 JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Sep 4, 2009 Tap at Rattle N Hum. Hazy golden pour. The nose is quite hoppy with a lot of fresh Saaz hops initially over a lightly diacetyl-laden malt base… uh-oh… that’s not good. Very musty and stinky and as it warms up it turns into a butter bomb. Meh, no thanks.
DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 22, 2009 Draft at Craft. Wow, this one has to have one of the largest standard deviations I have ever seen. The pour was medium gold with minimal head. Nose was pale malt, honey, mild hops and citrus. Tasted pale malty, bready, with hopcitrus and a medium sweetness. Not horrible, just not much going on with this one, and the hops were too subdued.
TomDecapolis (3194), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 25, 2009 Tap at CAH. Pours a mostly translucent almost yellow with a smaller bubbly white head. Aroma of mixed citrus notes, some spicy noble hop notes and bready malt. Flavor of noble hops, cereal grains, spicy hop notes and kind of thin.
puzzl (2635), New York, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 1, 2009 Tap at Rattle’n’Hum. Totally unfiltered pour. Citrusy, lightly smoky aroma, notes of broccoli and toast. Weirdly sweet ctirus flavor, with an unusually thick body for the style. Oxidized and tomato sauce notes are apparent. I’m having trouble seeing how this could be considered a pilsener.
dkachur (2392), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 3, 2009 Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear pale golden color with a thin head. Fair head
retention and lacing. Aroma is grainy with grassy hops. Taste is light toasted malts, bread, bitter grassy hops and
light nutty notes. Some very faint stone fruits. Thin bodied and watery.
badlizard (2356), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 2, 2009 On tap at Toronado. Clear light yellow with almost no head. Cereal grain and vanilla malt aroma and taste.
hayduke (1659), Eureka, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 20, 2008 This just won a bronze medal at the GABF and I was anxious to see how good it really was. So I got a pint of this at the Bear Republic Brewpub in Healdsburg on my trip through there yesterday.
The pour was a clear gold color with a small white head typical of a pub pour, and very sticky lacing
The nose is very crisp with malts and grassy hops leaping out to greet you. The mouthfeel is about as clean and smooth as a beer can get, and the flavor shows caramel malts, nice complex hops with citrus, flowers, and some banana.
The finish on the beer is remarkable, with a light bitterness that lingers. This is a remarkable beer, and while in a way it reminds me of Pilsner Urquel it is superior in every way, which is probably why it won a medal. Seems to me to be about as perfect as a pilsener can get.
SamGamgee (1460), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 13, 2009 Draught at the Bear. I’ll admit that pickings were slim as they looked to be making space for their gabf roll out next week, but this was a nice pils. Gold with a small head. Bready malt and grainy aroma with just a touch of floral hops. Clean and dry flavor with moderate pale malt, a touch of spicy hops, and medium bitterness in the finish. Light and crisp. Satisfying.
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