Edelherb Premium Pils - Kulmbacher Brauerei, Kulmbach

Pilsners are beers I generally keep my distance from. It's not because I don't like them, they just aren't as interesting as other styles of beer. Lately I've been trying to get more Pilsner malt in my diet, so tonight I find myself sitting here drinking a glass of Kulmbacher Edelherb Premium Pils. This bottle doesn't exactly scream "Premium" when you first look at it... for starters, it looks like its missing half it's label. I know this is the Kulmbacher branding, but it looks a little silly. When you pour this Pils into a glass you're underwhelmed with it's run of the mill aroma.

Run of the mill is actually quite fitting because the most remarkable thing about this beer is that it tastes slightly more like milled grains than other Pilsners. That's about it... As far as classic styles of beer go, that's enough to make a "run of the mill" beer like this, actually pretty good. Here's my dilemma, this beer is boring but it's also pretty good. I've made my way through this glass in no time at all but I don't feel I've gotten any insight into what makes this beer any good...

The flavor is, well... Pilsnery. It tastes like Pilsner malt that's slightly maltier with a bit more of a cereal grain flavor, but only ever so slightly. And that's the frustrating thing about this beer, if it were only a little more maltier or a little sweeter, it'd feel more like a "Premium" Pils. The brewers in Kulmbach seemed to stop when they were about 95% of the way there with this beer. In some ways it feels like I've been cheated out of 5% of a great beer, but on the other hand... 95% isn't exactly half assed...