What to drink instead of Holsten Pils
Holsten Pils is sold as German and brewed in Britain, at Northampton, Northamptonshire, at 5.0%. If you were buying it for a German lager, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.
Where Holsten Pils is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.
From the country on the label
- Bitburger Premium PilsImported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as GermanVerified
Brewed at Bitburg in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.
- Krombacher PilsImported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as GermanGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.
- Spaten Munchner HellImported from Germany · 5.2% · sold as GermanGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Munich in Germany. 5.2% here.
- Warsteiner Premium VerumImported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as GermanPartly verified
Brewed at Warstein in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.
The same style, genuinely imported from elsewhere
- Budweiser Budvar OriginalImported from Czech Republic · 5.0% · sold as CzechGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic. 5.0% here, the same as at home.
- Zywiec PremiumImported from Poland · 5.5% · sold as PolishGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Zywiec in Poland. 5.5% here.
How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Holsten Pils. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.
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