Gordon Biersch Pilsner

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Premium Lager
Palo Alto, California USA

Bottle from beeronthewall. This one is criminally under-rated. Pours canary with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is pale grainy malt, honey, apricot, and hopcitrus. Tastes pale malty up front, giving way to a crisp and very refreshing hopcitric a,d honey-dipped apricot flavor, with the hops seeming to get crisper as it warms. YEt another beer that I would buy by the case if I could, and I’d love to side-by-side this with Prima and Pikeland.

draft: clear golden. Aroma is light spicy hops, light bread, a hint of grain, no butteryness. Light bodied, moderate to high carbonation. Lacks character.

Bitter bubblegum...there is something in all of Gordon Biersch’s beer that has this bubblegum flavor. Very well hopped, the first flavor that hits you is said gum, then it lands on a piney note that deepens and fades with the flavor.

{draft @ New Orleans loc’n} Clear bright straw yelllow with a bubbly clingy head. Clean pale malt aroma, a little grassy. same on the palate with a moderately bitter, mildly hoppy, clean finish. Very good.

Draft at DC Airport - Crisp, bright flavors, golden color and small white head. Enough bitter hops to keep it interesting. Nice lace. Good.

Very light, almost non-existent aroma. Golden-yellow, pretty standard-looking yet still appealing. Some light white bubbles but not much of a head. Light, very faint grainy malty aroma. Goes down like water. Clean, refreshing, and well-made. But on the other hand, very thin, watery, and almost tasteless. A great BMC replacer but not my style.

Gold in color with a quickly dissapating white head. Had a yeasty smell and taste. A little sweet in the beginning followed by bitterness. Not too impressed.

On tap. Didn t really care for this one. Grass harsh taste. Typical pils color. Light body. not very good