Friesisches Brauhaus zu Jever

Why it matters

The northern end of the German pils spectrum: very soft local water and a high hopping rate produce a bitterness that southern examples do not approach, and the north–south difference is most legible here.

Details

Reference beers

• Jever Pilsener4.9% ABV

  The most assertively bitter mainstream German pils, from the North Sea coast.

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Styles it is associated with

• German Pils — Pale, dry and firmly bitter, with a crisp finish and a spicy-floral noble hop character — Germany’s answer to the Bohemian original.