 Marsiblursi (1644), Göteborg, Sweden
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 18, 2007 Pours a hazy but gloving orange-ish amber colour. Very fruity and hoppy aroma of apricot, orange, some pineapple, some strawberry jam, resin, light pine and flowers – mostly roses. Some malty, syrupy sweetness with light notes of caramel, almonds and white bread are also present. Flavour is hoppy up front with notes of resin, pine, flowers, and some citric tones. A malty backdrop of caramel, syrup and a nutty sweetness makes this beer well balanced. Also quite fruity with some apricots. Maybe some tiny hints of chocolate in the background. First a citric and than a resiny/woody, medium bitterness finish this beer. Crisp and dry mouthfeel. A really nice and surprisingly aggressive beer from Samuel Adams made in this relatively new and unexplored style – Imperial Pilsner. I like.
GG (1640), NorCal, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 3, 2008 I was able to try these beers side by side, from the original 2005 bottle to the 2007 bottle. I know that the 2005 version is quite old and the hops have faded signifigantly but it was still interesting to see how the beer has changed in that time. My reivews reflect the 2007 beer.
2005 - Pours out a light amber color, a nice two-finger thick off white head with some cheesey hops in the nose. Still, underneath that you can pick up some piney hop character and some...dust. Dust?! Flavors were like chewing on a combonation of flowers and aspirins with enough sweet malts to remind you it’s a beer and not some odd concoction designed to ward off freckles. My score on this would have amounted to a 2.2
2007 bottle - Aroma is packs a pretty powerful punch. Resiny hops, hay, and tart. Didn’t really get alot of malts, but that’s okay. Hops was the main player in this beer. Appearance is light amber, two-finger thick head and cloudy. Flavors is hops, and more hops. Almost like drinking some kind of carbonated hop tea. Finish is incredibly dry. Nothing like I’ve quite had before in terms of this style. Very nice!"
NachlamSie (1637), Tennessee, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 2, 2007 Bottle, best before January 2008. Let me preface this by saying that I don’t really care for pilseners that much. I’ve found a couple I can respect and tolerate, but not one that I would go out of my way to get or drink instead of a stout or an IPA. This is the first one that I throughly enjoyed. The pour is a very cloudy gold with an everlasting white head and dense lacing. The aroma is nice. It’s identifiable as a pilsener, but with more citrus and no corn. Actually, this is notably hoppy. mm, flavor is really nice. This has that assertive, dry finish that I like from the style, but with added piny flavors. I get some doughy flavors and a bit of wood. Now, is this a true pilsener? Not really, but it’s close enough in my book. I like this one a lot, the overzealous use of Hallertau made all the difference. Sam Adams comes through from time to time with exceptional offerings and this is one of them.
jason (1622), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2006 2005 bottle.
Aroma is strong, destinct smell of alcohol with a Double IPA familar smell. Very blond appearance with thin head. Very sweet and potent taste. I could of sworn it was a IIPA than a pils. Bitter aftertaste. A good beer but not one I may drink again.
TURDFERGUSON (1603), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 30, 2007 12oz bottle from Sam’s Blue Light. I am still mad at myself for not buying a couple bottles of this when it came out in 2005. Glad they made it in 12oz bottles this time around. I must confess I have never been a huge fan of this style. Pours a very cloudy orange with a nice white head and lace. Nose is very hoppy (surprise) with a lot of sweet malts to boot. Flavors are sweet malts, with a whole bunch of hops, pretty nice balance for the style. Usually these imperial pilsners become syrupy, sugary malt bombs but this one retains the balance better than most. Even with the balance, I must confess that I would prefer a lower gravity pils, but this is well done for the high abv. Well done.
douglas88 (1601), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 23, 2008 Updated: Mar 25, 2008Bottle at the Bayou. Pours a cloudy orange with a light and fluffy white head. The aroma is just amazing; tons of honey drenched all over hops. The taste is similarly dominated by a sweet honey and maltyness and a really bitter and spicy hops. It was quite hot for 8%, but in a good way. An aggressive beer, but well crafted. Great.
Sparky27 (1596), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 14, 2008 Bottle. Old label – 2007?. Pours a hazy orange color like a hefe with light head and a little bit of lacing. Nose is hops at first, than more malt than hops as it warms. Palate is malt with a hop bite, but not as intense as the label says. Dry, bitter aftertaste. An ok beer.
jpm30 (1588), East Central, Georgia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 13, 2007 12 oz. bottle, best before date of January 2008, blurb on the back label, sampled in a pilsener glass. Sediment, micro particle specks from the hops is visible in the bottle.
Quite foggy appearance, orange hued tarnished golden in color with a large rocky off-white head that leaves a good deal of ringed laced sticking along the side of the glass.
Like promised, a big hoppy nose, flowery, herbal spicy, traces of oily pine, citrus scents of orange and rind. Light whiffs of alcohol are noticeable, plus hints of sweet pale malts.
A chewy full bodied feel, smooth and creamy, this goes down quite easily. Mr. Koch wasn’t lying when he stated this has an aggressively hopped taste, herbal spicy, floral leafy, resins, oily slick, sticky on the tongue, orange, citrus rind and the squeezed juice from a fresh lemon. Even touches of wood and mint. Heavenly tasting for a hophead. The pale malts have a sugary syrup sweetness that complement and add to the citric tastes of the hops, bringing out an candied orange and lemon flavors towards the end. Finishes mouthwatering dry, salty spices and sweet malts. The alcohol is actually not that noticeable, hidden to some extent, just a very low temperature warmth in the back of the palate.
I loved the 2005 release and once again I’m quite impressed. A pilsener that any hophead could love.
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