Left Hand Polestar Pilsner

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Pilsener
Longmont, Colorado USA

I did enjoy drinking this. It was nice to have a break from drinking bigger beers to try this and it still had enough flavor to stand up and cut through. Has a nice honey nose, like a fresh biscuit covered in honey from KFC, that it what the nose reminds me of. I love the hop profile, lightly spicy, with some herbal grassy hint all the way through, that was refreshing, and kind of wakes your senses up. Well done!

From a 12 oz. long neck brown bottle with bottled on date along lower right side of label, 02/01/06. Made a good appearance, poured a clear pale yellowish golden with a foamy white head that settled into a thin soapy lacing, good carbonation. Had a sweet pilsener malty nose with a light spicy, floral and grassy hoppiness. A crisp and smooth lightish medium bodied mouthfeel, above average drinkability. Sweet pilsener malts with a spicy, grassy hoppiness, the bitterness is brisk and fleeting, and a dry malt and spicy finish. A decent pilsener from Left Hand, very quaffable.

Clear fizzy golden color with a thin white head. Sweet honey aroma. Sweet light grain flavor with hints of honey.

Bottled. Fizzy off-white head on a deep golden hazy body. Is this unfiltered? Probably bad form for the style but I like it anyhow. Suprisingly nice lacing. In the aroma I smelled something that isn’t present in your average American-made pilsner...BEER! Actually noticing hops in the flavor and aroma was pleasant.

Bottled on 02/01/2006, Sampled June 2006
Accidentally slightly frozen, a bit of beer slush never hurt no one though. Pours a brilliantly clear (definitely no chill haze here), bright gold color. It is topped by an initially four-finger thick, frothy, pale tan colored head. The aroma has a nice light spiciness to it as well as a light toasted grain note to it towards the end. The aroma is just about perfect for a Pilsner, a nice spicy, noble hop note with a touch of balancing malt character.

The beer is of course initially quite cold. It adds to the refreshing character, which is welcome on this 100+ day, but it drowns out the flavor a bit. A touch of toasted malt character and a hint of grain sweetness round out what is otherwise a nice hoppy Pilsner. Lightly spicy, with a smooth herbal hop character and a nice, sharp bitterness in the finish. As the beer warms up a bit the malt character becomes a bit rounder, it adds a bit to the body of the brew and helps to mix with, and balance the bitterness in the finish. This is a nice Pilsner, in fact it is perfect for a hot day, as it is fairly light on the palate. It could perhaps use a bit more malt and hop character, but like I said it is nice and refreshing as is.

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On Draft. Yellowish color, with a small frothy white head. Aroma sweet, with some hoppy flavor. Flavor is again sweet with some bitter hop flavor. Great finish.

Pours pale golden yellow w/ medium semi creamy froth. The froth is spattered and a briliant arctic white. Crisp malt aroma. Light nectar with ample residual effers. Light, bright, clean, crisp with a mellowness. A slight asprin numbing on the finish. Overall: a good brew to enjoy on a warm day regardless of whether or not she’s wearing a thong.

Not bad, I guess. Never been a huge pilsner fan, but it beats the hell out of your average macro. As a craft beer, though, it’s just below middle of the road. Pours a clear gold in color with an inch-thick white head. Aroma of slightly sour malt, some hops. Flavor is much the same: mildly sweet with a subtle hop bitterness. Fairly well balanced, velvety slick mouthfeel. Great lacing. Overall decent beer.