STS Pils
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Rotating|
Score
7.30
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“STS” is the 3-letter code for our local Sonoma County airport, the Charles M. Schulz Airport. STS Pils is a classic German-style pilsner but with a Russian River twist because we dry hop this beer with a small amount of European hops. It is straw in color and will often have a slight haze due to the fact that there is a small amount of yeast left in the beer. This beer is hop-forward with a firm malt foundation, strong lager yeast characteristic, and a dry, bitter finish.
A truly great Pilsner is a difficult beer to perfect, as its light crisp flavor profile leaves little room for error. Modern brewing techniques (such as open-top fermentation) and old-world traditions create the distinct qualities in STS Pils.
A truly great Pilsner is a difficult beer to perfect, as its light crisp flavor profile leaves little room for error. Modern brewing techniques (such as open-top fermentation) and old-world traditions create the distinct qualities in STS Pils.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 oz, BA Lager Fest in Cyberspace. Pours lightly hazy golden with a two finger cream pillowy head with excellent retention. Aroma is grassy, herbal, lightly bready. Taste has a moderate herbal hop bitterness backed by light bready malt sweetness, finishing lightly dry. Everything I love about hoppy pilsners, right here. Just about perfect.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2021
at 01:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
An from my lager fest box. Clear and gold and pillowy head. Nose is grass and water crackers. Tastes of grass, lemon, biscuits, light pepper. Crisp palate.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2021
at 03:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From a half liter bottle. Pours a clear gold with a big billowing white head. Aromas of crackers and lemon. Flavors are lightly sweet pale malts. Very subtle and yummy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2021
at 00:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden with a white head - Hoppy aroma with some citrus - Malt body with a good citrus hop flavour that has some bitterness - The hop with a citrus flavour goes into the finish with nice bitterness - This was good
Tried
on 06 Oct 2020
at 18:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Apex, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out fresh hay, straw, biscuity malt, and a little grass. Flavour is crisp, with hay, straw, and crisp crackery malt. Nice grassy hop character, with a bone dry, crisp finish. Really nice pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2020
at 07:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Perfectly clear and crisp golden body with the slightest dash of a haze, along with a relatively large and noticeable three to four centimetre tall, pure white head that stays afloat for a long time. Aroma of crisp grass, pine, light malts with some grain and a dash of hay towards the end. Light-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal flavours dominate with a lot of dry malts and some subtle hops along with a touch of sweetness and a clean, very easy-drinking yeast bite towards the end that showcases the malts as well. Aftertaste is pure and clean with the yeast and malt coming out front and centre and the hops not really showing nor any sweetness, graininess or character. Overall, a pretty understated and soft beer, and even though that's what you'd expect from the style, I was thinking that from the brewery you'd get a bit more character and depth, but that isn't the case here - this is easy drinking and a pure Pils without any real class. I sampled this tall, 50 cL (European-Styled) bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles), California on 26-December-2019 for US$5,99 sampled in my hotel room here in San Diego, California on the turn of the decade on 31-December-2019 to celebrate the New Year and my family's trip to Hawai'i in the morning.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2020
at 08:49
7/10
0,5 litre Bottle, from Holiday Wine Cellar, Escondido, Ca. Clear light Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, Fruity, bitterness in The finnish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2019
at 06:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
At the brewery, smallish bubbly head, clear straw pale yellow color, clean malty, herbal vanila aroma, sweet honey bread maltiness, mellow herbal bitterness. Nice and easy to drink.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2019
at 08:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap. Clear golden yellow with white head. Grain and pale malt with grassy hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Apr 2019
at 23:34