Northwoods Prickly Pike Pilsner

Date: 09/08/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

hazy gold, wispy white head, streaks of drippy lace, light sweet butter aroma, tart malt flavor, lactic lemon character,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.6/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: */4

Bottle from brewpub: Transparent pale golden with a thin wispy white head. Aroma of slightly sour, pale grainy malt. Body is thin and watery and hardly has any flavor whatsoever, apart from a faint tartness. WTF is wrong with this place?

Bottle thanks to Skyview. Poured bright golden, almost clear save for some very fine sediment.. about as much head on there as apple juice (about zero). Aroma was sickly sweet with honeycomb, corn, and fructose-infused caramels.. no hop presence in the nose.. what the hell is this? Flavor found bunches of honey and corn sweetness at the base with very mild grassy and herbal bitterness.. left some ugly vegetal and cardboard notes at the finish.. not good. Light-bodied and scathing on the palate.. the "prickly" comes through in higher carbonation that pops on all the taste buds, spreading out the nasty flavors... dries out the back of the mouth with the finish. Gross.

Oh.. and this was typed before reading very similar remarks below.

Bottle. Pours a medium gold with a thin whoet head. Aroma is interesting. Malts, corn, nuts, grassy. Flavor is bitter corn, malts, citrus and light wheats. Pretty average.

On tap at both Chetek and Eau Claire brewpub locations, but brewed only at the Eau Clarie locale. Pours a light orange golden yellow brew with a thick white head that diminishes quick and leaves a spotty lacing. Aroma of corn malt, some sour apples, and some powdered sugar. Taste is highly carbonated, light bodied, some citrus peel with a dry orange finish. NIce orange/hops bitterness.