2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 SSSteve (2923) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - JAN 10, 2009
clear gold with no lacing under a large whipped white head. lifeless appearance except for the head. grainy sweet honey and cereal aroma. flavor is grainy with honey as well. a bit of minty herbal flavor. low carbonation, light bodied. smooth palate. decent.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 naivepegasus (264) - USA - JAN 9, 2009
Pours a clear yellow orange with about a finger of stark white, slowly dissipating head. Grass and sweet malt in the odor. A crisp bitterness in the taste, with a lingering bitter aftertaste. It’s a decent example of a pilsner.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Barrios (1243) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 7, 2009
Split bottle with Butters. Pours a thin fading white head. Color is clear yellow. Smells of hops, skunk, and sweet malt. Flavor has mild hop character with a malt backbone and slight skunkiness. Not gonna write home about this one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Butters (2839) - Richmond, Virginia, USA - JAN 7, 2009
Bottle shared with Barrios at work. Pours a brilliantly clear light gold with large true white head that is fairly well sustained. Nose is grassy with a light honey note. Flavor is more honey, and a little corny with just a twinge of saaz hop bitterness on the tail. Very well balanced and easy drinking. Medium body is soft on the palate. Pretty good for style.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20 Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - DEC 30, 2008
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA.
Pours a yellowish gold color with a medium head and low head
retention. Aroma is skunk, cereal, grain and corn. Taste is
bitter, grassy hops and a slight corny graininess. Medium bodied
with vigorous carbonation.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 Snojerk321 (2954) - San Diego, California, USA - DEC 11, 2008
Bottle. Golden, pale color. Thin, white head, but has nice lacing. Aroma is fresh, grainy and light malt with tinge of hop. Flavor is light, smooth, and has hops in the middle but not all that bitter. Fairly good pilsener.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 spikester (602) - Salem, Oregon, USA - DEC 8, 2008
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2008 Clear pale gold with a modest white head and good amount of lacings. Aroma is grassy some floral hops.
Taste is light grassy malts, some lemon and a bitter dry hop finish.
Good mouthfeel.
Nice clean Pils.
Quite sessionable. Came in a "beers of the world" pack.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 hayduke (2445) - Eureka, California, USA - DEC 4, 2008
From a 12 bottle that came from a $8.99 six pack from BevMo in Vacaville, CA this poured clear yellow with a booming white head and sticky lacing. Nose of grassy and citrus hops. Clean mouthfeel. Flavor is caramel malts and some bitter hops, and the finish is clean. Quite decent.
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