 ekstedt (2411), Göteborg, Sweden
Jan 6, 2008 Updated: Aug 11, 2008Bottle (33 cl) at the Rover, Göteborg, Sweden. Hazy deep golden to amber, stable medium white head. Strong herbal hop aroma around a stable bready and slightly caramelly base. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel. Long bitter finish. Alcohol very well integrated.
bbbrew (171), Washington DC, USA
Jan 5, 2008 12 oz bottle. definate hoppy nose adn taste, but relatively light texture. great.
FistFullOfCats (162), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Jan 4, 2008 Bottle. Opaque honey gold, with no head. Malt and grapefruit aroma. Flavor is citrus hoppy bitter (lemon / orange zest) with no floral character I usually expect from beers like this. Finishes bitter but flavorless, if that makes any sense. I gotta echo the other reviewers, this is like a standard (though solid) micro IPA. It does a very good job of hiding its alcohol content though. Its not terrible (especially if you like IPAs), it just isn’t all that striking.
jezmez68 (332), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
Jan 3, 2008 Nice. Sam Adams has pretty much cloned the Alpha King here. Only difference is there’s not as many hops in this beer. It’s definitely missing the pungent cat box aroma of the Alpha King. Still, it’s good. The bad news? I can get a sixer of the Alpha King every day for $7.99. It’s $8.99 for the Sammy Pilsner, and you only get 4. Ouch!
Pours an orangish yellow with a big, beige fluffy head. Sort of a bummer, I was hoping for a really hoppy pilsner but got an almost-IPA. What’s up with labeling this "An European Strong Lager?" I think they got the wrong article.
Anywho, smells wicked great with all those Hallertau hops. Nice mouthfeel, leaves a nice beer-sheen on your palate. I’d recommend splitting a four-pack with a friend.
LongShotRX (15), Barronett, Wisconsin, USA
Jan 3, 2008 If I wanted an IPA, I would have bought one. Why call this a pilsner when it is such a long way from the truth. If I were drinking this and was told it was told that I was drinking an IPA, I would have rated it high. Better than the micros here in Wisconsin as far as IPA’s go. Overall very disappointing when I was expecting a true Pilsner.
bigrond (1043), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 2, 2008 This beer is great. It looks like an IPA. It’ called a Pilsner. It’s rated as an european strong lager...???
This screams IPA to me. An excellent beer brewed by an average brewery.
If you like a dry hop filled IPA, this is your beer.
jehoey (766), Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 2, 2008 aroma: packed full of pure hops, not just hoppy smelling, but it felt like I put my nose in a bag of hops. very floral, with elements of earth. The brew is unfiltered and has a slight cloudiness to it. The beer poured with 2 fingers of head that stayed throughout, and laced beautifully down the entire glass. The flavor starts as amazing punch of hops, spicy, earthy, and just plain full of hops. The beer rounds out as it finishes bringing a dryness combined with alcohol, and a slightly maltiness. medium bodied. This is an amazing beer. intense and bracing.
Peregrinari (53), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Jan 1, 2008 Somewhat citrus aroma with some caramel. Nice cloudy appearance with good lacing. Full bodied flavor that resembles a pilsner a bit but the hops is potent and very prominent as is the citrus so it steps in to what an imperial IPA represents. The finish is nice and smooth and slightly bitter. Overall, this is the beer that has changed what I thought of Sam Adams. This is a good beer that I would buy again.
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