Berghoff Classic Pilsner

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

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

Slightly hazy dull gold. Gentle carbonation but no head. Smells very macro - all fusels and acetaldehyde. No hops. Vague, heavy, doughy malts, accents of corn syrup and some background, indistinct toejammy sort of raunch. The general blandness helps it go down but even with the help it’s a bit labourious to choke back a full bottle.

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.

The only thing that told me that this was a pilsener was the label on the bottle. Gold, flat, and headless, this has a very faint malt aroma with a suggestion of hops. The flavor is 95% sweet, grainy malts and a pinch of hops. There’s a sweet, grainy, hopless finsh. So, how is this a pils?

Yes, an american pils. THats not saying alot. Light straw color with a wispy white head. Light malt sweetness with moderate bitterness. A salty finish. Lacks the real bit of a bavarian or bohemian pils.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a moderate white head that diminished slowly. Average hoppy aroma. Medium body with a thin texture. Medium sweet small bitter flavor with a short finish.

Weak citrus/wheat aroma; watery-looking, light yellow, large quick-diminishing head. Flavor a bit better than promised, refreshing and smooth, but very thin and watery on the palate, with no finish to speak of. Blah.

Very light gold with fast moving bubbles in my lager glass. A little wisp of a head at the top. Strong vegetable aroma of carrots and celery. Hints of earthy hops. The taste is thin and metallic. Notes of carrots and even turnips are here. A decent pilsener, but a little thin and watery, even for the style.