Rogue 12th Street Pilsner

Formerly brewed at Rogue Ales
Style: Pilsener
Newport, Oregon USA

Cloudy golden color with big white head. Aroma is more malty than anything else. Taste is sticky sweet and chewy malty. Very well balanced with a bit of a sharp hop bite.

The latest in the anniversary set pours a thick golden hue, with slight haze and offers up a prodigious snow white head, delicately dotted, leaving spidery lace behind as it elegantly falls away. Aroma is vibrant, fresh, and floral, with a distinct, though minor, honey note, giving a touch of sweetness, though the tone is overall dry. They've pegged the Czech pils nose exactly, with a brilliant hoppiness, as well. Taste: crisp and dry at the front, hops meet tongue in full force, soften, then deliciousness ensues. They've got the malt just right, and there's just enough hops and sweetness to match the dryness in the mouthfeel and finish. Light bodied, and supremely drinkable. You wish there were more days in the month. To quote the bottle, the 5 ingredients are: Beeston Chariot Pilsner and Weyermann malts, 100% Sterling hops, and, of course, free range coastal water and top fermenting pacman yeast. So, that's why I like it so well. Hats off to Rogue, again!

They might saved this beer for summer but for an ale brewery this is a great Pilsener. Yellow not completely clear but medium bubbled hear. Classic Czech hop aroma but they say they didn’t use Czech hops. They fooled me. Lacking a little in the malt part of this brew but not bad.

Nutty aroma. Wheat and leaf-filled aroma. Tasted skunky after being refrigerated opened but carbonation was strong. Moderately bitter yet full of honey and straw characteristics. Ton of better pils out there though.

Pale, semi-hazed, yellow. Mostly lasting, thick, patchy, and sticky white head. Inviting spicy, lemony hopsack, cactus, and flower aroma. Touch of airiness, perfume, and apple acidity match the toasted pale malts and understated yeast notes. Slight fizziness on the tongue. Fluffier and more expansive than it is creamy. Starts with fresh, snappy hop flavors along with a quick dose of flowers, melon and a mild twinge of acidity. Subtly doughy, toasted pale malts and mild phenols set in toward the center and thicken up the body, which helps balance the sharp, assertive hop bitterness. Vague malt sweetness and waxlike yeastiness add some cakey elements at the back of the throat to assist the bitterness. Hops become grassier at the finish with a light note of lemon and yeast. Sweet corn starch flavors linger and contribute just enough sweetness to the flowery, airy traits. Overall, this is what I had hoped their Imperial Pils to resemble, as this has more dryness, residual malt sweetness and zestier carbonation, which better highlights the sharp hop profile. If only it had a little more malt sweetness and body, this would be stellar.

Clear yellow with lacing head. Dry, it would appear, but a subtle sweetness comes otu in the long palate. I couldn't get spaghetti notes out of my head--must have been the plate of pasta just served to someone at a nearby table at the Rogue pub. Creamy palate. Not tops in the category, but decent. They had it on tap a month after it was supposed to have been finished. (on tap at Rogue Ales Public House, Portland)

Light golden. Huge frothy,whip cream,of a head. Potent,pilsner malt,and grassy,hops in the aroma. Fizzy,soft,palate. Decent,but not enough,pilsner malt flavors.Actually,quite good flavors,but the yeast,detracts from the flavor,for me. Finish is very grassy,more malts. I would like this much more if it was filtered,less yeastiness. Overall,not too bad,on draft,could probably drink quite a few.

Rogue Nation, San Francisco: Very meady with a citrusy nose. Light white head. Wheaty taste with a strong citrus overtone and a NICE accent of hops.