Beer: Christoffel Bier
Type: Pilsner
Region: Netherlands
Rating: Intermediate/Expert
First, I love beer with flip tops. My first one was many years ago, and it was Grolsch. I'll always remember how cool that was. Since then I've had many types of beers that had various types of tops, but the flip will always be near and dear to my liver.
But ultimately, we don't enjoy the stopper that prevents the beer from coming out, but rather the product that it is used to protect. Thus, the Christoffel Bier.
It's a strong, double hopped pilsner, pours like a lager, feels like an ale. Newer labeling will have it as Blond. Brewed in the German Pilsner style, this beer poured straw yellow, cloudy, and had a white inch tall head that stood out. A light spicy hop aroma floated above sweet caramel and malt. Slightly toasted nut flavor first, then a sweet fruitiness that overwhelmed initially. Loads of hop and bitterness that lingers in the mouth at the end.
Overall, an interesting beer if not a bit complex which can be fun if you like taste-bud trivia. Not the best in the bunch, but definitely worth trying. You'll be saying to yourself as you take the last sip "Damn, that's a small bottle!"
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