Hanse
Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Keller / Zwickel / Landbier Rotating|
Score
7.54
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Hanse is an unfiltered ("Keller") Pilsner. Straw-gold in color, crisp and clean-finishing with assertive hop bitterness. Noble hops are present on the palate. 2018 RateBeer Gold Medal pale lager.
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CLW (16859) reviewed Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Crystal clear appearance. Aroma is yeast, mild florals, crackers. The backbone is cracker malt and a slight wheaty character. A little bit of black pepper and a light bitter herbal hop. Ends clean. In the style of pilsners, this is about as good as it gets.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from The Packie Slightly hazy light golden in color with a bubbly white head that persists. Bready crackery maltiness with a touch of apple. Spicy earthy floral hops counter well.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Draught at the brewery, 6/22/18.
Bright, brassy-gold. Slight chill haze, but barely. Large white head shows strong retention.
Mineral, chalk, plaster, light sourdough; all the things you want in a rustic pils. Very slight, dainty honey-like notes from the malt follow and balance seamlessly. Fresh, herbal hops are alluring, noble and don't dominate the nose, yet add a perfect amount of levity and brightness, as they should. Hints of fresh baguette on the end. No flaw whatsoever. Damn, this smells divine!
First sip and yep, this is f**in' nuts! Pillow-perfect malts with tight carbonation leading to slight grain-like crispness on the end to contribute maximum drinkability. Heavy mineral-like character from whatever charming yeast they've used. Honey-rich malts are nonetheless very well-attenuated and a snappy, herbal bitterness completes the perfect picture, on the finish. Love that this is malt and yeast-forward with the hops apparent, but more as an afterthought. God damn can these guys make a pilsner.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Schilling Beer Co, pours a hazy yellowish blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out fresh straw, grassy hops and crackery malt. Flavour is wonderfully fresh, with grassy hops, crisp crackery malt and straw. Fresh, clean and perfectly hopped. This is excellent.
jcwattsrugger (14787) ticked Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 7 years ago
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Hanse from Schilling Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A very light cloudy dark orange 2 finger white head. Nose is very yeasty, good herbal spice very clean aroma with a mild peppercorn. Taste is very similar. You have a great hearty peppercorn, honey, wheat and grassy taste. almonds at the finish. resilient bitterness with the yeast really shining.