Bottled German Lagers
Sun, 23/08/2009 - 20:44 — DM
Below are some bottled German lagers that I have tasted - not included are wheat beers, Altbiers & Kolschi;
| Brewery | Beer | Style | Notes | ABV | Marks out of 10 | Country |
| Rothaus | Tannen Zapfle | Lageri | Bitter, dry, a little soapy, | 5.1 | 10.0 | Germanyi |
| Veltins | Pilsner | Lager | Soft, delicate, not very bitter, very pale | 4.8 | 10.0 | Germanyi |
| Aktien | Zwick'l Kellerbier | Lager | A little caramel sweet & malty sweet, copper colour, peppery bitterness | 5.3 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Bitburger | Bitburger | Lager | Good bitterness, clean | 4.8 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Jever | Pilsner | Lager | Excellent, hoppy, very bitter, grassy | 4.9 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Kesselring | Premium Pils | Lager | Dry, crisp, gentle bitterness, grassy hoppiness | 5.1 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Kronen | Dortmunderi Pilsner | Lager | reasonable Dortmunder, good bitterness & body | 5.1 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Weisse Rossl Brau | Pilsner | Lager | light malty sweetness, fresh tasting hoppiness | 4.9 | 9.0 | Germany |
| Allgauer | Hopfig Herb | Lager | Good German style pils, dry & clean tasting | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Bischofshof | Pils | Lager | Very pale, dry smooth, bitter | 4.7 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Brauhaus Schweinfurt | Brauhaus Premium Pilsner | Lager | Good German pils style, pale, dry, soapy | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Brauhaus Schweinfurt | Brauhaus Schweinfurt | Lager | Not dry but not sweet, pale, very little hops or bitterness | 4.8 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Brinkhoff's | No.1 | Lager | Pale, hoppy, not as dry as some German pils | 5.0 | 8.0 | Germany |
| DAB | Original | Lager | Like a pils but more harshly bitter | 5.0 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Dortmunder Union | Export | Lager | Like a pils but more harshly bitter | 5.3 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Franken Brau | Pilsner Premium | Lager | very pale lager, very dry, good bitterness in aftertaste, a little grainy | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Goller | Original | Lager | Clean & dry with a peppery bitterness | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Herforder | Premium Pils | Lager | Good German pils style, pale, dry, soapy | 4.8 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Hofman | Hopfen Gold | Lager | very pale, smooth, some malt sweetness, Nobel hop bitterness | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Hofman | Lager | Lager | Full malty mouthfeel, a little vinous. | 4.5 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Holsten-Brauerei | Moravia Pils | Lager | very clean tasting, subtle, soft lager | 4.8 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Hovels | Original | Lager | Malty & bitter like an ale almost, chestnut coloured lager | 5.5 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Lowenbrau | Oktoberfestbier | Lager | Full bodied, more bitter than pils, | 6.1 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Lowenbrau | Premium Pils | Lager | Good | 5.2 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Monchshof | Original | Lager | Easy drinking lager | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Rothaus | Pils | Lager | Bitter, earthy | 5.1 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Spaten | Spaten Munchen | Lager | Typical Munich lager – swetter & more malty than pils, very pale beer | 5.2 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Wickuler | Pils | Lager | Pale, bitter, dry, clean & smooth | 4.9 | 8.0 | Germany |
| Altenmunster | Brauer Bier | Lager | Dry, nobel hops, bitter, long dry bitter after taste | 4.9 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Groninger | Groninger Pils | Lager | some rounded fruity maltiness, amber colour, some bitterness | 5.1 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Kronen | Dortmunder Export | Lager | Bitter, a little grainy, biscuity | 5.1 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Loscher | 1881 premium export | Lager | Pale, little hoppiness or bitterness, some malt flavour | 5.4 | 7.0 | Germany |
| OeTtinger | Pils | Lager | very pale, dry beer, easy drinking, | 4.7 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Paulaner | Premium Pils | Lager | Malty, a little graininess | 4.9 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Pinkus | Pinkus Pils | Lager | Typical German pils, pale, dry with just a little marshmellowness though | 5.0 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Veldensteiner | Premium Pils | Lager | Typical German lager, dry, some bitterness, pale, a little grainy | 4.9 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Weltenburger | Pils | Lager | Good dry pils, a little grainy & rough | 4.9 | 7.0 | Germany |
| Aischgrunder | Lagerbier | Lager | Ordinary lager, some caramel & malt | 4.7 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Arcobrau | Festbier | Lager | Malty lager, fairly smooth | 5.7 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Eku | Pils | Lager | Good, not very smooth | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Frankenland | Premium Pils | Lager | Very soapy,not bitter at all, smooth | 5.0 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Goller | Brotzeit Seidia | Lager | Ordinary lager | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Goller | Kellerbier | Lager | Good ordinary lager | 5.0 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Grafliches Brauhaus | Arcobrau Festbier | Lager | Good ordinary lager, malty, very pale | 5.7 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Grafliches Brauhaus | Arcobrau Urfass | Lager | Definitely not pils, less hoppy, more malty, good ordinary lager | 5.2 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Jagdhern | Pils | Lager | Good, a little grainy | 4.8 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Leikeim | Premium | Lager | Soft, pale, delicate | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Loscher | Premium Pils | Lager | German style pils, a little rough graininess | 4.8 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Lowenbrau | Original | Lager | Malty lager, malty sweetness | 5.2 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Monchshof | Kellerbier | Lager | Bottled conditioned, maltier than pils | 5.4 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Monchshof | Landbier | Lager | Pale & simple, hardly any bitterness | 5.4 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Monchshof | Premium Lager | Lager | Ordinary lager, a little sweetness | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Neumarkter | Lammsbrau Urstof | Lager | Ordinary helles, a little ale character, grainy | 4.7 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Oy Sinebrychoff | Koff | Lager | Ordinary lager, maize | 5.2 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Patrizier Brau | Pils | Lager | Good pils | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Schloss Brauerei | Graf Bray Klassic | Lager | Good ordinary lager, malty, light | 4.8 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Warsteiner | Premium Verum | Lager | Ordinary pilsner style lager | 4.8 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Weltenburger | Anno 1050 | Lager | Quite smooth | 5.5 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Weltenburger | Kloster Pils | Lager | Good German pils style, pale, dry, soapy | 4.7 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Weltenburger | Winter-Traum | Lager | Copper coloured malty lager, clean | 5.4 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Wernesgruner (Aldi) | Pils Legende | Lager | ordinary German pils, dryish, reasonalbe bitterness, a little maltiness | 4.9 | 6.0 | Germany |
| Krautheimer | Pils | Lager | Very pale, uninteresting | 5.0 | 4.0 | Germany |
| St Georgen | Pils | Lager | Good, uninteresting, plain | 4.9 | 4.0 | Germany |
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