Buzzards Bay Pilsner

Formerly brewed at Just Beer (fka Buzzards Bay Brewing)
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Westport, Massachusetts USA

Bottle received via trade with AllDayDrinker. Pours clear dark yellow with a large, rocky, white head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (toasted grain, straw, cereal, meal), average hops (herbs, grass), and average yeast (sweat, earth). Light bodied, mineral texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness.

Unreadable Bottle on date; Sampled December 2008
A solid pour into my 25cl tulip glass produces a three finger thick, pale tan colored head that leaves a lot of lacing patterns on the sides of my glass as it slowly subsides. the head sits on top of a lightly hazed, pale-orange tinged, full gold colored beer that shows a bright gold hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells of spicy, herbal hops (that have me thinking of Saaz) and clean pale malt. Notes of lemon zest, a hint of parsley, some thyme as well as notes of saltine crackers, soft artisan bread crumb aromatics, bready malt and a hint of sweet grain that barely intrudes on the over all dry presence of the nose.

Crisp and dry up front, the beer picks up a hint of malt sweetness before an excessive carbonation causes this beer to foam up, which tends to dry the beer out quite a bit. Grassy, herbal hop notes and a nice bitterness are quite present as well. The malt has a hint of something that makes it seem a bit stale somehow, but it is fairly fleeting. The excessive carbonation is take care of by a few quick swirls of my glass, though the stale malt does not disappear quite so easily. I like the bright hop character that is found in this beer; spicy lemon grass, a touch of white pepper, menthol or perhaps rosemary towards the finish as well as a clean, biting bitterness. Malt flavors of grassy grain, a touch of toast, and a nice bready / cracker grain note plays a secondary, but important role in the flavor. The body is nice and light; enough to be quaffable but not so much that it becomes thin or watery.

A pretty good Pilsner, I really like the zippy hop character here and the malt is great except for that sometimes noticeable stale note. Definitely enjoyable and it hits the spot.

(Bottle). A very impressive pils. Aroma has both breadiness and hops. Color is clear golden, with a small white head. What stands out in the flavor is a bitterness that is too often lacking in American versions of the "Bohemian" style. Here we have bitterness aplenty, which lingers into a full finish. Excellent.

Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing. Pours a clear gold, with a thick, bubbly, white head. Sharp aroma, of yeast, herbs, and vegetables. Clean, hoppy taste that gets increasingly bitter as it goes. Lingering bitterness. Not bad.

12oz bottle, from a beer-of-the-month club I received as a gift. Pours pale golden, with a frothy white head. Sweet malt aroma, with crisp hops. Flavor is sweet malt at first, which gives way to cardboard and hops. Finishes with crisp hops and some metallic character. Very drinkable pils.

Light malty grainy aroma. Clear golden color with a medium white head and a lot of carbonation. Mildly sweet malt beginning developing a moderate tangy finish.

12oz bonus from alldaydrinker. Yellow pour big white head. Nose is nicely hopped. Taste is bitter and fresh, nice pils.

Bottle. Nice golden/amber color. Nose of spicy hops. Flavor was very spicy, almost a bit overdone. The Saaz hops are very prominent. Very easy to drink and tasty.