 BuckNaked (1209), Tempe, Arizona, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 15, 2005 Bottle: Pours to a beautiful mostly opaque/cloudy orange-amber body with a huge, eggshell head that lasts. If you’re not giving this a 5 on appearance, you’re crazy. I’m not really sure why we continue to classify this as a European Strong Lager, but that will probably change. Aroma is a lightly fruit/earthy spicy hops, with hints of citrus, light grapefruit (different from cascade), peppered lemon rind, green tea, toasted dough, and light bready malt. Very aromatic. Taste is wow, very different from many other "imperial pilsners" I’ve tried. There’s much more body to this and lots more bitterness, though it’s not at all like drinking a west-coast IIPA. The hops dominate with earthy, fruity, sweaty, grassy, spicy notes. Then there’s bread dough, sweet malt, orange, toasted malt, light pepper, and more spicy/earthy hops. Full bodied, though not quite that of a stout, medium natural soft carbonation, finishing with spicy, earthy, bitter hops and just a hint of citrus later on. This is really good, well above what I was expecting. The hops have just a fantastic and unique character and the palate and mouthfeel are just flawless. Yeah, I didn’t see myself getting that excited about this either, but there it is.
brewblackhole (1385), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 28, 2005 Updated: Feb 17, 2006a wonderful hop aroma, a hop dominated taste,but with the crispness of a lager. i wish they could make it cheaper
jasonp (1513), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 19, 2005 Pours a dark orangey copper (not clear but not murky either) with a huge, rocky off-white head. The aroma is of fresh, floral noble hops with hints of lemon and vanilla - more on the subtle side. The flavor has a ton of citrus, flowers, pine and herbal spiciness. Plenty of sweet pale malt to back up the truckload of hops on this one. Reminds me of an imperial IPA brewed with noble hops. Plesantly sweet, finishes with a beautiful, smooth lingering hop bitterness. The body is very full, lush and round with the perfect amount of medium carbonation. Great head retention. I always wondered what a brew would taste like loaded up with noble hops and this one is a must for hop lovers. Samuel Adams nailed it IMO.
piwodevo (53), chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 12, 2005 Oh, Sam. This beer is like running into your old high-school girlfriend a decade after breaking up with her, only to notice she’s hot again. She’s lost some weight, done something different with her hair, pierced her nipples. The Sam Adams that helped usher me into the big wide world of beers has grown up.
Big, luscious beer. Top-notch hop filled aroma, with a touch of sweetness in the nose. Fluffy, lacy, tight white head and a murky dark straw body. Wonderful balance: a hint of sweetness, loaded with hops but not in the typical American pine-resin-grapefruit way. It’s really something to behold. TASTY! I don’t like to hand out many 17’s overall, but this one deserves it. kudos.
PhillyBeer2112 (2089), Orange Park, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 28, 2005 Wow, its been a long time since I had a beer with a big blast of Hallertauer like this one! Reveals its distant connection to Cascade, it does. Resiny grapefruit rind. Malts here are clean. Long bitter finish. Good stuff.
Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 12, 2006 The beer decamps the brown 22-ounce bottle a foggy rust color with a dinosauric creamy light tan head that slowly dissipates leaving a thick blanket of lace to obfuscate the glass, also a lot of dregs at the bottom, upon decanting they become suspended. Nose has a nice hint of hops, sweet malt, some citrus like tartness, quite a nice treat for the schnozzle, start is quite sweet, then a strong bitterness, the grain presence delectable, the top middling to slightly full in feel. Finish is benign in its acidity, the hops dynamic in their spiciness, quite dry and long lasting aftertaste, damn if all pilsners tasted like this, I might learn to lov’em!
mike mcneil (660), St Augustine, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 6, 2006 Although a huge fan of assertive American IPA’s loaded with northwestern U.S. hops I must say this muscular Pilsner does not disappoint. Pours from the bottle a murky golden orange with a generous, lasting white head. Although the Noble hop aromas may not be as upfront as say a Cascade or Amarillo, a pleasant fresh cut grass, herb and spice nose is served up with a subtle maltiness in the background. Mouthfeel is full and round, almost enough to sink your teeth into. Flavor is chock full of a concentrated hop resin bitterness; like biting through the skin of a whole grapefruit. However, all is nicely balanced with an abundant toasted malt sweetness. If you enjoy bitter beers this will not disappoint. They must have really had to load in the Hallertauers to acheive this level of bitterness since they are low alpha acid hops. The 8.8% alcohol serves to amplify the entire experience but seems reserved and well hidden. A nice adventure in the world of exceptional craft beer.
fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 21, 2007 Updated: Dec 9, 20092009-11-09, bottle at Bishop’s Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm, 8-4-7-4-15=38
Cloudy deep blond color. Deep hoppy aroma, a bit sweaty and honeyish, and some fusel; light fruits too. Toffee flavor, with dry edges; strong bitterness, with dry resins. Unbalanced.
2007-11-07, 8-5-7-5-16=41
Beautiful hazy copper color. Powerful hoppy aroma, more resiny and fruity than expected. Strong body, with a strong caramel-toffee flavor and an extreme hopping; the hopping is quite resiny; compared to an IPA it has less body and less fruitness. Very good.
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