Sly Fox Charles Bridge Pilsner

draft- pizza plant- buffalo- so delcous- saaz hop bite and bitterness are spot on- a real treat.

From the tap poured clear golden color with a fair amount of head. Nice malty hop flavor with a lingering finsh.

This is definitely one of the best pils I’ve ever had. From start to finish, this one has it all! The beer pours a beautiful and clear golden color with a generious white head. There isn’t much lacing left around the glass, though. The aroma is full of flowery hops, grains and a subtle touch of sweet malts. The body is incredibly smooth, clean and drinkable. The flavors are crisp and very well-balanced. The hop character in this pils is astounding, and there is the perfect amount of malt to provide a clean and balanced backbone. The finish is quite dry, hoppy and refreshing. This would be an outstanding beer to enjoy after working outdoors in the summer or out on the beach. This is one damn good pilsener!

Draught at Phoenixville BrewPub: Aroma of noble hops, Saaz, slight grains, and Pils malts. Poured golden in color with a medium-sized, rocky, loose, off-white head that greatly diminished. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Small lacing. Flavor was lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of slight lemon, Saaz hops, Pils malts, and some grass. Light to medium body. Dry, mineral-like texture. Average carbonation. Bitter, Saaz-hop finish. A very nice Bohemian Pilsner. Better than the Pikeland Pills. I hope they bottle this one.

Tap at Rford. Pours a translucent golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of lemon, floral, doughy, grassy and spicy noble hops. Flavor of pine, cereal grains, noble hops, lots of hop bitterness, bready malt. Really solid, crisp pils.

GABF 2005. Bright lemony body with visible fine, pale particles and a clean, foamy white head. Aroma of lemon citrus, hay, and fresh wheaty grain. Big blast of fresh hops in the flavor with some light malt backing. No detectable diacetyl. I would be hard-pressed to distinguish it from the Pikeland Pils. Still, this is another good session pils from Sly Fox.

On tap at the Royersford location. Poured a medium golden color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of fresh cut grash with some malts. Tastes of grass, sweet malts with some light citrus. Grass was heavier in aroma than the tastes. Had a nice medium malty sweetness to it. The bartender gave me a sample of the Pikeland Pils to compare side by side. I found this one tastier and crisper than the Pikeland Pils.

I’ve never been to Prague but imagine this Bohemian Pilsner would be welcome in the pubs there. Hop aroma, fuzzy golden color with pillow head. This is a straight forward crisp pilsner with ample Czech flavor thanks to the Saaz hops.