3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 nimbleprop (3005) - SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAY 23, 2013
12oz bottle pours a clear straw gold with some rocky, white head and tons of visible carbonation. Nose is fairly standard, lightly floral, lemon peel, hay. Flavor is the same, light malt, some lemon, flower petals, some grass. Light, crisp finish. Solid pils from a brewery that can be hit or miss.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 sonnycheeba (1923) - Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - MAY 23, 2013
Tap. Pours clear gold with thick, creamy white head. Aroma is grassy and floral hops, biscuit and cereal malts, light toffee, and light fruit. Flavor is balanced dry, bready malts and hop bitterness with some light fruit esters and a faint touch of sweetness towards the finish; dry finish. Light/medium body and low carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Nische (73) - Saltsjö-Boo, SWEDEN - MAY 22, 2013
Pours golden clear with big white head. Sweet aroma with some hay, grass and honey. Taste is pretty sweet with honey, nuts, some tropical fruit and a spicy finish.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20 hfmejias (365) - Dover, Delaware, USA - MAY 11, 2013
12 Fl. Oz. Bottle from Dover Liquor Depot "Craft Beer Fest." Tasting. Pours clear golden with a nice white head. Aroma of yeast / grain, some malts, and some hops. Taste is very grainy, some sweetness from malts, also some honey in there. Medium body but refreshing and quite drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 jredmond (4025) - Manhattan, New York, USA - MAY 6, 2013
Draft at Misconduct Tavern with PJ and Pat. Pours a clear golden body with light lacing. Aroma is plain grassy hop, light catpiss and sweet malt. Mouthfeel is thin with notes of crisp grassy hops balanced by a nice malt bill. Nice pilsner, but next to the Great Lakes Gold, this didn’t stand a chance of getting a refill.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 sic1314 (967) - Leiden, NETHERLANDS - MAY 6, 2013
Poured a golden straw with a frothy white head. Aroma of soft caramel malt and citrus hops. Medium, creamy body and a flavour of sweet grainy malt and grassy hops.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 onkelgobber (132) - Edinburgh, - APR 25, 2013
33cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours golden with a nice light head. The nose is sweet with a hint of hops. Taste has a lot of honey and nuts with a nice bitter finish. The body is light to medium with a very good balanced finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 AshtonMcCobb (1459) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - APR 20, 2013
33cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours golden with lazy bubbles and not much head. The nose has honey and nuts. The taste has more honey and nuts with a raddichio leaf finish. The palate is light to medium bodied with a lovely long dry finish. Overall, a really good example of a pils.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 McNeillR (254) - SCOTLAND - APR 19, 2013
Big breezy floral nose, clear yellow body with smidge of a head. Very crisp and clean pineapple and mango hints, sugary enough midrange with a powerless finish. Nothing to write home about after initially impressing.
Bottle, Marksman Tasting, Edinburgh
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 berkshirejohn (3648) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - FEB 13, 2013
355ml bottle from the Romsey Beer Emporium. Amber with a loose white head; Saaz hop aroma; sweet cereal grain body; and some spritzy bitterness before a rather metallic finish. Not bad, but nothing more.
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