Spaten Pils - Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

grindcore666

California

3.15/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured a very translucent and vulnerable yellow straw. Generous with the foam, and it looks great: crystals scattered in snow, spiderweb lacing.

Aroma is a malty funk, like an aggressive macro-lager. Also some notes of bread.

Opens with a bite of carbonation, transitions abruptly into a moderate twinge: dark malt, oak, straw, bark, rice. Earthy if you ask me.

Good, not great. Probably won't look for it again.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2005 02:12:37 | More by grindcore666

MammothTarantula

Oklahoma

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%

05-14-2013 04:06:58 | More by MammothTarantula

AnnArborJoe

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +15.8%

05-10-2013 17:04:33 | More by AnnArborJoe

grumpygerman

Alabama

4/5  rDev +9%

03-10-2013 15:04:12 | More by grumpygerman

losdizzel

Oklahoma

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

03-10-2013 00:10:44 | More by losdizzel

splendidsplinter

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

03-07-2013 20:27:21 | More by splendidsplinter

Kwak78

California

2/5  rDev -45.5%

02-21-2013 07:16:58 | More by Kwak78

DmanGTR

New York

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

02-10-2013 16:50:25 | More by DmanGTR

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

02-09-2013 23:05:38 | More by t0rin0

BetterBeerPlz

Arkansas

4/5  rDev +9%

01-26-2013 03:08:39 | More by BetterBeerPlz

ZachKelly

Virginia

4/5  rDev +9%

01-13-2013 01:13:43 | More by ZachKelly

mchen

Washington

4/5  rDev +9%

12-16-2012 00:15:56 | More by mchen

pkalix

California

4/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

on draught at Old World in Huntington Beach, downstairs in The Rathskeller. served by Monica....
appearance is the typical headstrong foam on top, clear straw liquid.
smell is dry and bitter.
taste is also dry and bitter, some hops coming through but different than what you will taste with american brews and their hops. a little tart, a little citrus(?), but overall, an average and similar compared with the other germans of this type.
but the ambience certainly affects the taste, does it not? and The Rathskeller certainly has that charming, warm appeal. definitely stop by if you're in the area; it gives me the feeling of my second home....

Serving type: on-tap

11-16-2012 23:55:51 | More by pkalix

avckc

California

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%

11-15-2012 01:08:03 | More by avckc

brbrocc

New York

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%

10-26-2012 23:12:39 | More by brbrocc

Polasiuss

Ireland

2.75/5  rDev -25.1%

10-26-2012 18:35:22 | More by Polasiuss

CelticAleMan

California

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

10-23-2012 02:02:54 | More by CelticAleMan

Chakos

4/5  rDev +9%

10-04-2012 23:08:35 | More by Chakos

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -18.3%

08-27-2012 02:00:46 | More by ejimhof

Powerstroker90

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-21-2012 18:45:49 | More by Powerstroker90

DLS168

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-21-2012 10:36:43 | More by DLS168

hanlonrn

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-11-2012 19:56:58 | More by hanlonrn

engberg88

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

07-10-2012 04:12:46 | More by engberg88

Dapperticus

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-04-2012 20:32:43 | More by Dapperticus

theisnj52

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

06-29-2012 03:25:33 | More by theisnj52