Piping Plover
Griffin Claw Brewing Company in Birmingham, Michigan, United States πΊπΈ
Lager - Pilsener Rotating|
Score
7.09
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This pilsner was brewed in collaboration with the Detroit zoo as the first beer in the survival series. This pilsner is crisp and refreshing with a portion of proceeds going to the Detroit zoological society who leads federal recovery programs to protect piping plover birds and other endangered species.
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/21/2019. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense/creamy/rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with with great balance of pils malts and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness, and balance of pils malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with no fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent Czech pilsner! All around great robustness, and balance of pils malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; nicely soft feel. very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome clean/rich Pils malt showcase, with nice noble hop presence/balance. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected.
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from Can
on 29 Jul 2019
at 21:13