Steam Whistle Pilsner

Brewed by Steam Whistle Brewing
Style: Premium Lager
Toronto, Canada

distinctive aroma of hay and straw which many find offputting. I’m on the fence. Pours bright golden color, drinkable but has a very strong aftertaste. Good if there’s not much else around.

341ml bottle poured into a Pilsner glass. Poured a clear yellow with a 1/2 head. Left a thin cap and little lacing. Looks pretty average. Aroma has a good balance of grain sweetness and hop bitterness. Like the aroma the taste is a good balance of sweet malts and bitter hops. Not an aggressive or strong flavour but certainly better then most macro Lagers/Pilsners. Good carbonation, light texture and crisp finish. I could drink only this for hours. (And I have.) This is one brew that can regularly be found in my fridge.

Let me begin by saying I am not a big pilsner fan. Steam Whistle is beautiful and crisp, whithout being painfully dry. A little rounder that most pilsners. Perfect picnic/ball game beer.

On tap at the Brewery in Toronto. The best description I can give is that is like a slightly more hoppy Rolling rock. Not bad at all, miles better than Budweiser, Miller or Coors. Better than Labatt Blue. Overly expensive though.

On tap at the brewery, bright honey gold color, with frothy white head, fresh cut hay and straw nose with a grainy, pale, plisner malt accent, and a floral hop spicy herbal aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a crisp, fresh cut hay, faint honeyed pale, pilsner malt character with a nice flowery hop citrusy, grassy, saaz hoppiness, leading towards a clean, floral hop dry hoppy finish.

Co-worker brought a 12 pack back from Ontario. Light bodied, fluffy head, grass, hay, and straw, with a bit of sweetness. Painted label returnable bottle, beer was bottled July 14th, and I thought the carrying case was pretty neat. Checked out the website and it said they only made one beer. Who would of thunk?

On Tap. Pours with little to no head. Clean start that gets crushed with a nasty aftertaste. Was not impressed by the strong aftertaste.

Draft a few times at Imperial Pub in Toronto. It’s a pretty simple beer, goes down easy and is quite refreshing. The scent and aftertaste are a bit offputting though...I could see someone taking a sip of this and never drinking it again. I do think it’s cool how the brewery is still operating right in downtown Toronto and all that though.