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Brewed by King Brewery
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Nobleton, Canada

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RATINGS: 110   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.16   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Authentic European Style Pilsner 4.8% alc./vol. True to style in every regard, this authentic Czech-style Pilsner is truely unique in North America. The beer is brewed with an all imported Plisner malt, all Saaz hops and a true Czech yeast strain. The brewery uses only distilled water and remineralizes it to deliver an authentic taste every time. The bright golden pilsner is a full-bodied, refreshingly great tasting beer. It delivers a soft texture, complimented by the proper balance of malt and Saaz hops. Its flavour begins with a pleasing malty or bready taste but is sufficiently hopped to impart a dry bitter tang with a very clean finish. This is a very inviting beer that compliments many foods and has enough body to compliment even the heaviest of meals. This complex beer provides a more flavourful yet true to style option to some of the more popular imports. Consumers are quoted as saying "there is not a beer in Canada that tastes like King Pilsner", or "this beer tastes like the true Pilsners in Europe" King Pilsner is considered Ultra Premium because no expense is spared to produce this world-class beer. It is made with the best of ingredients, and most importantly the water is distilled and the mineral content adjusted to match the water table of the beers country of origin (in this case the Czech Republic). This provides a flavour profile that only the truest of Pilsners can match. These ingredients as well as King's proprietary process delivers one of the best tasting beers in the world!


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
yarry (451) - Waterdown, Ontario, CANADA - MAY 28, 2008
341ml bottle, 4.8% a/v Tasted after reading a profile in TAPS magazine. Pours a very well carbonated light golden colour. Not a very large head however, could be due to poorly washed glassware (IE, With jetdry) The nose is very bready and surprisingly very little hops in the smell. The taste is another story, starts off with a chewy malt/bread taste which is rapidly transformed into a very nice bitter hops taste. From there the mouthfeel is above average and the aftertaste is delightful and stays with you. This is certainly not a beer for you if you aren’t a fan of hops. I however am a fan of hops, and so I am a fan of this brew as well.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ungstrup (22906) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 4, 2008
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A lightly hazy golden beer iwth a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet mlaty with notes of straw, leading to a dry bitter finish with notes of hay lingering.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
JoeMcPhee (6834) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - APR 8, 2008
Tap at Volo. Pale golden beer, thick white head. Aroma is great. Fresh pale straw aroma, sweet floral hoppiness and lots of soft pilsner malt. Sweet maltiness but with a crisp bitterness on the back. Soft floral hop flavour. It’s not a massively hopped pils, but it’s quite nice. Very floral with a soft herbal bitterness.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Miksu (3887) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - JAN 1, 2008
0.34 l bottle. Golden color with long lasting head. Grainy, herbal, honeyish, perfumed and buttery aroma. Sweetish, grainy and honeyish flavor with some butter, some fruitiness, some herbal hops and medium bitterness.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fiulijn (10000) - Como, ITALY - DEC 1, 2007
Bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007
Hazy light blond color. Light malt and hop aroma. Dry mouthfeel, well hopped. Not amazing but a notch above the average. Strong bitterness.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Svesse (4215) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - NOV 22, 2007
(Bottle, Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Yellow colour with big, frothy, white head. Malty, clean nose with fresh notes of hay, grassy hops and fruity hints of citrus. Clean, malty taste with grass, hay and fresh notes of hops in the finish. Fairly dry. Exciting is not really the word, but really well made and true to the style. Definitely a nice surprise.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
larsniclas (4227) - Billdal, SWEDEN - OCT 27, 2007
Sampled at SBWF, 2007. Golden with a small head. Light fruitiness and rather dry aroma. Some vanilla in the flavour aswell.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
rlgk (5238) - Skövde, SWEDEN - OCT 4, 2007
(Stockholm Beer Festival 2007) Bottle. Pale yellow, white head. Malty, creamy aroma, some fruity notes. Malty, fruity flavor with grassy hops.


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