Ur-Krostitzer Pilsner is a proud, characterful Saxon pilsner from the Krostitzer Brewery near Leipzig, which looks back on one of the oldest brewing histories in Germany: as early as 1534, Duke Georg of Saxony granted the brewing rights for the "forwerck crostewitz" by letter of enfeoffment, and legend has it that the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf specifically requested a Krostitzer beer in 1631 after the Battle of Breitenfeld – his portrait still adorns every bottle today. Brewed as a bottom-fermented full beer with 4.9% alcohol and an original gravity of 11.3%, the pilsner impresses with its fresh body, a soft, silky texture, and a distinctly finely bitter hop aroma of the highest honesty in taste, with flavors of wild herbs, lemon, and a hint of fresh hay on the palate rounded off by a strong, long-lasting bitterness in the finish. Ur-Krostitzer Pilsner is the perfect choice for all who appreciate an honest, straightforward, and characterful East German pilsner with almost 500 years of brewing tradition, which convinces as a confident companion to hearty Saxon dishes and convivial evenings as well as a pleasurable expression of a beer that today belongs to the Radeberger Group but has retained its edgy, unmistakable character to this day.
