Legend Pilsner

Brewed by Legend Brewing Company
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Richmond, Virginia USA

on tap-pours an off white head that laces and yellow color. Aroma is faint sweet light/medium malt, musty, lemon, grassy. Taste is sweet light/medium malt, secondary light hops bitterness, musty. OK carbonation.

A pretty good pilsener, and I’m not even a pilsener fan. The flavor was rich and inviting. A nice bitter hoppiness is what really makes me like it.

Thanks to Tony for this and the other Legend bottles. Poured a deep golden color with a medium white head. Nice crisp taste, slightly sour aroma. Very hoppy (nice!) One of the better micro-brewed pilseners I’ve tasted.

22oz bomber from my Secret Santa Numenor, no date. Pours a clear honey golden with a one finger off white head. The first thing I smell is butterscotch and remember smelling it (but not to this extent) in the other Legend beer I’ve had--their golden ale. I also smell some grassy hops and toffee. Flavors are the same with the butterscotch and toffee strongest, the Saaz hops more in the background. Surprisingly bitter finish, but doesn’t seem to be with every sip. Sharp carbonation on the tongue, though they are little bubbles. Medium bodied. This doesn’t taste very pilsenery to me, though it isn’t bad.

Dark gold with a good white, soupy head. Perfectly clear. Aroma is big hoppy. Smells slightly old, but not really skunked. Long, lingering bitterness. An IPA of pils.

Largish draught sample at the brewpub. Honey-gold in color with a touch of head lasting, little lace....light Saaz aroma, bready and like the lager touched by butterscotch, more pronounced in this case and a bit much, but the pale malt and hints of baked apples help to compensate....on the tongue, honey-sweet with faint lime citric tartness at first, the sugar dying quickly into a very dry, grassy, herbal finish that gets quite bitter indeed, clean and lean and hard right to the end but with plenty of malt substance to back it up. I liked the lager just a bit more, but these guys clearly know how to do German styles right.

pours out of the bottle. clear rusty-orange. small white head. smells like the seashore and yellow-gold apples. tastes really salty and yeasty - pretty much like ocean water then with hints of warm, unsweetened, sparkling apple cidar. seems strongly bitter until your palate acclimates to it then you can pick up the subtle roasted malts towards the end. watery, smooth texture. not particularly enjoyable but not awful.

Draught at the brewery: Did not experience any of the claimed hop aroma. In fact, there was no aroma at all. None. Golden in color, clear, and sparkling. Small white head that diminished quickly. No lacing. Slight hop presence in the flavor. Malt backbone. Bland overall. Well balanced. Medium bodied. Average carbonation. Slightly below-average Pils. Just no real standout flavor. Best of the three lighter beers I tried this day.