3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of the Syles and Philip. Pours translucent yellow, giving way to a one inch froth. Lots of spider-web lace here floks. Garden floral aroma pairs up well with the sazzalicious infusion in my nose. Bready notes follow, with honey and pepper. These notes are all subtle, and mingle well together. Fresh hops flavour with mild bitterness is welcome. Flavours also consist of bready, malted out sweetness and a touch of peppery grassy to finish. Crisp and refreshing. Nice summer beer!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 27, 2007 Clear golden bronze, large white head with decent lacing and retention. Aroma is a boatload of grassy/spicy hops with fresh bread. It’s big for a pilsner, but stays within the limits of the style. I don’t think I’d change anything... if it lacks anything it’s a ’wow factor.’
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear, magnifying neon gold with an icy sheet for the head and sticky, cascading lace. Aroma is a sinus elixir, laden with hearty sourdough, grass stains, hops, lemon rind scrapings and pine fresheners. Crisp, yeasty flavor. Flakey biscuits with a honeyed / carnation / floral hop profile. Lemons never sear, they sweeten like the top crust of fresh French bread. Chafing, drying palate presence but consciously smooth and balanced. Finish is musky, husky and lemon herbed sourdough. Ranks right up there with the style’s best.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 fl. oz. bottle from BOTW (Rochester), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. SE04/08.
App.: Golden, clear, decent white head.
Aroma: Fruity, biscuits, bread crust, slightly soapy, some green and pepper hops, an odd aroma that I can’t describe and don’t like...
Palate: Medium+ body, fairly soft carbonation, smooth.
Flav.: Lightly fruity, much more hops – grassy, peppery, and still soapy, may be some light tropical fruit esters; dry with fair bitterness.
Nicht prima, aber gut.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Wife picked up this one while in CA. 10 karat pour that had ample carbonation and a 1/2 inch ivory head. Lots of spice, hops, and skunk throughout the sampling. Medium mouthfeel, if not a bit prickly.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 15, 2007 pours pale golden with a large white fluffy head, the aroma was bready and not very appealing mostly yeast and malts, taste was weak and smooth with some hops present adding a little bite, good pilsner.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Color is golden with a decent head. Aroma and Flavors are pleasantly hoppy with slight citrus notes. A very solid pilsner.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Light hazy yellow body with a quickly vanishing foamy head. Green apple notes in the nose along with clean citrusy hops. Green apple is present on the tastebuds, with a finish that is all hops. The sweet malts that do come through as it warms are fresh and sweeet, but overwhelmed and hidden by the big hops. Very good pils.
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