Flywheel Pilsner

Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Lager - Pilsener Regular Out of Production

Score

6.44

ABV: 5.5%

IBU: 40

Ticks: 10

Flywheel Pilsner Bier is our rendition of a German-style Pilsner, one of the most revered beer styles of modern history. Back in 2008, when we were deciding on which beers would define our portfolio of German-style lagers, we considered the fact that world-wide, Pilsner is one of the most popular and relied-upon styles. Pilsner is what comes to mind when you think of a simple, straight-up “beer,” and for good reason. A light golden hue, firm maltiness, bright hoppiness, and a clean, dry finish all come together to deliver a classically satisfying beer experience.

Flywheel Pilsner Bier features the spicy hop flavors and bitterness you expect in a Pilsner, but we amp up the malt bill for balance. Start with a gentle hop aroma that reminds you of the beer your folks drank at the ballpark when you were a kid. Then get into the firm malt flavors of bread or biscuit. Earthy and bright hop bitterness gets equal attention, of course. And then everything wraps up dry and crisp.

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7.8

nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz can. I would imagine somewhere in the backlog as a bottle. Not really a classical Pils, but has a really impressive hop bite that I wish most Pils' would even get close to. Deep munich malt or something adding more depth. Perfect filtration, body, head. A lot of depth and class for the style. Teetering into IPL. Great beer.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2022 at 02:17

6.6

djd07 (28882) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours golden with small white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is grass and straw. Slick body, straw, hay, grass, light crisp finish, good.

Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2022 at 21:17

7.8

deyholla (22839) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2019. Pours a clear pale straw yellow with a white head that last throughout the beer. Aroma has a nice grass note with crisp straw and some hay backing. Flavor has a real nice grass, straw and hay combination throughout.

Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2019 at 00:52

6.6

andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home watching a terrible Bears game. This is a decent lager, mostly yeasty / bready, easy drinking and better than the average lager...nothing special for this one though.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2014 at 11:31

shrubber (15840) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle. Corn/barley malt and herbal hops aroma. Pale yellow color with giant white head. Sweet barley malt and light herbal hops flavor. Medium body. Meh, a bit better than the standard pale larger.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2012 at 19:22

BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 15 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle via a trade (extra). Pours with a clear, light golden body with a nice, medium sized white head that slowly fades. Aromas of are grassy, herbal and slightly peppery hops, buttered bread, lightly toasty. Nice grainy pilsner note. Flavors lead off bitter, grassy and lightly bready. Kind of an unpleasant vegital mid palate, with a bit of metallic and lingering bitterness in the finish. Dry, bitter, slightly metallic. Very lively bubbles.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2011 at 21:35

5.8

Irishboy (4684) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

12 oz bottle from msante79. Thanks! Nose is grassy hops and white bread. Hazy yellow eith a small, pale yellow head. Flavor is lightly bitter with a white pepperiness and a little sweet maltiness. Finish is lightly bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2010 at 20:21

6.4

mrbunn (3068) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle with thanks to Mark. Pours a dingy orange with a minimal head and aromas of lemon and grass. Flavor is pretty sweet... honey, coriander, lemon and grass. This is fairly sticky for a lager and comes off much better than expected.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2009 at 20:13

5.6

Lubiere (24605) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

A lightly hazed blonde lager with a thin white head. In aroma, a rather bland malt aroma, with light vegetable notes. In mouth, a crisp lager with light mineral hops, overall, decent but nothing special. On tap at Map Room, Chicago, May 16 2009.

Tried from Draft on 22 May 2009 at 22:25

McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed Flywheel Pilsner from Metropolitan Brewing 17 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Guest tap at Flossmoor Station. Yay new Chicago brewer! In a shaker glass, the draft pours a bright golden color with a half finger of white foam. Lightly toasted lager malt smell. Taste suggests a little wheat malt, or is that a touch of corn? A nice layer of peppery German hops, though. Aims for the mass market, but does so very stylishly.

Tried from Draft on 19 Mar 2009 at 09:15