Aldergrove Czecko Pilsener Style Lager

Brewed by Steffans Aldergrove Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Marysville, Washington USA

Name: Czecko
Date: May 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: clear light gold, wispy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma with spicy hops
Flavor: light sweet cereal malt flavor, nice balancing spicy hops, light bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

12oz bottle acquired in trade with riversideAK (thanks!). Poured a medium and slightly hazy yellow color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of citrus / citrus rinds, grains, and lighter grassiness. Tastes of citrus, spices, some doughiness, and grainy.

Bottle courtesy of riversideAK. Pours gold with a nice white head. Smells of citrus, dry pilsner malt, light spice, some grassy hints. Tastes of biscuits, pepper, a hint of dry malt, spice, some floral hints. Nice!

Bottle: Gold color, light white ring of head and lacing. Nose of starchy malt, bright phenols and apple cider, just a touch of noble hops. The flavor is a little bitter with a lightly toasty malt note. The finish is snappy, aside from the light phenols in the nose, this is a spot on pilsener.

Bottle from scrizzz. Thanks man! Pours a somewhat hazy gold with a frothy 2-finger white head. Something of a lemon grass aroma over pale malt. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is rather citric with mild malt sweetness. Finishes other than crisp, perhaps with a touch of paper, but overall it is very refreshing.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington. Pours a semi-clear golden pale brew with a decent white head that has good retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet multi-grain malt, some light pear fruit and grassy hops. Taste is light to medium bodied, lightly carbonated and a sweet multi-grain cereal with a touch of herbs. Finish has a mild bitterness that quickly finished clean. A nice balanced pilsener.

This pilsner pours a slightly cloudy medium yellow gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium to small sized white foamy head. Aroma is grainy, cereal and sweet. A medium bodied pilsner. Malts are cereal and sweet. Touch of spicy hops. Mild carbonation. Kind of sweet and a touch grainy, but not bad, Crisp and clean. A light and refreshing tasting pilsner, perhaps a touch sweet and not spicy enough in the hop department, but very drinkable. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

This is a Bohemian pilsner. Light hop aroma with saaz. Tall white head on the gold beer, it does look very nice. Malt and light hop flavor with some palate, very drinkable like a Bohemian pils should be.