Another single that I couldn't pass up.
Pours a clear yellow with a fizzy white head that quickly thins.
Huh. Great smell. Excellent pilsner funk to it, more hoppy than malty.
This is a good beer. It's right where it needs to be for the style, and damn if that's not surprising fro Peru. I'll have more of this, for sure.
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Showing posts with label Atwater Pilsner. Show all posts
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner 101
Pilsner is one of my favorite styles, and Czechs especially, so I can't believe I waited this long to try 101. And I also got busy with work and let this one sit in the bottle and get a little warm on me. That usually makes a pils a little oily feeling, but we'll see how this goes anyway.
Pours deep golden, moreso than most pilsners, with a big frothy white head that slowly recedes. I can smell that awesome pilsner funk smell from here. Smells like a skunk's ass. It's great.
Not oily. Nice and crisp, even when it's a little warmer than it should be. Maltier than most as well, almost to the point of being a German. It's a bit hoppier than a German though, so we'll just call it a malt-forward Czech pilsner. It fades to the standard Shiner malt aftertaste, which is just a variant of the bock. Not bad, just familiar.
This one is right up there with Kosmos as my favorite Shiner beer now. Hope they keep it around for more than a year.
Pours deep golden, moreso than most pilsners, with a big frothy white head that slowly recedes. I can smell that awesome pilsner funk smell from here. Smells like a skunk's ass. It's great.
Not oily. Nice and crisp, even when it's a little warmer than it should be. Maltier than most as well, almost to the point of being a German. It's a bit hoppier than a German though, so we'll just call it a malt-forward Czech pilsner. It fades to the standard Shiner malt aftertaste, which is just a variant of the bock. Not bad, just familiar.
This one is right up there with Kosmos as my favorite Shiner beer now. Hope they keep it around for more than a year.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Boulevard Brewing Company's Boulevard Pilsner
Uhhhhhh, the label says "genuine American lager," but it's a pilsner. Clearly not an American beer. It doesn't say what style pils it is, but by smell alone I'm going with Czech. And the label is clearly a rip off of Budvar and Czechvar, with the Boulevard being a match of the low hanging fruit variety.
I haven't been terribly impressed by Boulevard beers to date, but like stouts, I have to buy every pils I see.
Pours a deep yellow with an amber tinge, and strong carbonation that keeps the fizzy white head alive.
Skunky smell, like a pils should have, and a Czech pils especially. That's a good thing, the way it's supposed to be.
Fairly malty for a Czech, but only in the feel. Still has that light, bitter, and skunky taste to it that this style needs. Like all pilsners, it's best cold. It gets a little oily as it warms, and the sharpness dulls a bit.
Best Boulevard beer I've ever had. Still not an American style though, and not near as good as Urquell, Czechvar or Budvar. I even like Czech Rebel better. But still, it's a decent one. I'm sure the BS label affected me more than it should have.
I haven't been terribly impressed by Boulevard beers to date, but like stouts, I have to buy every pils I see.
Pours a deep yellow with an amber tinge, and strong carbonation that keeps the fizzy white head alive.
Skunky smell, like a pils should have, and a Czech pils especially. That's a good thing, the way it's supposed to be.
Fairly malty for a Czech, but only in the feel. Still has that light, bitter, and skunky taste to it that this style needs. Like all pilsners, it's best cold. It gets a little oily as it warms, and the sharpness dulls a bit.
Best Boulevard beer I've ever had. Still not an American style though, and not near as good as Urquell, Czechvar or Budvar. I even like Czech Rebel better. But still, it's a decent one. I'm sure the BS label affected me more than it should have.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Atwater Brewery's Atwater Pilsner
As I've mentioned before, Pilsner is easily one of my most favorite styles. And although I prefer the Czech variant, German pilsners are very good too. But a beer from Detroit?
Pours a deep yellow to orange with a huge light tan head for a pils. Good carbonation means that the head stays for quite a while. Based on color and head retention, this one is shaping up to be very close to Scrimshaw Pilsner, which is a good thing.
Like a German pils should, it smells more malty and less skunky than a Czech. Solid light bread is secondary to to the pils funk that is as much bitterness as the skunk's ass smell that a pilsner must have. Basically more subdued than an in-your-face Czech, but that's appropriate for the style.
Reminds me just a tad of some of the Mexican Macro lagers, mostly Carta Blanca. The body is heavier, and this has more of the pils flavor, but its bitterness tastes a bit like wet cardboard. That's mostly as it warms though, so drink this one cold when it's more like Scrimshaw and less like sucking on a box. When cold it's a good beer, and is right in line with what a German pils should be like, but warmer it loses its character and is just indistinctly bitter.
Pours a deep yellow to orange with a huge light tan head for a pils. Good carbonation means that the head stays for quite a while. Based on color and head retention, this one is shaping up to be very close to Scrimshaw Pilsner, which is a good thing.
Like a German pils should, it smells more malty and less skunky than a Czech. Solid light bread is secondary to to the pils funk that is as much bitterness as the skunk's ass smell that a pilsner must have. Basically more subdued than an in-your-face Czech, but that's appropriate for the style.
Reminds me just a tad of some of the Mexican Macro lagers, mostly Carta Blanca. The body is heavier, and this has more of the pils flavor, but its bitterness tastes a bit like wet cardboard. That's mostly as it warms though, so drink this one cold when it's more like Scrimshaw and less like sucking on a box. When cold it's a good beer, and is right in line with what a German pils should be like, but warmer it loses its character and is just indistinctly bitter.
Atwater Brewery's Atwater Pilsner
As I've mentioned before, Pilsner is easily one of my most favorite styles. And although I prefer the Czech variant, German pilsners are very good too. But a beer from Detroit?
Pours a deep yellow to orange with a huge light tan head for a pils. Good carbonation means that the head stays for quite a while. Based on color and head retention, this one is shaping up to be very close to Scrimshaw Pilsner, which is a good thing.
Like a German pils should, it smells more malty and less skunky than a Czech. Solid light bread is secondary to to the pils funk that is as much bitterness as the skunk's ass smell that a pilsner must have. Basically more subdued than an in-your-face Czech, but that's appropriate for the style.
Reminds me just a tad of some of the Mexican Macro lagers, mostly Carta Blanca. The body is heavier, and this has more of the pils flavor, but its bitterness tastes a bit like wet cardboard. That's mostly as it warms though, so drink this one cold when it's more like Scrimshaw and less like sucking on a box.
Pours a deep yellow to orange with a huge light tan head for a pils. Good carbonation means that the head stays for quite a while. Based on color and head retention, this one is shaping up to be very close to Scrimshaw Pilsner, which is a good thing.
Like a German pils should, it smells more malty and less skunky than a Czech. Solid light bread is secondary to to the pils funk that is as much bitterness as the skunk's ass smell that a pilsner must have. Basically more subdued than an in-your-face Czech, but that's appropriate for the style.
Reminds me just a tad of some of the Mexican Macro lagers, mostly Carta Blanca. The body is heavier, and this has more of the pils flavor, but its bitterness tastes a bit like wet cardboard. That's mostly as it warms though, so drink this one cold when it's more like Scrimshaw and less like sucking on a box.
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