Redhook Pilsner

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Woodinville, Washington USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Loved this beer. Never thought I would like a pilsner but now want to try some from smaller brewers.

Typical golden yellow lager, with a nice bubbly white head. Aroma isnt too hot..lot of paper and biscuit. Taste however is very nice, slightly fruity,malt driven, slight hop..gets a little drier and even salty at the end. Nice mouthfeel.. have to give it high marks..good balance dry at the end leads to another gulp easily. Overall not a great pilsner but a very drinkable and enjoyable beer after work on the first mid to upper 70 degree day of the year. i actually thought it a lighter helles rather than a pilsner.

Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma of grass and spice. Taste is lightly sweet slightly caramel malt with a medium bitter spicy hop finish. Surprisingly decent.

Pours a hazy golden yellow with a nice creamy white fine-bubbled head. Aroma is fruity, malty and slightly yeasty. Lively flavor is malty and yeasty with hints of pear and cloves. Texture is smooth, fizzy and tingly.

12 oz. bottle from the QFC in Wallingford. This carries a fluffy head, and a golden colored body. The is decent, but this doesn’t look special in any way. Aroma of skunk, lightly sweet honey, grain, and a subtle lemon aroma to top it all off. It’s fairly nuanced, and not exceedingly pungent, but pungent enough. Wow, it has a nice subtle skunk, grain, honey, sugar, and lemon flavor to it. It’s, surprisingly, easy to drink. It has a decent texture, but nothing exceptional. It’s very straight-forward. No complaints, other than an off malt flavor that I’m getting. This is pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 5/8/2010 Total Score: 3.2
12 oz. bottle from the local Publix. Transparent gold appearance. The head faded away rather quickly. It is quite aromatic I must say. Light honey with that great pilsener malt aroma that is just wonderful. Also, I can’t be too sure if it the same hops that Urquell uses, but I am getting that hop (saaz) aroma. Thank God I don’t get that grassy astringent bullshit aroma, as some of the cheaper pilsners tend to produce. A slight grassy bitterness in the flavor, but that sweet honey-ish flavor kicks in. Slightly silky texture, and quite easy to drink. Not bad at all, and quite refreshing after a hard days work.

1/5/10 On draft at the Woodinville brewery. Aroma is a fairly even blend of saaz hop flora and pils sourness with a caramel background. Appearance is clear yellow with a medium maintained white head. Flavor has true sweetness, light caramel, and fresh, rather than the classic earth/metallic noble bittering. Mouthfeel is light bodied with a sprtitzy but light carb texture and faint earthy finish. Overall, a very easy drinking non-Americanized Bohemian pils that brings out hop freshness rarely seen.

Bottle. Clear dark yellow pour, almost no head and a slightly sweet pear aroma. Flavor is light hay, white grapes, pear and slightly sweet on the aftertaste. Not bad.

(12oz bottle thanks to mar) clear golden yellow with excellent lacing. Nose of florals, yeast, hibiscus. Taste of florals, celery, hibiscus, spices with a nice oily, dry finish.

Redhook Pilsner has a very thin, white head and a somewhat hazy, yellow appearance with some streaming bubbles and essentially no lacing. Aroma is simple- a bit of lemon, cracker, and a dash of hops; taste is basically the same. Mouthfeel is light and watery, and Redhook Pilsner finishes crisp, clean, refreshing, and mostly dry. Overall, this is a very easy-going beer, and it’s good. RTJ

Mild bready aroma. Bright yellow with a touch of amber with a faint haze. Distinct Czech hops that grab you at first but soon mellows. feels zesty and yet finishes on the creamy side. Mild sourness but does finish clean for the most part. Very drinkable and not heavy feeling.