3/30/2023 0 Comments Odyssey salty cracker![]() ![]() Craft Pilsner (Almanac Beer Co.): With its use of Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe hops, the aroma of this dry hopped West Coast version of a German Pils kicks up notes of grapefruit zest, citrus leaf, Tang, Sunny Delight, guava, and carnations with a hint of semi-sweet Pilsner malt and perhaps short bread hidden behind the hop-driven noise. The aroma is promising, but could do with a bit more Pilsner malt character in the flavor.ġ5. The beer is dry from start to finish, with impressions of dry playground grass in the husky, pithy aftertaste. Mineral water character comes through in the taste along with corn husk, salty bitterness and pith. Sure enough at least one taster picked up on the citrus rind (lemon pith) in the aroma other aromatics included light corn meal, Kix cereal, chalky mineral water, light unsalted saltine cracker, and Pilsner malt with a faint hint of alcohol. The brewery describes their Pils as a year-round porch beer with a crisp bitterness that balances gentle hop aromatics of citrus rind and fresh cut flowers. Pils Small Batch Pilsner (Uinta Brewing Company): Named after an oft mispronounced mountain range in Utah where the brewery originates, Uinta (you-in-tah) beers can be found in more than half of the states across the U.S. Although Pop Gun is generally within the style guidelines of a German Pils, the hoppy siren song of the West Coast was simply too much for Speakeasy to resist.ġ6. Flavor-wise, the malt character smacks of medium-sweet sugar cookie and dry hay which is easily overpowered by an almost perfume-like, resin-y hop bitterness which lingers well into the aftertaste of this medium-bodied Pils. Crack open the can and Pop Gun Pilsner pours a hazy lemon merengue pie filling color and pops with unexpected aromatics of lavender, pine resin, mild juniper, and unripe Asian pear. Pop Gun (Speakeasy Ales & Lagers): Award for the cleverest can design goes to Speakeasy for their custom black tab with those two painted-on cartoon eyes suspiciously peering around for the password to enter the blind tiger. Medium-full bodied and smooth, flavor impressions of this Pils include baked black sesame seed crackers, slight apple juice, low sweetness, and a medium spicy hop bitterness that develops into a pithiness that lingers into the corn-like aftertaste.ġ7. Aroma: aged pear, honey, citrus leaf, baby corn, straw, Kix cereal, mild piney hops, and light alcohol. Butte Creek Organic Pilsner (Butte Creek Brewing Company): Butte Creek focuses on producing organic beer, and incorporates the use of pale and Carapils malts, and Cascade and Sterling hops in their take on a totally organic and smooth German Pils. Piney hop cones burst through in the flavor, drenching the taste buds in pithy alpha acid bitterness, easily overpowering the hint of lightly sweet malt, leaving behind a bit of a grassy/tannic aftertaste in the mouth.ġ8. The initial aroma of this hazy deep gold Pils is a blast of piney hop pellets, biscuits, light pale malt, unsalted saltine cracker, lemon icing, with a hint of alcohol. Pilsner (Marble Brewery) : Marble’s Pilsner would make for a killer session IPL (it’s hop-tastic), but treads too heavy in the hop-zone for a traditional German Pils, despite being comprised of German ingredients. Flavor? Orange peel, pith, fermented tangerine juice, with an eventual malt character of unsalted saltine crackers, finishing with lightly bitter hop and pith element.ġ9. ![]() Maybe it was the batch, the kind of hops, or a freshness issue, but the aroma was unmistakably orange citrus as in orange marmalade, orange Pixy Stix, Sunny Delight, satsuma, mandarin orange Torani syrup and citrus pith (with a bit of Apple Jacks cereal for balance). To be clear, the tasting panel really enjoyed this brew, although it reminded folks more of a tart orange -flavored lager than a German Pils. Leavenworth Premium Lager (Fish Brewing Company): If this were a citrusy-Pilsener contest, Leavenworth Premium Lager would be a serious contender. ![]()
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