Moat Mountain Czech Pilsner

Brewed by Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co.
Style: Czech Pilsner/Světlý
North Conway, New Hampshire USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Tasted at brew pub in Portland, Maine golden but not too clear with cream head. Taste was good but had a off flavor I could not pinpoint, maybe salty or something. good on palate, overall drinkable but there were too many other good beers to choose over for seconds.

On tap at the brewpub. The color is a sort of olive-yellow with a thin, fizzy white head. There was not a whole lot on the nose other than grains and a slightly hop note. The body was light to medium and creamy. The taste had a typical grainy freshness with a short but fair hop ending and low bitterness. It went quite well with the bison quesadilla I enjoyed.

Draught at portland Waterfront. Golden pour. Grassy malty. A bit too sweet imo. Ok but not going back for more

On tap at the source 8/25/2012. Comes to the table a light golden straw color without much of a head by the time the waitress sets the glass down. Smells of floral and spicy hops with a fair amount of bready pilsner malt to back it up. There’s a hint of lemony tartness that while faint just seems out of place in the aroma. The flavor is bready and sweet pilsner malt that gets blasted with spicy hops. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet spicy mouthfeel. Nice pilsner not the best I’ve ever had but definitely quaffable.

Grabbed a growler of this from the brewpub after hitting the 7 beer sampler with my lunch. a 83˚ March afternoon helped this beer stand out from the group. Crisp clean pour with nice bottom rising bubble even on day two out of the growler. A good amount of hop bitterness rounded out with nice malty flavors put this beer right up there with locally brewed pilsners in New England. Nothing to out of this world but a pleasant drinker for sure.

Draft at the brewpub. Fairly slight aroma (even after letting it warm a bit), just a quick dose of grassy, herbal hop and faintly sweet malt. Clear medium golden color, head is extremely slight. Flavor profile is similarly mellow, with grassy hop flavor, lightly honeyish, crackery, sweetish malts and a very light bitterness appearing at the finish. Very fine effervescence on the palate, a tad watery, body is light-medium. Rather easy-going rendering of the style.

Spicy saaz aroma, very strong. Very sharp noble hop taste, light pils malt. Earthy. Over hopped a bit, perhaps. Overpowering aftertaste of saaz. Crisp.

Included as part of a sampler. I find Moat offerings to be just average but I seem to keep coming back for more. Another visit, another sampler. Still so so but fresh beer is always good so I’m sure I’ll be back again.

Golden blonde body topped by a small white head The moderately hoppy Saaz and some other hops. It kind of tastes like an old stale basement. Not funky or moldy just musty air. Finish is grassy, a little dry, slightly bitter. In general I don’t think most Pilsners have much to offer. It would be a good session beer for someone who likes Pilsner.

Pours a slightly hazed gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Bread and saaz aromas. Crisp with upfront sweet honey and caramel turning to a slightly sour roasted saaz finish.