t IJ Plzen

Brewed by Brouwerij ’t IJ
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a spicy yeasty malty aroma with some weak grassy hints. Smooth malty yeasty bitter flavor. Has a spicy yeasty malty hoppy finish.

25th May 2008. A sour blond beer. Bitterish caraway malt and a very dry finish. Not as bad as it sounds!

Had this on tap at the brewpub, Amsterdam, 27th Oct 2009 Pours crystal clear gold with a white head, thats also clingy and filmy. Nice aroma, though I can’t quite pinpoint it, butb there is a good tang from the pilsner malts and hops. A pilsner that I really like. A7 A5 F7 P4 Ov14 3.7

[9/10/08] Bottle at a friends’ house in Amsterdam. Aroma of green apples, hops, citrus, yeast, brett, a bit of hay notes - seems like it’s quite infected but not in such a bad way. Flavor starts with a bit of sweet malt, but very quickly turns sour-bitter with strong noble hops, citrus, grass, fruits and some infection sourness. Light-bodied. Still decent even though heading towards a train wreck. Not very Pils-like anyway.

Bottle. Think this bottle was off. Lots of carbonation makes 90% of the content disappear in the sink. The rest is murky orange with black floaties. Strong acidic nose. Flavour is dry citrus, terrible.Must try some other time

Draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy, glowing, golden orange hue with a thin head of white foam. Broken bands of lacing circle the glass in a jagged fashion. The nose sports a clean grain malt base, with a subtle, floral hop note and hints of orange peel and lemon. There’s a faint whiff of that signature ’t IJ yeast, which borders on lightly musty. Flavors follow suit, with pithy, lemony bitterness showing over a lightly sweet, clean grain billing. It drinks easy, with a relatively light, quaffable body and soft carbonation. Though it’s largely forgettable, it remains a solid session brew.

21/08/2009. Beerstore.co.nz. Hazy gold with a big rocky white "Belgian" head. Peppery herbal hops and quite yeasty on the nose. Malty but very dry, pithy and hugely bitter (hop and yeast contribute). Reminded me a lot of Moa Original from here in NZ but with a bit more of everything (perhaps a shade less refinement). Probably like Plzen would have been 200 years ago. Unique and excellent.

330 ml bottle. From the Netherlands. Pale hazy yellow/golden colour with amazingly huge white frothy head. Quite not Pils-like aroma of citrus, yeast, clove and spices. Aroma is more Witbier-like. Bitter hoppy flavour with fruits (grapefruit/citrus) and spices. Not very Pils-like hoppiness, more like APA. Quite strange but interesting brew.