Pilsner
Sawmill Brewing Company (NZ) in Matakana, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.67
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The people's favourite - clean, crisp and hoppy with a pleasing bitterness.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
(Can) Pours clear golden with good white head. Nice aroma - citrus with herbal hints. Medium body with plenty of fine bright carbonation. Taste is a nice balance and evolution from som crisp citrus notes to herbal hoppy bitterness in the finish. Dry nice.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2025
at 09:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer52, this one contract brewed at Fourpure. Clear gold with thin white head. Aroma of grains, cereal, hint of citrus and earthy grass. Taste of grain with lemon, lime and gooseberry, some resin with a slight syrup like consistency to it. Medium bodied, semi-drying, moderate bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Hazed golden and a fine head. Ok intensity in the aroma. Moderate sweetness and a balanced bitterness. Fine carbonation level. Malty, bready , pleasant citricand herbal flavor. [Can from Magne] Brewery #2697
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2024
at 15:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
straw with white head A - melon, light citrus, bread F - stone fruit, dry white wine reasonable bitterness Its not like any lager I've had before, its a lager with character, its good. Sawmill - New Zealand Pilsner
Tried
on 10 Aug 2024
at 18:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[33cl can from Beer52 as “Sawmill New Zealand Pilsner”, contract brewed by Fourpure.] A straw coloured pour with a fast fading white head; grainy aroma with some berry fruit; crisp fruity taste with a grainy body; and a fresh finish with a light herbal bitterness. An excellent pilsner.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 31 Jul 2024
at 14:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pale gold with an inch of frothy white head. Aroma of guava, grass and gooseberry with some crackers behind. Light and just a little thin on the palate with fruity Kiwi hops coming through in a finish that's quite dry but only moderately bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2018
at 11:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours pale. Slick body. Reasonably crisp. Dry grassiness, peach, lemon, nutty malts. Pretty dull.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2017
at 23:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Brothers courtesy of Nick, thanks! Clear pale yellow color, white head. Aroma of white pepper and straw. Taste us reasonably clean and crisp.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2013
at 04:40