Sly Fox Pikeland Pilsner

Brewed by Sly Fox Brewhouse
Style: Pilsener
Royersford and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

12 oz. can via trade with jasonmech77 - Pours a slightly hazy straw color with a huge white head. Didn’t even pour the whole can into the glass. Light bubbly lacing. Has an earthy, soapy, and grassy hop aroma. Has a light sweet grain and hop flavor. Dry and light bodied. Not bad. Thanks Jason

Can. Light and a bit hazy. Massive white head that fills the glass. Sweet malt aroma with a bit of hop fruitiness. The flavor is a bold malt that is not heavy. For a pilsner, there’s a lot of character.

Very pale straw colour with a bit of haze and a huge creamy white head. Aroma is quite earthy and dusty. Crisp German noble hop aroma over a slightly husky malt base. Crisp throughout with a prominent sulfurous character. Very lean body. Short crisp hop finish. Warming brings forth a bit of earthy, noble hop flavour. Bone dry in the finish. There’s a bit of mustiness that I don’t really care for in here, but otherwise very refreshing.

GBof A PA-on tap-pours a white head and hazy straw color. Aroma is citrus, sweet, grassy. Taste is grassy, musty, light hops bitterness. OK/mild carbonation.

I’ve had this before, not nowhere near as fresh as I just had it, so this one is a definite rerate- Clear blonde in color with moderate to heavy carbonation and a long lasting medium head with nice sticky lacing. Aroma is full of noble hops and some light bready malts in the background- clean and inviting. Taste is a nice fresh bready pils malt backbone with alot of earthy noble,and lightly spicy hops. Medium bodied for the style, with a crisp, dry finish- pretty much flawless.

Can from Jeff (doclock) Thanks! Pretty neat looking design on the can. I havent heard anything about this beer, but I do know that alot of the brewers now are sticking beers in cans, and that is really cool. This is a niec one, I could drink multiples of it, with ease. Smell is grassy, straw, and some hops. Taste is smooth and refreshing and slightly bitter. Reminds me of a weakened prima pils. Still, this is some good stuff. Thanks for the can Jeff.

From a can, and a cool can at that. The NJ crew had been recommending this one for a while. I finally bought one of these at the Foodery in Philly. Pours straw golden, with lots of carbonation and a soft white head. Mild lacing. Very pronounced aroma of spicy hops, lemon, and grass. Flavor of european pale malts, grain, with hints of lemon. Crisp and spicy bitter finish, that has some dry grassiness that lingers. A pretty hoppy pils, perhaps overdone. Good, but not as good as Victory Prima Pils.

I’m surprised this is so well rated by everyone on the site. so maybe the batch I had at the beerfest was tainted. def. worth a try yourself and I’ll probably give it another go another time. served at the NYC Brewtopiafest and inspired a very goofy scary picture of a fanged fox in the woods. my friends did not like this very much. when I discussed with them how I would rate it overall out of 20 my friend Wendy said it smelled and tasted like armpits and therefore I should rate it "armpits out of 20". I don’t know about the armpits, but I agree this is not a great beer. my only guess is that it is really yeasty and to an inexperienced beer drinker, this may come off smelling and tasting unpleasantly and "off". other than the yeast this pours a thin, grimy straw yellow body with a minimal white head. not carbonated enough. too watered down of a palate. aroma is sweet, light hops and grain. tastes of light, citrus hops, bready yeast, grain, pine and lemon. I think we’ll say the yeast flavors are not well balanced and leave it at that.