Stoudts Pils

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Pretty 12 oz pour;carbonation runs nicely up the side of the glass for several minutes after pour. Unpleasant aroma; taste is bitter, grassy, hoppy, but not all that complex. Overrated ? Probably.

From a 12oz Bottle. Courtesy of CharlesDarwin. Mostly hazy, pale yellow colored body with a tall head of foamy white. Clean, bready malt aroma with a pleasant herbal hop note. Medium-light bodied, crisply carbonated mouthfeel with a soft texture. Flavors of bready malt up front, followed by a moderate hop bitterness that lingers into the finish. Herbal hop flavors, including an almost citrus rind-like bitterness linger in the final smack. Surprisingly hazy, but an otherwise excellent example of the style. Thanks, Tom!

cloudy gold poured with an effervescent head. scent is quite hoppy. starts off grassy and citrusy, ends rather bitter the warmer it gets. not bad, yup. its a pilsner.

12 ozer poured into a pilsener glass. Poured a bright yellow color with a huge bubbly head. Aroma was of grass and bread with a little floral hop hint. Flavor was dry and grassy. Light-medium body with excellent carbonation.

Poured up nice with a white head and light gold color. Slightly sticky mouth, medium lace, especially toward the bottom of the glass. Interesting taste; started off with a nice citrus, but then the bitter comes in, and stays around quite a long while. Not quite my style, I’m afraid.

Trade from Ross, thanks man! I’ve been waiting to taste this one ever since I read Matta’s encounter with the Czech dude who cracked one open in a grocery store. Anyway, let’s get to the beer. Pours out a beautiful clear yellow color with big frothy white head that fades quickly leaving nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is grassy and sharp, with notes of floral hops and light bread notes. Taste is grassy and citrus hops with a dry malt backbone. Carbonation is moderate and the finish is dry and clean. Overall, it’s good stuff, but I’ve been spoiled with fresh New Glarus Edel Pils.

My very first pilsner was, of course, Pilsner Urquell. It was at a bar in a hotel in Orlando where my bud Craig and I met up for dinner and a drink. I am third generation Czech; my dad’s dad moved to Vero Beach, FL and started our family business and we have been living here since. I have great pride in my roots and heritage and where I grew up and where I also came from so I was very excited to drink the original pilsner that started it all. Since then, I am always on the look-out for a good, traditionally inspired pilsner.
Stoudt’s Pils pours a beautiful golden grass, slightly cloudy, and with a good finger-sized head of fluffy foam. The head recedes into a thin layer of white on top with lacings on the sides as I drink. Grass, earth, and lemon in the nose. Grass and bitter lemon rind in the palate. The earthen grassiness fills the body while the bitter lemon bites at the top of my tongue, making you notice the different flavor profiles of this very exquisite German Style Pilsner. A nicely full, smooth body for a pilsner, the hop oils lightly coats my mouth while hints of floral mingle with the grassy palate. For a full body, Stoudt’s Pils has a bright, crisp, and clear presence which makes a very refreshing and easily quaffable impression. As she warms and the level in my glass diminishes (much to my delight and despair) the grass, floral presence, and oily bitter lemony hop presence melds into one perfectly balance palate of Pilsner perfection.
Overall, a very full, smooth, earthy grassy lemon hoppy pilsner from Stoudt’s that is to this date, probably the best pilsner I have drank. Granted, I haven’t tasted many yet, but Stoudt’s Pils is up there at the top of my beer bliss list.

Bottle from kmweaver. Thanks Ken! This is one of the styles that I am missing. I think this is also one of the highest rated German Pilseners. Classic Saaz hop aroma (unfortunately similar to skunked beer aroma)..and lots of it. High bitterness, which is actually pretty nice, almost a pale ale, except the color is a pale yellow. Small foamy small-bubble head with a heavy pour. Served very cold. Relatively easy to drink as to be hoped with low ABV. Oddly enough, I quite enjoy it, mostly because of the high drinkability. I don’t have to sip, and can drink the entire pint, which is usual for me lately. I bring all of my strong beers to tastings, because there’s no way I could finish them myself. I suppose you could call it dry, but I sense a small malty sweetness. Reminds me a bit of wheat beer.