3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light grain and malt aroma. Clear dark orange color with a medium white head. Sweet flavor with a light crisp bitterness in the finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle straight from the brewery. Fairly fresh I would assume because the hops are really bright and make the bitterness crisp. Well balanced. Very nice pilsner that is far from a fizzy macro.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Transparent gold in color with a fluffy thumb thick white head. Very nice plump malt fore. Nice and round with some citrus hints and an almost cream like finish that still remains properly bittered.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden with a decent head. Grassy aroma with light malts. Medium, biting mouth. Grassy flavor, light toasted malts, earth. Bitter finish. Not bad, but too grassy for me with little else.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy, pale yellow color with a large foamy head that had very good retention. Smells of grassy malt with a grapefruit background. The grassy and pine hop flavors come first followed by some fruity esters of banana with hints of peach. Mild sourness rounds out the beer with complimentary bitterness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
This is an excellent for watching NFL football Playoffs. The last Christmas beer for 2010. This one is good. Just the right balance of hops and malts. The pilsner poured a golden color with a samllish head that stayed with the beer. This medium body beer has enough hops for some bitterness. The finish is clean and smooth. This could be an everyday beer.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma: Faint hints of bread, with a slight undertone of hops, but nothing much.
Appearance: Clear, pale gold with a nice white head. Head retention minimal, though.
Taste: A very nice balance between a medium sweetness and a light bitterness, with a very minor hint of sourness.
Body: Light to medium body, with lively carbonation and a nice finish.
Overall: If I were hunting for a pilsner to pair with a meal or simply to enjoy while grilling, this would certainly be in my "go to" list. Not as crisp as some, but a very solid beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Location: Draft at Capital Ale House, 11/26/10
Aroma: The nose is yeasty and bready with a little noble hop presence
Appearance: This pour of this one is somewhat hazy and copper in color
Flavor: The taste is yeasty malts, spice, light honey, light hop bitterness
Palate: The body is fairly light, muddled, lacking crispness, and slightly metallic on the finish
Overall Impression:
I wasn’t particularly impressed by this one. It didn’t have that crisp pilsner feel that I look for from the best of this style. It also has the disadvantage of being enjoyed on the same evening as Legend Pilsner, which was quite good, and drinking this one left me longing for another Legend. Despite that, I have graded this beer on its own merits, and tried not to take into account any competition that might have made this one seem worse than it was.
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