Pau Hana Pilsner

Brew'd, Honolulu tap: pours gold with a white head. Aroma is lightly grassy and bready. Taste is sweet, low bitterness. Pretty crisp and smooth.

4-28-19 Paia Fish Market, Lahaina, Maui

12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/4/2018. Pours slightly cloudy/hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of steaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, wood, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of earthy hops and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, wood, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, wood, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal yeasty notes present. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a delicious Czech pilsner. All around nice robustness and balance of earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, not aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Perfectly balanced clean pils malts and earthy Saaz hops; no residual sweetness from crisp dryness. A very enjoyable, impressive, and spot on style example.

355ml can into shaker. Thanks to bitterlady. Pours a hazy amber with light carbonation and a fine crown of white foam on top. Nose is malty with some spicy background grain. Very clean and crisp with a good body. Finish is dry and grainy with touches of fruit and pepper. Very nice pils, perhaps a little too sweet.

very pale golden color. Sweetish malty nose with good grassy hoppiness. A bit too citrusy , but good bitterness, a bit sour. Kinda strange after taste. Not a bad beer, but not really my cup of tea either

Draft. Grass/fresh hay and barley malt aroma. Pale yellow with large head. Mildly sweet grainy barley malt and lightly bitter hay flavor. Nice balance. Solid.

Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours translucent gold with a white head. Aroma of mild fruit and citrus. Med body, nearly. Flavor is lightly bready with tropical fruit and citrus. Quite tasty More fruit and hop than many pils. Very drinkable.

Draft. Clear bright golden color, medium white head. Aroma of subtle fruit, fresh hay, white pepper. Taste is peppery straw. Clean and crisp and decent enough.

Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy blond color. Strong grass and cereals flavor, but also some fusels, like the result of high gravity brewing.
Not interesting.

Draft - Light grains. Pale gold with a small head. Light grains and dry finish. Clean and decent.