Old Credit Pale Pilsner

Brewed by Old Credit Brewing
Style: Pilsener
Mississauga, Canada

Fairly boring pilsner. No real character here. Considering you are brewing this fairly close to Steam Whistle you would think that you would want to put a proper product in the field. Aroma is almost non existent. But there are some malts and grains. Taste is bland, a little sweet, a little bready, a little hop but a whole lotta nothing. Do yourself a favour and pass on this bland pilsner.

680 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a clear yellow gold with small quickly disappearing white head. Grass and sweet malts in the nose - pretty uninteresting. Flavour has a bready sweetness with a reasonably crisp hop finish. Decent beer, but there are plenty of better pils around.

680mL bomber from the LCBO at Yonge and Summerhill. Pours a nice full gold with a small white head. The aroma is, well, awful, rotten vegetables and overly sweet pale malts, not much hop activity. Flavour thankfully is quite redeeming. Nice grainy malt sweetness upfront followed by a crisp but subtle hop bite and a bready aftertaste. A little on the sweet side but not at all cloying. Some dryness in the aftertaste as well from the hops. There’s almost enough hop character in the flavour to justify calling this a Pils. Enjoyable, and decently priced, though given that it’s only available in Toronto and the GTA I wouldn’t go far out of my way for it. Not sure why the over-all is so low, it’s decent enough, I’d buy it often if I lived in Toronto, if only it didn’t smell so bad!

Bottle. This beer is gold with decent carbonation, a small white head. There is some grass in the aroma. I taste some sweet, light fruit, grass in the hops.

A bit skunky at first, poured clear pale gold, no head, long aftertaste, a bit sweet, not undelicious.

680ml bottle
5.0% ABV
I tried this beer after purchasing from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a translucent orange-hued gold with a 2cm white bubbly head that stuck around a while. The aroma was primarily grainy malt with a little hoppish hint. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, and mildy carbonated. The flavour was a nice balance between the malt and a hoppy finish. A decent beer.

Bottle from Cooper St. LCBO. Aroma is clean, with sweet fruits, grass and a little cereal. Appears pale yellow and crystal clear with super high carbonation, but no head to speak of. Flavour is primarily grain with a little bit of sweet malts undreneath. Mouthfeel is very dry and so extremely light as to be actually interesting. Not amazing but definitely good enough for a quick slam on a hot summer day.

650 ml bomber - poured a pale, pale gold with some decent enough head. Aroma sweet and grassy. Flavour clean, grainy, really simple, but enjoyable enough. Refreshing but MOR. I’d take it over several imports or any macros, but it’s not something I’d buy often, especially considering the excellent options available in this style here.