Imperial Pilsner
High Point Brewing Company in Butler, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Imperial Pils Regular|
Score
6.64
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Inspired by America’s Love of Hops. Robust Pilsner, 100% noble hops. Full-bodied with a crisp and refreshing hoppy finish.
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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a BIF from MacMalt. 12 ounce bottle into lager glass, best before 5/2018. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbhonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, orange, citrus zest, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, citrus zest, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, spicy, citrus zest bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, citrus zest, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast note present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a delicious imperial pilsner. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate citrus/earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Not quite the hop punch I expected; but the balance between clean Pils/Munich malts and earthy hops was great. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2018
at 23:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle. Hazy medium gold color. Small creamy white head. Faint grainy malt nose. Subtle light malt flavor has biscuity notes. Bitter grassy hops in middle. Hints of grapefruit and lime. Sticky, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 22:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at brewery prior to eisbock release. Golden pour nose is grains, yeast, light citrus. Tastes of grains, yeast, lemon, biscuits, peppercorn, slight rubbing alcohol. Overall pleasant though.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2016
at 17:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to John C. Pours clear yellow gold with white head. Nose/taste of peppercorn, malt, lemon and stone fruits and light doughy bread. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2014
at 19:51
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 6
Drought. Tasted as Sam’s Serious Pilsner at Waterfront Ale House, NY. Rich yellow color with very small whitish foamy head, no discernible aroma, sour doughy taste, fizzy with an abrupt finish. This was a poor example of a Pilsner.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2013
at 14:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
on tap-pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is floral, light malt, hint of banana. Taste is floral hops, light malt-bready, some yeast. Gentle for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2012
at 03:49