Red Hill Bohemian Pilsner

Brewed by Red Hill Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Red Hill, VIC, Australia

Bottle. Pours dark golden with inch think creamy coloured head. Subdued aromas though floral grassy hop aromas do show through. Some sweet malt flavours initially followed by resiny hops. Quite bitter finish. Not too bad

Peculiar aroma, quite strong and malty. Pours a golden amber colour, slighly hazy. Small white head that doesn’t last very long. Lightly carbonated. Sweet and creamy, with a bitter after taste.

From a 330 ml bottle on 29/12/2009. Aside from some significant bitter, hoppy action, this didn’t taste much like a pilsner to me. The confusion around identity was only reinforced by the reference on the bottle to "Fine Handcrafted Ale", the 5.9% strength, and the yeast sediment left in my glass. That said , I found this to be a singular, tasty and impressive drop. Had a herbal, grassy aroma, and a quite pronounced honeyed sweetness which balanced beautifully against the bitterness. Very nice indeed.

a fanstasic pilsner with excellent spicyness from hops grown at the brewery property. perfect for a summers day

Bottle. Somewhat hazy dull gold. Stable two finger off-white head. Medium bead. Nose is bursting with grassy and spicy hops with some bread behind. Nuts and very focused sweet malt with floral hops. This is clearly a fresh bottle - I suspect it could be a little oversweet if consumed later. But as is, it’s very much of the style of the brewery: not terribly refined, but full of good quality and very fresh ingredients just allowed to speak for themselves. Perhaps a bit riotous for the style, but I don’t care.

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy golden orange with a small white head that doesn’t last long. Sweet aroma has notes of honey, butterscotch, caramel, citrus, malt and a little herbal hops. Flavour is also sweet, especially for a pilsener, and is just about the same as the aroma but with the biscuity malt more upfront. Palate comes close to being dominated by the sweetness but is balanced by the hop bitterness as well as a dry finish. Unusual interpretation of the pilsener style, and while this isn’t Red Hill’s best brew, its still a nice, enjoyable beer.

Continuously frothing inch high snow-white head. Slightly cloudy butterscotch/toffee hue. Big weet-bix malt nose, with strong resin and fresh, green, spicy hop notes. Appetizing hoppy bitterness with noticeable resinous sweetness. Very clean crisp malty taste reminiscent of walnuts. Massive tang from lively carbonation. Overall a good mix of bitter and sweet, with a nice aroma of hops and malt. Too much carbonation in my opinion, but really, a good example of the style.