Freestyle #38: German Style Pils
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Series Out of Production|
Score
7.37
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Freestyle #38 is a dry-hopped pale lager, brewed with noble German hops Hersbrucker & Tettnang.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Slightly hazy, creamy head looks like gold bullion. Big ol bubbles. Sharp pine aroma with caramel. bitey flavor like a kosch. pine light, fruit, malt acidity and light finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at CBC - pours gold white head - nose/taste of bready malt, lemon and pine with light peppercorn - medium body
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Draught at Return of the Belgian Beer Fest, 9/17/16.
Clear, highly-sparkling, brass-golden body is topped by a good-sized, white head with moderately-high retention.
Snappy herbal and pepper notes emanate from the hops, with just a touch of lemon rind. Dry grains abound, with very light honey and a healthy dose of sourdough bread. I love that these guys do a fair number of pilsners and I think their propensity for low-to-mid gravity beers, soft, understated hopping, dry, yet malty bodies and high cleanliness translates perfectly from their table saisons to a German pils. There’s a great minerality here and wonderful, zesty hopping leading to a dry, crisp finish. Clean, and with no alcohol.
Malty, yet well-attenuated, with honey, baked bread and tons of zesty herbal notes. I didn’t think the carbonation, while perhaps softer than a "classic pilsner" is problematic, and rather seems just the opposite here. Still quite tight. Really everything you want out of a pilsner. Just a hint of malt sweetness, herbs, pepper and only moderate bitterness, with grainy malt and tight carbonation on the clean finish. Delightful.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
At the bottling place: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is grass and lemon. Taste is nicely bitter and grasy. Not grainy. Clean and refreshing. Nice rounded aftertaste.
Really good pilsner
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at the Portland Blending and Bottling location. Unclear white-gold. Drippy lace. Pale malt, German-style hood and some yeast. Grainy for sure. Bit grassy, some spice on the finish. Clean, lingers on a peppery close.