Belle Gueule Pilsner

Brewed by Brasseurs RJ
Style: Pilsener
Montreal, Canada

Limpid blonde, cereal bouquet, malt flavor. It lacks bitterness for a pils, I prefer their Rousse

Creamy grainy, malty body, enhanced by strong carbonation...Few malt flavors are evoked, and hops barely show up in the end...Definitely not of Czech tradition, as they proclaim...A good beer for those macro-swill drinkers who want to show they are not closed-minded…

Tap. Very pale golden colour. Flavour is very light. A bit of straw and pale malt. Light sweetness and a bit of lingering light breadiness. Very simple brew. No real hop character is apparent.

Bottled. Malty and some herbal hops in the aroma but also the skunky hop you find in so many German pilseners. Pale golden color, white head, good lace. Malty, lightly hopped, very crisp. Nice refreshing pilsener.

Tap at brewery. Light yellow beer with a thin white head. Light malty aroma . light watery beer with barely any malts. Rather commercial beer.

341 ml bottle. Cloudy, oily effervescent gold gradually clears as the medium fluffy head quickly dies...nicely balanced malty-grassy hop nose with hints of lilac and, quite strangely, salami (no I don’t have any in the house)....pleasantly tangy mouthfeel, slightly high carbonation and again excellently balanced sweet pale malt with some tartness and hints of dry hops late...no masterpiece this, but a finely turned workmanlike example, severely underrated here in my opinion.

Mild cereal aroma. Clear pale blonde with foamy white head that does not quite fully diminish. Cereal malt flavour with surprisingly little hop bitterness or flavour. It's there butt very mild and floral. Light-medium body. This is a very drinkable beer but as has been noted by others not spectacular. Bottle.

Bottle (341ml). Pale gole with an average frothy white head. Standard Canadian pils - sweet, dry hops, grainy malt - boring, quick finishing, entirely forgettable. Light body, decent carbonation, no ugly aftertaste. Get out the LawnBoy ...