Sweetwater Tavern Yellow Devil Pilsner

Brewed by Sweetwater Tavern (Great American Restaurants)
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Falls Church, Virginia USA

Draft, Merrifield location. Pours a clear, pale golden color; bright white head with solid retention and fine-bubbled lacing; a gorgeous pour. Solid amounts of dry mineral bitterness in the aroma; yellow fruits, very nicely dry. Medium mouthfeel: tons of soft mineral and citrus bitterness; chewy yellow fruits and toasty malts; very creamy on the palate, while maintaining its dryness overall; very accomplished, surprisingly good pilsner. Lengthy finish: dry bitterness, mineral hops, and toasty malts; clean, crisp ending to a tasty beer.

Draft @ Merrifield. Clear striking yellow with a firm ½ inch white head. Hugely grassy, hoppy, dry, IPA-ish hop usage in the nose, but with such an amazingly clean, yeasty, delicate funk as well. Again, IPA-level bitterness, with dried hop cones, dried weed, dried grass clippings, along with a huge yeast character – pillowy, starchy, dry, musky bread and fluffy whipped cream. An amazingly delicious and clean beer, one of the best overly hoppy pils I’ve had.

Growler from the Merrifield, VA location. Pours a hazy straw color with a bleached head of white. Busy carbonation. The aroma is refreshing in and of itself with a pleasing lemon and grain scent. Flavors cut straight to the quick and negate and thirst you may have had; quenching and refreshing. Grainy and a subtle grassiness. Aftertaste reminds you of the healthier pils you just imbibed; this is not weak. My compatriot questioend my desire to try this one, but I’m glad I did. I enjoyed it.

Merrifield location. Cloudy golden/yellow color. Aroma is sweet with a bit of grass. Frankly this is one of the better pilsners I’ve had in a long time (I’m not a huge fan and they usually leave a dry, unpleasant grass taste in my mouth). Perhaps it’s because it might not have been a "true to the bone" pilsner. I liked it.

on tap at the sterling location. cloudy golden orangey color, thin very light tan head. aroma is a bit grassy and refined sugar malt. flavor is bitter and a little earthy, doesn’t really taste like a pils yet. some refined sugar malt appears, but faint. light bitter and grassy aftertaste.

Crystal clear straw body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, grassy, some lemon, bread. Taste is medium sweet, grassy, some lemon, light bread. Medium bitterness that leaves a nice hoppy aftertaste. Clean light body with some crispness that is quite easy drinking. Paired well with the BBQ Pork sandwich.

decent german style pilsner... you expect the bad beer aftertaste, but it leaves you with a quick clean finish. if the macro’s could make this, i would be able to drink cheap beer again....

A nice pilsener. Very light grassy aromas. Pale golden colr with a small white head. Saaz flavors dominate. Lively carbonation with a medium light body. Nice lingering metallicish aftertaste.