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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10/10
Tried
on 11 Dec 2015
at 18:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear straw, medium white head, great lacing. Aroma is light grass, grain. Flavor is light sweet, light plus bitter, grassy, grain, hints of bread. Light body. Easy drinker.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Nov 2015
at 20:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden with light haze. Substantial fresh hoppy aroma, with clean bready pale malts. Similar palate, lots of bitterness, herbaceous, bready clean pale malts. Good pils.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2015
at 20:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
I was just looking at Russian River on Instagram or something and saw this beer. I was like, aw another beer I cant try. Then I come over to Pruf’s house to play some MtG and the is is in his fridge. Well, at that point I’m all, forgot the awesome smoked dunkel you got sitting there let’s have some RR pilsner!!!!! Lightly pale gold color with strong medium head. It’s a very dry clean lager, which that emphasizes the hop bitterness. So the perceived iBUs are higher than the number. It’s mildly noble, not American. So, a dry, bitter, clean spills. Stick it In a cam. It was just under a month past bottling date.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2015
at 12:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[2/12/15] Draught at Russian River in Santa Rosa. Clear straw. Aroma of grains, a bit of diacetyl and a bit of grassy hops note. Flavor has a bit of bready malt, a bit grainy, grassy hops and a bitterish finish. Quite light-bodied. A decent Pils.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 20:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
on tap chiara quasi limpida pulita lieve erbaceo luppolato con una fine nota citrica discreto amaro buona secchezza
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2014
at 04:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Aroma is full of a nice grainy character. Moderate floral and light fruity hop notes. Pours a clear, pale, yellow gold with a thick white head that exhibits nice retention. High lacing and no legs. Flavor had some nice, slightly sweet grain notes with a bit of a white bread character. Medium light bitterness with a hint of some fruit esters. Light floral and grass hop notes. Mouthfeel is medium light to light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty nice American pilsner. The water might be a bit off and it seems slightly less bitter than I would expect but it tastes really nice and lacks any corn character.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2014
at 12:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Golden creamy ins finger head. Lemon and pine with some saltine cracker. Lots of lemon and grass fresh cut with hay. Really tasty.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 23:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the source, Clear piss yellow color, good head retention. Aroma is citrus, Saaz grassy hops and mild grain. It is difficult for me to get excited for a Pilsner but this is a pretty nice brew. True example of the style, light bitterness, light body with a clean grain finish. Carbonation gives a tingle over the tongue and light sweet grain notes.
I had Heater Allen just an hour after this at BeerCraft, glad I had a strong example to compare it against.
I had Heater Allen just an hour after this at BeerCraft, glad I had a strong example to compare it against.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2014
at 01:16