3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma is hoppy with grass and pepper. Taste is hoppier than expected, almost like an ipa. Pepper in the finish with more grass. Overall nice.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at the brewery - pours clear straw with a white head nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is faint more piney if anything. Taste is bitter, but without the other elements of the hops that you would expect. Solid, but a bit too bitter for me.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at taproom. Pours golden with a thin white head that leaves some lacing. Not a lot on the nose. A bit of floral hop flavor on the tongue but it’s overpowered by the bitterness on the finish. Could use some rebalancing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Appearance: clear dark yellow with one finger of bright, foamy white head. Aroma: floral and grassy, with a nice peppery bite. Taste: grass, hay, and floral hops dominate, with a subtle crackery malt backbone. Finish: crisp, dry, and more bitter than I expected. Notes: Very hoppy for a pilsner, with a nice palate. I would have liked a tad more malt to support that hops bill, but this was still pretty darn good. On tap at the brewery.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draft. Pours light hay. Big flowery aroma. Taste is a bit too floral without enough of a malt backbone. Not great be a but certainly not terrible. Could use a bit more of a hop bite.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
My rating is based on tasting a limited release unfiltered version on tap in July 2012.
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3.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very crisp start with medium body for a Pilsner. Nice hoppiness with a lingering bitter and mellow aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted at Brew at the Zoo 2012. Nice sweet taste, some hop. Very solid for the style.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Clear medium yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, pale malt, fruity, moderate hoppy, exotic fruit, leather - grass notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120529]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Smith Commons, DC tap ($6.50): Pours a slightly cloudy golden color. Aroma is grass, grain, and hops. Taste is very hop forward. There is a good amount of bitterness throughout. Definitely has that slightly skunky Pilsner Urquell element going for it. Excellent body. Virtually every aspect of this beer was pulled off with precision and grace. Excellent.
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