Richbrau Double Pilsner

Brewed by Richbrau Brewing Co.
Style: European Strong Lager
Richmond, Virginia USA

22 ounce bottle from the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy yellowish-orange color with a medium head, moderate retention and nice lacing. Slightly grassy aroma with subtle citrus notes. Very bitter taste of stale hops and cheese with some grassy notes. Medium body.

Light caramel and malt aroma. Clear golden with small white head. Slightly malty and rather sweet for a pils. Hops has pronounced bitterness but do not seem to be typical noble varieties. Body is medium/full with full creamy mouthfeel. Slight fruity notes in flavor. Finish is fairly sweet with a good deal of residual bitterness.

22oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is floral, apple, light malt. Taste is floral/metallic hop up front but (not sure what happened here), apple, light malt/corn. Medium body but slick and metallic at mid-taste-OK effervescence. First sip or two I didn’t think taste was as off putting as aroma, then changed my mind.

Bottle vintage 2008 on 09/13/2008. Clear golden amber body with a small white head. Grainy astringent aroma with some caramel. Grainy sweet astringent flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 6/3/5/2/10-2.5 11/12/2007: On tap at the brewpub. Very clear golden body with a small frothy white head. Cooked corn (DMS) aroma with no hops on the nose. Cooked corn flavor, somewhat vegetal floral hops and a hint of grassy hops. Smooth bitter finish with moderately high carbonation. Needs more late hop additions. 4/2/4/3/7 - 2