Carolina Brewery Franklin Street Lager

Brewed by Carolina Brewery
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Clear dark yellow pour with fair ring of white head. Boring. Bandaid, Cardboard, and a fruit hop that was definitely not ’saazy’. Pass on this one too.

Date: April 18, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory Hops
Appearance: clear copper, wispy white head
Aroma: sweet malt aroma
Flavor: sweet cereal flavor, light floral hops, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Pours a transparent golden bronze with a ring of stringy-lacing white head. Light, sweet, crisp pale malty nose has a subtle grassy Saaz hoppiness. Starts fairly full for the style with a nice, light sweetness and authentic earthy bitter balance. A pretty nice pilsener.

From notes 6/21/03: Pours a healthy darker yellow color than most pilseners. Little head on my serving, but the lacing was nice. Nice malty aroma. Grassy and grainy as well. Deep deep inhalations bring in a meaty husky scent. Delicious. The taste begins with malt tones, followed by a slight yeasty flair, all finished with a crisp clean Saaz hop bite. Nicely hopped. Very refreshing for summer. Easy to drink, no nasty skunky qualities here.