Live Oak Pilz

Brewed by Live Oak Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
Austin, Texas USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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16oz draft 4/14/10 (Opal Divine’s-Austin)-Pours a slight hazy golden. Aroma of malt and hops. Taste of hops, citrus, and dryness. This was a nice ligh bodied pilsner.

UPDATED: JAN 6, 2013 draft. filtered clear light gold wih a small white head and no retention. vitamin / chalk aroma and flavor layered on top of slightly-sweet pale malt with touches of burnt corn kernels. medium body, fuller than your typical American-made lager, but still too fizzy and rough as the carbonation explodes across the palate. medium german-like hop bitterness is lightly pungent and musty with distinct sulfur / egg shell notes. respectable but a bit too rough and chalky.

Grassy hop and cracker malt aromas. The first beer I tried on arrival in Austin. Usual yellow, perhaps a little darker than some pils. Maybe 35 BUs, but also too sweet for my taste. Refreshing enough, while heavier and drier than expected.

A huge thanks to my good buddy Curtis for sending me this growler. Shared with some hooligans last weekend. The beer is light orange, with 1/2" head and lasting retention. The aroma is really nice, bringing a healthy dose of pils malt. The flavor is malt forward, and lacks the Noble hop presence of a beer like Prima Pils. I actually prefer less of a hop presence / finish in a pilsener. The carbonation level is spot on. The growler packaging job was superb, and this was fresh tasting and full of zesty carbonation. The finish was quite dry, which I rather liked. Overall, a solid example of the style. I am very glad to have tried this, and I would certainly enjoy having it again. Serving type: growler Reviewed on: 05-27-2011

It was OK but not the best this brewery has to offer. It had a very faint aroma and a light golden color with medium head. It left good lacing. The taste had a very slight lemony presence. The hops bitterness comes later mixed with some sweet malt flavors. A good beer for a style I am not particularly drawn to. There is a slight malty aftertaste that lingers too long that reminds me of macro-beer.

Clear golden with a frothy white head. Aroma of pilsener malt, grass and citrus. Taste is crisp light malt and slight bitterness. Light bodied, crisp, and refreshing. This is really light, but really good considering that. Again Live Oak takes a pretty standard style and does it well.

Sampled at the Hay Merchant, Houston TX; April 2012,br> The beer arrives with a clear gold color. It is topped by a frothy, half-finger thick, pale off white colored head that leaves some faint lacing on the sides of my glass as I work my way through. The aroma is herbal, grassy, and has a touch citrus character to it. It is quite dry smelling, with a cracker like maltiness; this has a really nice malt expression to it though this is fairly light and I like the smooth, integrated hop character that is here as well.

As the beer first hits my palate, it is crisp, with a bite of hop bitterness, a lean pale malt character, and is overall quite cool and refreshing. The bitterness has an herbal edge to it, and is definitely a showcase for a clean, noble hop laden spiciness and herbal character. A cracker like malt / grain character lingers on the palate with the hop bitterness, the latter dominates finish just enough that you really want to take another sip.

This is quite easy drinking, before I know it the beer is gone; this is an awesome Pilsener that I would love to drink a lot of. It might even be better than HefeWeizen from the same brewery, though I would need to be in right mood to consume this beer (though I don’t see that of being much of an issue).

2/24/12. On tap during RBWG 2012. Light gold pour with a nice off-white head. Smooth, grainy pils aroma with grassiness and a touch of butter. Nice smooth flavor with plenty of hop kick for a pils. Not bad!

Mighty fine Czech Pils from one of my favorite breweries. Classically made and it shows. Clean and refreshing but still rich and full flavored. Sometimes a little bit corny.

Growler shared at the July Santa Cruz tasting. Pours clear light gold with a puffy white head. Pale malts and a light Saaz hoppiness in the nose. Flavor is fresh grains with a crackery finish and a substantial bitterness that lingers in the finish. Dry and refreshing.