Spezial Pils
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Rotating|
Score
6.64
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Inspired by classic European lagers, our entire Brewing Team got together to create this truly collaborative beer that captures the essence of European tradition. The result, Spezial Pils, is our take on a German-style pilsner with a pleasant balance between light, grainy malt and spicy, floral hops. We lager it at freezing temperatures for an extended period to round out its delicate flavors and improve drinkability. The finish is crisp and clean with a pleasant dryness and subtle bitterness. Prost!
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can from High Point, Vancouver; packaged 01/22/2018, 6 months ago (thank you LDB)
Hazy blond colour. At first, aroma of cereals, straws, summer honey. The carbonation is low, it has some malt and wet hay flavour, not much noble hop character, lowish bitterness.
Ok, it's old, but I had better Pilsner with the same age.
Hazy blond colour. At first, aroma of cereals, straws, summer honey. The carbonation is low, it has some malt and wet hay flavour, not much noble hop character, lowish bitterness.
Ok, it's old, but I had better Pilsner with the same age.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2018
at 08:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ont tap. @Founders Madrid Beer & Music Fest 03/06/2018
Color amarillo aromas a cereal, notas herbales, sabor herbal, cereal cuerpo ligero.
Color amarillo aromas a cereal, notas herbales, sabor herbal, cereal cuerpo ligero.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2018
at 08:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 fl oz can. Pours bright yellow. Hedgerow, hay, pepper, perfume, caramel. Medium body. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2018
at 01:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Keg at Sori Taproom, 20180318) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had grass, herbalness and lightly metal. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, herbalness, sweetness, grain, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was grassy, sweet and bitter. A well done but bit too sweet pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2018
at 16:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Golden with a white head. Aroma and taste of bread, dough and some grass. Soft and easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2018
at 14:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can pours with a clear watery gold body that supports a thin white head of foam. The aroma offers up some pear and apple fruity esters, corn and then growing into bigger notes of spicy, herbal, some floral and a lime like hoppiness. The taste delivers a nice level of bitter spicy, floral and lime to herbal green hoppiness. Toward midway lager yeastiness, apple, pear and corn esters are noticed. This has a nice balance between sweet lagery fruity esters, corn flakes and bitter hops.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2018
at 01:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Alesmith. Awesome, true Pilsner. Doughy, bready, clean lagering. Zesty, peppery, old school noble hop feel. Really well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2018
at 19:55
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Alesmith for RBWG 2018. Crystal clear golden color white head. Peppery dusty straw aroma. Taste is palate cleansingly crisp
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2018
at 19:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Lior D. Yellow-golden. Graininess, a bit of DMS, a bit of oxidation, a bit of noble hops, rather dry, bitterish finish, quite light-bodied. Not fresh but still OK.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2018
at 07:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can. Pours a clear yellow color with a small white head. A big sweet malty nose. Big sweet pils malt, light noble hops, light citrus, smooth. Very clean. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2017
at 02:11