Berghoff Classic Pilsner

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Pale Lager
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

A smooth drinking pilsner, nothing too special but good. sweet taste and bland palate. go cubbies!

Pale straw yellow, moderate white head with poor retention. Sweet, faintly banana aroma. Bland palate, a little too sweet and waaay under-hopped to be called a pilsner.

Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

pale yellow, fine white head, streaks of drippy lace, sweet grainy malt aroma with light floral hops, sweet malt flavor, lots of grain character, light balancing bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Appearance: Pours a clear, pale yellow body with a medium white head. Yes sir, it doesn’t get any sweeter than this! Smell: Aroma of light grains marked by a mild, though distinct cooked vegetable scent. Taste: Light, sweet graininess with an equally light touch of herbaceous hops. More DMS picked up on the quick finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Watery mouthfeel. Drinkability: There’s numerous examples of fine pilseners out there. This just isn’t one of them.

Pours a transparent pale golden with a large, frothy, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of earthy noble hops and some grainy pale malt. Body starts pretty thin and watery with just a touch of sweetness and some earthy, mildly skunky noble hop bitterness toward a balance, but drinkable finish.

bottle - Pours clear yellow with a medium head and a light malt aroma. There’s very little hops presence here. The flavor is pretty much the same as most pale lagers. It has the usual mild, grainy malt flavor, though it’s fortunately not as watery as some similar brews. Clean and easy drinking, it compares favorably to the Buds of the worlds, but unfavorably to most craft beers.

This is not a hard core craft beer. It also doen’t cost as much either. It’s a pilsner like Miller lite but way better. I tasted this next to a Polish pilsner and it tasted identical except for a little more carbonation.

Almost couldn’t find this one - they call it a "classic" Pale golden with decent head and lacing. Aroma has some spicey hop. Taste is more sweet and light, body is too watery to be fizzy. I keep thinking that they must use "soft" water for their brews, they lack bite.