Stratford Pilsner

Draught at BeerBistro. Nice unassuming somewhat German-style Pils that doesn’t try to be anything it isn’t. Mild aroma and smells and tastes great, refreshing, real hop flavour with no metallic overtones. What hops are in this? "While the definition of “pilsner” is open to much debate in beer community, it generally refers to pale, hoppy lagers, ranging from 28IBUs and up. Pilsners that do not meet the specific characteristics of a German or Bohemian pils will be given this generic classification." Well it’s bang on then.

341ml bottle. Pours a nice golden colour, that’s actually somewhat hazy, with a large, quickly dissipating white head. The aroma is very sweet, malty, with a nice floral background. The taste is very sweet, biscuity malts with a lemony hop presenece (but the lemony taste actually somewhat adds to the sweetness). Not as much bread doughiness as I was hoping. The aftertaste is again very sweet and malty, but with a touch of corn. This is a pilsner more than anything else, a very lemony/citrusy one. Not bad, enjoyable, just not exactly what I was expecting. I really wanted to like this beer, but it was a bit of a let down. It tastes almost like lemon juice mixed with beer. And it looks like it too, because it’s pretty murky yellow. Too bad.

draft at mitz sister in toronto. clear copper with thin white head, it has a very pronouonced malt aroma, almost too dominant for pilsner. the hops linger behind and provides some balance

Golden colour, dissipating white coloured head, some light lacing. The aroma is of floral hops, grassy, some bready malts and lemon citrus. The flavour is of bready and cookie malts, lemon zest, herbal hops, grainy. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. Finishes with a lingering crisp bitterness. Clean tasting, refreshing pils.

341ml bottle.
No best before date.

average across the board. nothing special, tried it on tap because id never had it before probably wont get it again. better pilsners are available