Left Hand Polestar Pilsner

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Pilsener
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Light yellow with minimal white head. Aroma hay, citrus, yeast. Medium light body. Grassy hop flavor. Nice bitterness. Some lemon and faint yeast. Dry finish. Not complex but refreshing and pretty good overall.

Pours clear pale with a white head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma has grassy hops and some bready malt, but has quite a lot of alcohol for this abv. Taste is decent and is consistent with the aroma, basic pils with some yeastiness and some sweetness. Light, fluffy and fizzy mouthfeel. Aftertaste is a bit yeasty and lacking the long bitter I’d love in a pils. Basic and drinkable, on the downside some alcohol and a slight(ly nasty) taste from the yeast.

Tap sample at the brewery. Clear straw color with a small white head. White bread aroma, with grain, freshly cut grass and floral hops. Crisp light malt flavors, lo-med bitterness and grains again. Light body, refreshing, dry and quite a good pils.

Looks like bud light, miller lite, coors light, take your pick. Then the head sticks around and there is actual lacing. You get a pleasant mild sweet malt aroma, and that is followed by a similar taste with the addition of citrus leaning toward lemon. The finish is a little bitter. I am not really a huge pilsner fan, but tgis is not bad.

Draft to taster at Dutch’s. Looks solid; a transparent light gold with foamy white head. Smells bitter, semi-sweet, and doughy. Tastes like it smells, but not as good, with an unbalanced metallic finish. Not my thing.

Tap @ wildeman. Clear golden pour, thin white head. Aroma is grainy, soapy, some German hops. Flavor is quite bitter for a pilsener, but overall quite simple.

Draft @ wildeman. Aroma is light sweet malts, some hay. Flavour has a nice herbal hopbitterness, followed by some bready malt and hay. Refreshing.

Kaatuu pils-tyyppiseen kapeaan lasiin vaaleankullankeltaisena ja kirkkaana vaahdon ollessa erittäin muhkea, ja pitsiä jättävä. Eikä aivan heti katoakkaan. Haju on perus-pilsmäinen: ruohoista humalaa, leipäistä mallasta, hunajaisuutta, maata ja hivenen sitruunaa ja voita. Maku on pääasiassa ruohoinen ja leipäisen maltainen. Hieman on makeuttakin joukossa ja diasetyyli jää vahvana lopuksi suuhun Suutuntuma on miedohko, humalan puraisu tuntuu hieman ja voimaisuuden rasvaisuus jää suuhun vellomaan. Suht onnistunut pils, pidin kyllä suht paljon. Mutta eiköhän Saksasta tai Tsekistä olisi yhtä hyvä löytynyt, ellei parempiakin.

Pint pour from bottle. Nose is quite mild, mostly sweeter but smooth malt, somewhat sweet and super mild citrus. Flavor is also mostly malty, with some citrus and crispness. Enjoyable and drinkable. Crisp and light body bu definitely enjoyable.

0.33 l bottle from Alko. Pale golden color. Firm aroma of herbal-peppery hops, honey and some citrus in the background. Firm hoppy and malty taste with herbal-peppery hops and fairly strong lingering bitterness. Medium body. Finishes crisp and dry with salty minerals. Less salty minerals and this would be a great pilsner.