’t IJ Plzen

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

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a pale yellow with a medium white head and a smell of cinnamon and malt. Taste is hoppy, a bit more than your ordinary pilsener, but also has some citrus, apple, caramel, spice and yeast. A rather short finish, but not bad at all for a pilsener

Yellow color, creamy head. Aroma: Malt, floral hops. Palate: Malt, little sweet, good bitter balance.

Resin and pine bouquet. Flavor is good but enters too slow and leaves too fast. Rather thin body. An ok pilsner but not exceptional.

On tap at the brewery. straw gold. hops and fruit in the nose. lots of citrus hop flavor in the finish, nice clean malt up front. great pils.

Draught at the brewery. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty moderate hopy aroma. Nice citrus-notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. OPily palate. Realy nice pilsener.

Draught at the brewpub.
Pale yellow coloured, medium sized white head, mild sourish nose. Very bitter flowery hop taste which is very similar to cumin. Strong bitter finish. I asked for large glass (0.5l), but I got small one(0.25l), which, in the end, was more than enough. The oddish (should I say, the worst) t IJ beer.

Bottle @ Beer Circus, Croydon. Pours pale yellow, white foamy head. Coriander / spice / fruit in the aroma. Taste is peppery / hoppy / some banana. Finish is bitter, but a decent drink.

Date: 09/02/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear pale yellow, frothy white head, nice bits of lace, skunky floral hop aroma, creamy body, sharp hop flavor, nice bitterness

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4