Appearance: Beautiful thick and persistent head with off-white brownish tinge. Color is deep brownish red. Some haze but this is one of the first few pours from the keg so the haze is likely to reduce over time. A pretty good-looking beer. Aroma: Sweet, malty, bready and a little toasty. Hop aroma is none, and I don't get a sulfur, DMS or other smells of improperly fermented lager. It has a certain flavor note that has been common among all my lagers - I think a feature of the pilsner malt - and that I would describe as slightly corn-like but grainy malty and pleasant.
Taste: Pretty smooth. Malty, sweet and lightly toasty. Hop flavor is close to none but maybe a slight earthy or spicy noble-hop note. Clean lager taste. Flavorful but not intensely so. Bitterness is enough to balance the sweetness but the beer leans toward a malty, sweet note. Finishes a little more dry and malty than the initial taste.
Mouthfeel: Carbonation is moderate, body chewy but not heavy. Good for colder weather.
Overall: I like it a lot. Not sure how it will stack up to the exemplars of the style, but I will do a side-by-side tasting at some point soon.
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