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Northwoods Prickly Pike Pilsner 2.03 17

Northwoods Prickly Pike Pilsner

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
171.96/5.02.03/5.0-14Flute, Footed Pilsner
Commercial Description:
A Koelsch style golden ale with light malt character, medium bitterness with low hop flavor and aroma.
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 BDR (2170), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
May 23, 2007  
On tap at both Chetek and Eau Claire brewpub locations. Pale yellow ith loats of foamy white head. Orange hops with some malt on the nose. Slightly malty body with orange hops on the finish.


 Skyview (4104), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/512/20
May 27, 2007  
On tap at both Chetek and Eau Claire brewpub locations, but brewed only at the Eau Clarie locale. Pours a light orange golden yellow brew with a thick white head that diminishes quick and leaves a spotty lacing. Aroma of corn malt, some sour apples, and some powdered sugar. Taste is highly carbonated, light bodied, some citrus peel with a dry orange finish. NIce orange/hops bitterness.


 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 26, 2007    Updated: Jun 27, 2007
Bottle. Pours a medium gold with a thin whoet head. Aroma is interesting. Malts, corn, nuts, grassy. Flavor is bitter corn, malts, citrus and light wheats. Pretty average.


 JPDIPSO (4944), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Jul 12, 2005  
Tap. Ok name it a pils, yet give a description of a koelsch. The beerkeep even indicated that it was not a lager brewed beer. Golden color with a smaller off white head. Sweet malt, ester and mild hops aromas. Esters abound and not crisp of clean. I rated this as a pils as that is how it was presented. It may be slightly higher as a koelsh.


 MIBRomeo (1966), Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/57/20
Nov 26, 2005  
light yellow nice white head. Very light aroma some odd sweetness and yeast. Good coated and carbonated beer. Odd flavor some perfume hop and touches of bitterness... not very good.


 robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Nov 9, 2005  
Dark Gold Coloring. No Head. Light Malt Notes, Plenty of Bitter/Sour Flavor. It Slowly Fades Away to Watery-ness in the End, but It’s Not Enough to Make Me Ever Want to Try it Again.


 Cornfield (4980), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/56/20
Oct 23, 2005  
What is this?? Called a Pilsener by RB, it’s description reads, "A Koelsch style golden ale with light malt character, medium bitterness with low hop flavor and aroma. " ("Kolsch" also appears on a border on the label.) Gold with an erupting head, it had nice bubbling and beading. But the smell was sweet with a crabapple sourness added on. The carbonation was intense like a soda and became annoying rather than prickly. The flavor was something with a sour cider finish. No trace whatsoever of hops. I don’t know what it was (neither did the other members of The LoSBD who attended the meeting), but I know I won’t be drinking it again.

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 DrnkMcDermott (1865), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/57/20
Nov 10, 2003    Updated: Nov 19, 2003
Bottled. This was not on tap at the brewpub, and the beers I did have there were okay, so I hope it’s just a problem with their bottling line because this had a big butterscotch aroma when we popped the cap. Way too bitter for the style, too. And yes, the label says both "Kölsch" and "Pilsner," while the description (on-line and on their beer list) calls it an "ale."



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