'Bit' is instantly recognisable. It tastes like real lager should taste, pure. The Brewery opened in 1817, so was brewed under the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (still a precondition of German Unity from 1871 right up to 1988, when it was lifted after over 500 years). This meant, and to some extent, still does mean, that the beer was just pure beer, no additives, no extras.
This is apparent upon first sight. The beer is a wonderful golden colour with very little cloudiness and virtually no visible impurities. On taste it holds a delicious maltyness with fresh bread and biscuit aromas, along with some mild fruity tones. This all makes for a very quaffable pint, and in fact, this is one of the most drinkable beers I have ever tasted (excluding the macro- brewed American 'lagers' which thrive upon tasteless drinkability), yet I did want to drink it slowly. There were so many flavours on the nose and pallate that I just had to take it one sip at a time. I will concede, the beer is brewed for drinking and not over-analysing, but there is so much there that I just had to really examine the bouquet of flavours that it held.
A truly underestimated force in the beer world, nochmal Bit, bitte.
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