Bitburger was established in 1817. Ask me how I know. I know because I had to look up Bitburger, as they didn't bother to put the ABV of the beverage on the can. How hard is it to put it on the can? I wouldn't have thought it would be much more difficult than the golden logo they have on the can, but they would know better than I, I guess.
The beer pours a suitably clear and strikingly gold color. The very white head, that would usually sprout forth with significant fervor in this particular glass, is a reasonable amount and makes for an excellent looking topping to a very good looking beer. The aroma is yeast, sweet bread malt, and wort.
First sip is a bit tangy, and that is unusual in pretty much any beer. The bread malt is mixing with a particularly exuberant yeast to produce this strange tang that, after the beer is gone, almost leans into skunk. I'm not really sure what's going on, and it's not terrible, but this isn't great so far. I like tangy desserts, and I like some tangy sauces, but I'm not sure I like a tangy beer.
Tip-in is moderate carbonation that is rising while the malt appears to be a little more crusty than bready, but it manages to get a bit of lemon zest added to it for complexity. The beverage seems to lean into tang right in the middle, and the malt loses its sweetness as bitterness descends and the beverage seems to turn a little dry. The finish is where the yeast seems to be really doing some strange things with the malt, and the lemon is abandoned entirely.
2.25/5