Live Oak Pilz

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

UPDATED: MAY 27, 2006 Re-rate. My first perfect 5. Just can’t help it. IMO, this is the perfect pilsener. A little flowery, little spicy peppery, little hoppy flavors. Good crispness. Perfect body. Maybe even a tad creamy as it warms up? Can’t find a sinlge thing wrong with this excellent brew.

This is one of the best Pilseners I’ve had. Quite hoppy for a pilsener. Finishes smooth. The perfect warm weather beer.

Actually got to have one at a dinner/beer paring with Michael Jackson. While there are oh so few decent beers to come out of Texas, Live Oak is a fantastic exception. This is a classic, Czech style pils. Nice bittering with body to back it up. A constant session beer and since it is draught only - for now- I feel lucky that there aer a few restaurants smart enough to serve it as well.

I am probably the captain of hyperbole but i love this brew. Yes I am from Austin and yes I love Live Oak but this beer...come on. Tastes like a bunch of czech’s made it. Better than the so called bohemian beer giant Pilsner Urquell...or so I think. The beer is a beautiful golden hue. A large frothy white head that dissipates slowly. Beer smells of saaz hops, but not as intensely bitter in the nose as Urquell more like a nice trip to your local botanical gardens in spring. The beer tastes incredibly subtle. :ingering afterbittermess like most good pilz but not like a karate kick to the mouth. INcredibly balanced with the malt so much so that the beer tastes like it were a unified army of goodness in my mouth. This beer seems yeasty to me. Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about but it just has that full apply fruitiness that all boldly yeasty examples retain. If you come to Austin on a hot summer day try this baby. It will give you a beer B. G-rat

Disclaimer - I’ve only had this beer once and it was after I survived 1+ hours trying to give Rahr’s beers a fair taste at their Saturday tasting (read mad house with free beer) recently (March 2008). I happened upon the Gingerman in Fort Worth and after trying about 5 tastes of nothing special, I LOCKED onto Live Oak Pilsener! Whow what a treat! It was my life ring in a day of swarming beer sloshers at Rahr. This beer is a true Bohemian Pilz. Arguably my favorite pilsener of all time behind Tony Gomes’ Saxer Pilsener. I brought in my own pilsener glass and after about the 4th try the bartender poured it in the proper way. Slam it to the bottom from maximum height. Let it sit for 4 or 5 minutes and then nurse more gently down the side. A rocky snow cone head formed and rose about 1.5 inches above the rim. The color is golden (didn’t pay that much attention) but was opalescent as I remember Saxer’s legendary product. The taste was clean and refreshing but the aftertaste is the grabber. It didn’t lock my jaws as Tony’s did but it dig grab me mid pallet and LINGERED! That’s what I look for in a Pils and Live Oak delivered! Could it be that this sensation requires a decoction mash, or maybe a double? I’ve been searching high and low lo 10+ years to find a replacement for my favorite, and now defunct, Pils and I’ve found a worthy substitute. And, in all places, Texas! I’d written off anything brewed in Tejas until I had this beer. Here’s to hoping my second encounter will equal the first! Truly a World Class Pilsener! Bob SNOB from Washington / Portland

tapped up at UFO ATX .. .. Light grain and slight fresh hop aroma .. . pours a dark copper... . perfect bitterness .. . would sell well in bottles .. . very clean, and tasty .. . a nice representation of the style .. .

On draught. This beer is delicious. It has a nice hoppy aroma and a delicious, clean lager flavor. You just can’t beat this delicious Czech-style lager if you are fond of the style. Thank goodness we can find this beer at so many bars and restaurants in Austin. It’s a staple. Great beer.

Tap. Nose of spicey hops and malt. Earthy and slightly caramelized butter. Clear golden straw color with nice head and lacing. Tastes earthy, buttery,. and bitter but has some malt balance. Nice dry finish. I can drink it all day.