Well, well! Who would have though that on the third day, the next beauty is already up for the pageant. Tonight, we feature another fine German Pils beer, this one from the Saxony region in what used to be East Germany: Wernesgrüner. They are owned by the Bitburger Group Brewery. Montreal's Brasseurs RJ have a partnership to bring the Bitburger and Wernesgrüner brands into Quebec, as well as Köstritzer, which is a black lager also from the former East Germany and which was acquired by Bitburger in the wake of the fall of the wall. I will have to include the latter in the future to make this trio complete. Wernesgrüner, which is featured here in the soon to be infamous Totenkopf mug, is a much drier Pils beer than Bitburger, at least on my palate. Its hops flavours remind of citrus fruit, and they combine with a nice lingering bitterness to make you forget that there are malts in this beer too. The malts are quite pale in colour, and typical of German beers they have a tasty bread character.