4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAY 1, 2003 Certainly one of the hoppiest Pilsners you're likely to run across. In the mold of the best, dryest, bitter German Pilsners, this is premium, top shelf lager, gentlemen. Deserves its reputation.
Note to California raters: after about 10 'second' chances, I officially declare Beverages and More utterly incompetent in the matter of storing beer. Nearly all the beers I buy there have a peculiar melonish infection that completely ruins the flavor. They'll let you trade it for another six, but why bother - that one will be infected too! Use them for their terrific liquor selection, but find a new purveyor of beer. That is all.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I must say I enjoyed this brew. Highly carbonated, full head, excellent hoppy flavor. Though Pilseners are generally the last beer I’d try at a brewpub, this one scores points with me.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Yellow fizzy beer in the kindest sense of the term. Wonderful hoppy, malty aroma. Huge frothy white head that lasts ’til the last drop. Quite bitter, crisp, clean, spicy, malty, hoppy flavor. Medium body. As first, I thought this was overhopped but by the bottom of the glass, the strong hop bitterness, flavor, and aroma had grown on me. This is a damn fine beer.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This is everything I want in a pilsener, golden color, spicy hop aroma, robust bitterness and good finish. Makes me pine for the time I’ve spent in the Czech Republic, beers in the store for 10-15 cents a bottle and 50 cents in the bar. Oh well, I’d fork out the cash for this beer any day. Pity it isn’t distruibuted in Iowa.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Golden coloured. Dry, crisp, well hopped, bitter. Very nice pilsener!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A very well crafted pilsener. I really enjoyed the fresh tasting hop notes, and the beautiful golden color and rocky head.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
The number of wines I have sampled is greater than the number of beers reviewed by the three most prolific raters on this site combined. I’m fairly new to beer, but I know what to look for in an alcoholic beverage. The first beer I recommend to friends is the Prima Pils. Even the staunchest Bud/Corona/Phlegm fan can instantly recognize that this is a quality brew that goes far beyond what one expects of a Pilsner, yet it is not an oddball brew. With decent body and a head that can only be described as ridiculous, this can easily fill the bill for one’s standard brew. Victory may well be America’s best overall brewery.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This beer is often over shadowed by Victory’s flagship Hop Devil, but Prima has always been one of Victory’s most impressive beers, and one of its originals. This beer is a German Pils by style, and it is an outstanding domestic example with lots of great noble hop aroma, and bitterness, with excellent pilsner malt flavor. This beer pours to a beautiful, bright yellow color, with a thick and creamy, bright white head, and a lively carbonation. The nose on this beer is excellent with fragrant herbal/grassy hop aroma. The palate is firm with crisp pilsner malt flavor, on a clean and smooth body. Prima ends with great pilsner malt flavor up front, then ends with pungent, zesty, herbal hop bitterness that lingers. A natural with German fare, and fish dishes, this one would also match well with Chinese or Thai. Great beer from a great brewery.
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