French Broad Goldenrod Pilsner

Brewed by French Broad Brewing Co.
Style: Pilsener
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Mmmm.. Nice and refreshing. Brillant clarity. Big creamy head. Smells of saaz. A little sweeter than most of the imports but has a nice hop flavor.

Draught at Fishmonger’s Seafood Market & Restaurant in Durham, NC. Clear straw color with big creamy white head. Nose is of honey, butter, and sprucy hops. Dry and slightly bitter with a hint of honey and grain. Very crisp and appropriately carbonated for a pilsner. Very good for style.

on tap - barley’s taproom - asheville nc - pale golden straw color with a slight whispy head. aroma is spicy with hints of pale malt - clean smelling. taste is very dry, crips and refreshing. very good hoppy finish - leaves you wanting more. one of the better new pilsner’s i’ve had recently. good spiciness to the hop profile. a bit of fizziness on the palete was the only real drawback.

Very Crisp, and a bracing hop bitterness to start. Nice bitterness throughout, actually. It lacks the softness one usually finds in European Pilsners, but still and interestin interpretation of the style.

It tastes fresh. And furthermore, there is none of that pilsener-like flavoring that I find prevalent in US pilseners. Crisp finish. Little bit weak on hops, but solid effort and worthy of a second beer.

On tap at Barley’s Taphouse in Asheville. Pale yellow in color with a white fizzy head. Grassy with a touch of mango (?!). Certain banana esters. Fun pilsner.

On tap at Porter’s, Raleigh. A fine looking pilsner with a fairly robust nose but too little in the way of hop character in the body. Fine sessionable brew, but compares poorly to Foothills.

Not bad at all for a the style. A little lighter on the hops than I like my pilseners. The malts were very pleasant. This was a very crisp beer, a good one to initiate your non-connoisseur friends into the world of microbrews of wnc with.