Irlbacher Premium Pils
Review Date 8/23/2025 By John Staradumsky
Here is yet another beer that I am enjoying from the Webster Barnes Biergarten Collection of 24 German beers, sold at select Costco locations last fall. That beer is Irlbacher Premium Pilsner from Bavaria’s Schlossbrauerei Irlbach. Webster Barnes has the following to say about the brewery, which is new to me:
Anton Irlbacher founded the brewery in 1876, operating primarily as a traditional Bavarian brewery, producing a range of beers including lagers, wheat beers, and with a few specialty brews typical of the region. Maintaining a strong local following in Irlbach has helped the brewery remain a steadfast part of the community.
Irlbach says about the beer:
Das Pils mit reinem Aromahopfen. Ihm verdankt es seine deutlich betonte Bittere. Ideal für den typischen Pilstrinker
Which means if you don’t speak German:
The Pils with pure aroma hops. It owes its distinct bitterness to them. Ideal for the typical Pils drinker.
Irlbacher Premium Pils has an alcohol content of 4.9% by volume. I paid $59.99 for the box of 24 half liter cans, a good deal at about $2.50 a can. Where are you going to get a craft beer single for $2.50 these days? It happens, but it is rare. My can was stamped 15.06.2025 on the bottom. I drank it on August 14th, so a few months after the date they recommend it should be consumed by. This is the third Irlbacher beer so far in the case.
Irlbacher Premium Pils pours to a brilliant golden color with a thick fluffy white head and a nose of crisp biscuit malt and grassy herbal hops. Taking a sip, the beer is again crisp biscuity as the nose promised, slightly bready, and aggressively hopped. Finishes with a long dry grassy bitterness.
A very tasty pilsner with delightful hop character that I would definitely drink again.
Other beers in this collection:
Rittmayer Hallendorf 1422 Festbier
Klosterbrau Neuzeller Anas Geheimnisse
Klosterbrauerei Neuzeller Traditions Gebräu Imperial Porter
Eichbaum Perfekte Zeit Wheat Pale Ale
Irlbacher Premium Weihnachts Festbier
Irlbacher Premium Vollbier Hell
Eichbaum Der Kletterer Red Lager
Glad I tried it?
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Would I rebuy it??
*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.
(B)=Bottled, Canned
(D)=Draft
