Red Lodge Czech Mate Pilsner

Brewed by Red Lodge Ales
Style: Pilsener
Red Lodge, Montana USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Bottle, no BBD on bottle. Pours a medium clear golden with a scant white head. Aroma is grainy with lightly sulfurous undertones. Flavour is grainy and sweet with a light greenstick bitterness and some metal in the finish. I’m not sure whether a lack of freshness may be skewing things here, but I do not see how this beer could have won any awards. It wasn’t good.

I was reading the newest issue of Brew and the cover photo had me craving a light beer so I picked up a sixer of Czech on the way home. It’s a softly lit beer with a light head and hoppy accents. I’m not a huge pilsner fan so my opinion of the beer was already a bit skewed before even raising it to my lips. Still, what I find most notable about this beer is that it makes me thirsty FOR it. I’m not particularly attracted to the flavors but something about its body likely won’t allow it to reach a room temperature - I keep reaching out.

bottle... dark straw, medium clarity, light white head, forms mostly a ring, light lace... very grainy, lots of wet cereal, a bit of sweet note to it, finish is a little wet dog, not a big fan... tastes like cereal in water, bad skunk metallic finish, not very good

Pours a dark golden yellow color with a fizzy white head. Aromas of grains, grass, floral hops. Flavors of cheerios, with a nice hop finish.

Tap @ The Silver Dollar in Cody, WY. Poured a wispy blonde color with enough haze and a big white head. Light aroma of wheat and grass. Taste is malty with floral and grassey hop tones. A slight bready feel.

Tap @ The Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, MT
Pours a clear gold color, nice white head and nice lacing. The nose is biscuity with some husk, light alcohol and hops. The flavor is full bodied and malty. Lots of crisp hops. Clean, lacking the snappy hops in the tail but quite malty for a lager.

Draft at Foster & Logan’s in Red Lodge, MT on 7/17/07. Light gold pour under a quickly diminishing white head. Grainy with a light hops in the aroma. Tastes pretty malty, and there is a bit of stickiness on the palate. Lacks the clean bitterness of a good Pils, making me wonder if it was actually brewed with an ale yeast. Not a bad beer, but just no what I’m looking for in this style.

Sampled on draught at Sam’s Tap Room, next to the brewpub in Red Lodge, Montana. Pours a clear golden blonde brew with a thick white head that quickly dissolves to a white ring. Good sticky lacing on glass edge. Aroma of sweet light roasted malt, flowery hops with a hint of apple. Taste is lightly carbonated, light bodied with some flavors of apple bread, and a hint of herbal hops. Palate is light, crisp with a chalky texture. Finish is crisp, clean cut with a slight herbal aftertaste. A decent summer light beer.

On draught at Sam’s Tap Room adjacent to brewery. A seasonal that poured a gold color with visible carbonation. Medium-bodied, with a hoppy flavor balance and overall crispness. Not bad.

(draft) Crystal clear straw body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, apple/peach. Taste is medium sweet, herbal/grassy, apple, peach. Light-medium body, some crispness, light chalk.