Wicküler Pilsener

As I mentioned earlier in the week I have been traveling for work. I had the fortune or misfortune of being layed up in snowy Wuppertal, Germany. For those of you who may not know much about Wuppertal it forms a triangle with Cologne and Düsseldorf in the Rhineland Westphalia region and is slightly south of Dortmund. It was once the richest city in Germany during the industrial revolution but like a lot of early industrial cities, it is now slightly lacking. It is also famous for the Schwebebahn, the worlds oldest suspension monorail which runs over the river Wupper.

Anyhow after an afternoon of traveling I finally arrived at my hotel, tired, exhausted and thirsty and swiftly checked out the mini bar. I managed to find a lone bottle of Wicküler Pilsener (4.9% abv) which I drained in two deep swigs. The beer was dry and thin like a Dortmunder style pils (which it is) but lacked the depth of other examples of the style such as Bitburger or DAB. Overall impression was ok, but not outstanding.

Wuppertal is geologically interesting as it really has no set beer style. The most popular style is Dortmunder Pilsener, Followed by Kolsch and Alt. Its proximity to the three beer epicenters of North West Germany provides a wide variety of beers.

The Wicküler Pilsener is in German, but you can check it out still. http://www.wickueler-pilsener.de/