LaConner Pilsner

Brewed by LaConner Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
LaConner, Washington USA

Date: September 05, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear pale yellow, fine white head, lots of lace
Aroma: sweet cereal aroma, light spicy hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, balancing floral hops, light astrengent bitterness
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Tap@Brewpub. Strong butter aroma. Hazy, pale yellow colour, white head, good lace. Very sweet, butter, bitter, fruity, malty.

Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy very pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a malty grainy and slightly grassy aroma with some hoppy hints. Malty grainy flavor with some grassy hints. Slightly sweetish malty grainy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

This was a completely unbalanced take on this style. Has a honey sweet maltiness, with noble hops aromas throughout. Thin, earthy and vegetal on the palate.

very sweet aroma, not creamed corn like many pils, but a bright candied sugar aroma that dominates any hop aroma that may be there. light yellow/gold, approaches clear on the edges, minimal head. very still. i would vote for a law that both bans screwtops and requires bottle openers on every keychain. all i get here is the sweet syrupy pale malt character with no hop balance. hmm.

6/28/08 On draught at the Brewpub. Aroma is low, with light sour malt and not much else. Appearance is clear straw with almost no white head. Flavor is slightly noble hop forward with some pils sourness but very low sweetness; quite out of balance. Mouthfeel is low bodied with a low carb texture. Overall, badly balanced and it being served warm didn’t help. Although, it should have brought out more of that missing malt character.

Draft at the brewpub. The cheerful locals at the bar next to me knocked this beer hard--said dude had had all kinds of problems since reviving it as a regular in the brewing rotation a few months ago. But this keg was delicious for sure. Crystal clear medium yellow with thin grayish head and decent wavy lace. Very little visible carb. Wet grass and leaves on the nose. Mild, softly carbed body. Big grass and hay notes really burst forth on the mid-palate. Fairly short-lived finish, but even that holds plenty of flavor. Dandy, fresh little pils.

on tap-pours a thin retaining white head and slightly hazy straw color. Aroma is grain, grassy, sweet. Taste is sweet caramel/butterscotch, grain, faint flat hops.