Konig Pilsener is a 4.9% German pilsner, pale gold and brewed in the straightforward, no-fuss style the country built its reputation on.

There's a light grainy malt base underneath a soft, herbal hop aroma, with a clean bitterness that shows up and then gets out of the way again rather than hanging around. The body stays light, the carbonation is fine and persistent, and nothing about it feels heavy even a few glasses in - it's built to be drunk steadily rather than sipped and pondered.

Pour it cold into a tall glass. This is a pilsner for drinking fresh and cold, not one to leave sitting in the cellar, and it loses nothing by being poured straight from the fridge.