20th Anniversary Pilsner
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.56
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Nice barley malt aroma - mild hops. Hazy yellow with a nice big head. Barley malt and light pine hops flavor. Nicely blended. This is a very nice beer - much better than most of their current offerings.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear golden body with a small fizzy white head. Sweet grassy hops aroma. Sweet honey flavor with some light grassy hops and a touch of grain.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2006 bottle consumed on 12/6/2006
Light maize in color, the initial head is foamy and starkly white. Leaves small patches of lace and eventually fades to partial cover, with a flurry of bubbles rising in the liquid. Clear, filtered.
Dry, hoppy nose shows something similar to magnum, but maybe not that strong. Lots of hay, bits of lemon and with a dry, well-attenuated and sponge cake-like maltiness behind it. Moderately crisp lager yeast bite on end present, with a touch of light metallics. But the hops are definitely quite aromatic, clean and pleasant. Maybe the faintest touch of corn, upon warming some, but it’s marginal/fleeting. You can definitely tell it’s dry-hopped and for this large brewery to produce and distribute up to MA where it sat warm on the shelves for a time (not that long), I’m well impressed.
The clean, to-style presentation continues in the flavor, with dry, hay and straw hops, light bits of lemon grabbing at the sides of the mouth and just a hint of honeyish maltiness behind. Bit of earthiness and some stronger breadiness, but the hops keep things mostly clear. Light bodied, with some pear and nectarine skin notes joining the lemon flavors as it breathes. Slight touch of metallic character again, but minimal. Carbonation isn’t overdone, though it’s forced. Lightly grainy, crisp texture, with little wateriness for the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Beer_Hawk; Thanks! Nose is citrus hops and floral notes; Gold with a small white head; taste started out tart and then changed to lemon and hop bitterness, which lasted into the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Perfectly clear light golden color, with moderate head - spicy, floral hop aroma, with mild pilsner malt coming through in the background - lightly buttery, but beyond that not much of a malt profile - mostly some herbal/grassy notes and a mellow hop presence - finishes with light, bready malt, but otherwise ends kind of thin - a so-so pilsner.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a clear pale golden color with a small white head. The aroma is sweet, tangy and pleasant. The flavor is sour and tangy with a hint of light roasty malts and a sour tangy finish. There is a hint of pepper.