Left Hand Polestar Pilsner

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

Bottled on 1/30/08, sampled on 2/14/08. Pale yellow straw color with a white 1-finger head that quickly fades to small patches and clumps. Ultra-fine bubbles lace well. Very grainy Pils malt aroma with a definite noble hop accent. Some carbonic whiffs. Taste mirrors the aroma. Lots of grainy Pils malt taste witha good spicy Saaz bite on the dry bittering finish. Some stingy carbonation, but not completely out of line for the style. Great American Pilsener in a more traditional style that say, Prima Pils. Get a fresh sample to rate people! Underrated.

July 2007 - Clear golden color, pillowy head and nice lacing. Strong aroma of flowers and grass. Very nice balance of sweet pilsner malt, grassy and floral hops. Light and refreshing without being watery and bland...full flavor. Good effort from the Left Hand!

Bottle at Jerry’s. Straw yellow with decent, white creamy head / Nose of lemon and grain / Medium body, creamy, with subdued carbonation and good, dry but smooth finish / Flavors of lemon, bread, and grain / A creamier, fat pils.

Bottle from Papago. Pours golden clear color with a nice little pillowy white head, retention ok, fades to a thin covering after a while, lacing decent. The aroma was grass, bread, honey, grapes, floral notes. The flavor followed the aroma, very similar to what I remember the Konig Pilsner to be while in Germany. Body is light, moderate at best, perhaps even watery, yet this thing was just what I want in my pilsners (although, admitedly, I don’t often want a pilsner). Nice, job, LH!

Bottle at Mondial.
Bright gold pils with speck of fine carbonation. Neat white (large) , dense top. Good lacing painted on glass.4-
Clean, fresh hoppy nose. Slightly dry more of Northern German Pils with sweeter softer malt as backbone.
Medium bodied, smooth, clean malt blanket with fairly strong accented hop profile. Herbal, grassy bitter green. Clean, crisp and with proper Pils charcter.Very solid stylistically example.

nice copper color, buttery nose and toffee flavors with a mild hop presence.

Full size, on tap at the brewery, 4/13/06: Bright yellow with thin-to-zero white head. Sharp and bitter in the German style. Extremely crips. Well made!

The sole new rating I found at the world’s smallest microbrew festival in Phoebus. I shouldn’t bang on it, as it was actually a decent little event. In any case, pours a clear gold with a nice head, attractive. Aroma faintly grassy. Clean light malts with a bit of grassy hops to balance. Very crisp and smooth. Not the most flavorful brew perhaps, but definitely nicely done. Not everything needs to be totally over the top.