J.R. Brickman Pilsner

Decent slightly sour pilsner. Not too sweet, bitter or watery, kind of a good balance of pilsner flavors. If I was a pilsner guy - I would be excited,. I just don’t think I’m that into this type of beers.

341ml bottle
5.0% ABV
I tried this beer on April 30, 2008 after purchasing an assorted 6 pack of Ontario Craft Brews from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a translucent orange-gold with a thin white rocky head that lasted. The aroma was typically Brick with some malty tones, some yeasty tones, and a little bit of hops. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, with some mild carbonation. The flavour was a nice balance of malts and hops, and was very good for a bottom-fermented beer.

12 oz from Harry and the LCBO! Nose of grain and garssy hops;clear lighter yellow with a big white head; flavor of grain, Peppery spiciness, light hops, and light caramel.

341ml bottle: Yellow beer under a small head that reduces to a partial covering. Aromas of fruit, honey and grainy malts. Sweet up front with veggies, corn, caramel and grapes superseding the presence of some herbal hops. Medium body, metallic. End’s a little bitter. So-So.

Standard microbrew pilsner. Better than macrobrews, but not by a lot. Nice and fresh, though. (I live in Kitchener, your mileage may vary if you’re out of town.)

Brown bottle, 341 ml, Ontario Craft Brewers Discovery Pack purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 14 2008; eye: golden, light copper, good effervescence, clear, good white head, good lacing; nose: grainy malt, corn, honey; mouth: carbonation, malt, corn, a bit of hops, finale in grainy malt with a good presence of honey, mildly sweet, lightly bitter, medium body, light grainy texture, quite carbonated; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, ensemble cadeau Ontario Craft Brewers Discovery Pack acheté au LCBO, savourée le 14 janvier 2008; œil : dorée, légèrement cuivrée, bonne effervescence, claire, bonne mousse blanche, bonne dentelle; nez : malt granuleux, maïs, en rétro-olfaction, miel; bouche : carbonatation, malt, maïs, un peu de houblon, finale en malt granuleux avec une bonne présence de miel, moyennement sucrée, légèrement amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement granuleuse, très carbonatée; en résumé : ordinaire

From bottle. Sweet honey aroma. It looks like a pilsner, good carb, white head with a clear appearance. Initially sweet, then a crisp bitterness changing back to the sweet honey towards the end. Better than expected and close to a pilsner.

341 mL bottle. Second of my Ontario discovery pack. Weird nose that’s hoppy but kind of tire like at the same time... Odd... Hoppy flavouring dominates and that’s really all that’s to it and I’m not going to complain about that. Not great, but not bad.