Machine Pilz
Bunker Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Czech Pilsner / Světlý Regular|
Score
7.03
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: milky copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to crisp earthy hops and an ever so slight trace of grassiness; clean crackery malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to semi-bitter quality; finishes slightly grassy to floral and earthy with a touch of hop spice
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; clean smoothness along the tongue with a trace of dryness
Overall: pretty good as a lager, but was it a true Czech pilsener? Eh, just seems like all these pilseners any more are just blurring the lines so much. I'd have this again to decipher if this is truly a Czech pilsener.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: milky copper color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral to crisp earthy hops and an ever so slight trace of grassiness; clean crackery malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to semi-bitter quality; finishes slightly grassy to floral and earthy with a touch of hop spice
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; clean smoothness along the tongue with a trace of dryness
Overall: pretty good as a lager, but was it a true Czech pilsener? Eh, just seems like all these pilseners any more are just blurring the lines so much. I'd have this again to decipher if this is truly a Czech pilsener.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2026
at 22:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
s: metal - grass - apples a: crisp golden - nice head t: soft biscuits - light lemons - yeast p: bread - astringent - hay o: balanced - dry - enjoyable 16 ounce can - Trader Joe's (grocery): Portland, Maine - 01-July-2023 - US$3,75 - Canned: 14-June-2023 - sampled: 16-September-2023
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2023
at 21:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can. Medium gold pour has a slight haze. Large frothy white head. Bready, grainy malt aroma leans toward earthy herbal hops. Sweet malty flavor upfront. Grassy, herbal hops follow suit. Some hop spice in finish. Malt dominates this one, though it balances nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2022
at 00:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Eventide. Pours bright gold. Cereal, floral, bit of sulfur. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2020
at 20:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tallboy poured cloudy pale gold with dense white head. Medium body, strong carbonation. Bread and grass aroma. Peppery yeasty taste with slight citrus edge.
Tried
on 24 May 2020
at 23:32
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can from Pontoosuc Package store Aroma: cereal, citrus Appearance: hazy pale gold with a white head Taste: medium sweet and medium bitterness Mouthfeel: average carbonation, medium body, slick feel, long finish Tasty
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jul 2019
at 21:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - cheers to MannyG. Pours clear gold with a frothy, while head. Great lager overall, nice biscuity character, modest offsetting grassy bitterness, licks of dough, straw. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Clean finish, more pale biscuits. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2018
at 18:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at Five Horses Tavern, Boston. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, minerals, some grain, some hops and malts. Light pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2018
at 00:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 fl oz can. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grainy and slight toasted malt. Herbal and grassy. Mild straw and grainy. Toasted and dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2017
at 22:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Townshend, 2/11/17.
Good clarity in this sparklingly-carbonated, pale-flaxen blonde beer. White head atop is medium-sized and dense.
Light cereal grains in the nose mix with dusty hops, a touch of lemon-lime and plenty of fresh grass. Clean, seemingly well-attenuated from the nose and with delicate hints of honey and buttercream (not diacetyl-induced). Hops are a little more prominent than in a traditional pilsner, but not by much and I assume it’s more due to the relative freshness than any intention to Americanize this thing (also they are still Noble hop-like in character).
Dry, lightly grainy with tight carbonation, tons of lemon and fresh grass and dainty cereal grains on the finish. A bit of sweat, sawdust and dust is the only detractor, though I’d hardly even say it’s unwanted. Playful notes of honey, mineral and more freshly cut grass linger on the crisp, well-carbonated, dry finish.
Good clarity in this sparklingly-carbonated, pale-flaxen blonde beer. White head atop is medium-sized and dense.
Light cereal grains in the nose mix with dusty hops, a touch of lemon-lime and plenty of fresh grass. Clean, seemingly well-attenuated from the nose and with delicate hints of honey and buttercream (not diacetyl-induced). Hops are a little more prominent than in a traditional pilsner, but not by much and I assume it’s more due to the relative freshness than any intention to Americanize this thing (also they are still Noble hop-like in character).
Dry, lightly grainy with tight carbonation, tons of lemon and fresh grass and dainty cereal grains on the finish. A bit of sweat, sawdust and dust is the only detractor, though I’d hardly even say it’s unwanted. Playful notes of honey, mineral and more freshly cut grass linger on the crisp, well-carbonated, dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2017
at 10:40