 Wulfstan (481), California, USA
Jun 9, 2008 Updated: Sep 5, 2008
This is ok, but pretty standard for micro-brew lagers and not nearly among the best. It also lacks much hop presence, in taste or bitterness and, key for my own preferences, does not taste German or Czech. It is golden with a medium off-white head and smells of perfumy grain/dry hay with honey and a hint of lemon. The taste is light, mostly the light, non-toasty aromatic grain/dry hay that I find common in many light or golden ales and lagers from this general region. This is ok but I personally find it tiresome. It has a very faint lemony hop element and almost no bitterness while the flavours lack complexity or any herbal or real grassy or piney qualities, toastiness, or caramel, etc. It is very light, simple, and to me uninteresting. I would call this simply a lager, not a pilsner. In bitterness and hop character, it’s weaker and more bland than Pabst Blue Ribbon, or Stella Artois. It is like a simpler, blander, less well-crafter version of Moonlight Luntic Lager, and is far less complexor hoppy (to say nothing of Reality Czech). However, it is clean, with nothing off or soapy about it.
doubleo (1000), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 3, 2008 On-tap at the brewpub. Pours cloudy orange with a big, fluffy white head, good retention, good lace. Smells of bready malt and some hay. Tastes bready and malty, pretty crisp malt flavors. Lingering grain flavors on the finish. Medium body, good carbonation. Solid beer.
bb (2320), Martinez, California, USA
May 23, 2008 Draft. Golden amber beer with a nice off-white head. Light grassy aroma. Grassy, light malt, light hay flavor. Bitterness not bad. Medium bodied. Lingering grass and a little woodsy.
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