bitter until the end. M&D: right carbonation condition for a light-bodied and hoppy lager. The pretty dry ending touch makes it a good thirst-quencher, but nothing more interesting than that.