Real Ale Hans' Pils:
Hello all and welcome back to the great summer beer blitz.  Today we venture back to the Lone Star State and Real Ale, that little brewery that could in Blanco.  Today’s offering is their summer limited release, Hans’ Pils, a pilsner with Northern German origins is deceiving, being only a pilsner in name and drinks like a pale ale.  The beer itself pours like most of summer brews with little head to speak of and a nice golden semi-cloudy appearance that has a moderate amount of carbonation.  The nose is one of malts and hops with lemon notes which seem about standard for most European pilsners.  The taste starts off hop filled with a touch of bitter lemon and rolls to the mid-tongue as a biscuit/skunk flavor that most stronger pale ales exhibit.  The back-end and after taste are very dry and bitter, not typical of the clean finish a lot of American pilsners that most are used too and since this sports a heavier than it seems 5.3% ABV it’s a not really a beer to could fill a cooler with and drink a whole days worth.  Overall, a good beer that is another variation on the pilsner variety, probably worth getting a few singles in a build your own 6 pack and working on it over a summer time frame, I really don’t see a need for any more than that at a time.