LesMacAllen Pils
LTM - Les Trois Mousquetaires in Brossard, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
7.57
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Deep golden color. Piney woody nose. The mouth show peaches, apricots and pine over a moderately aggressive bitterness. Carbonation is a bit too low, but that is a minor point. The finish is aggressively bitter with floral notes. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bouteille 341ml. De couleur dorée jaune et claire. Nez de houblon assez floral et moyennement herbeux (herbe fraîche), de grains de malt pâle ainsi que léger de biscuits et des notes de pain. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moye-fort et une texture légèrement crémeuse. Goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux (présent toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un léger goût de grains de malt pâle croustillant lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un léger goût malté rappelant les biscuits et des petites notes de pain puis en finale le goût plutôt asséchant de houblon reprend le dessus en étant plus herbeux et accompagné d’un léger goût épicé (poivre). Post-goût moyen-long et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de houblon assez herbeux et floral (quelques traces de zest d’agrumes).
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
A gift from Muzzlehatch. This is an excellent pilsner. Gold colored and heavily carbonated. The white head leaves a lacing and lasts until the end of the beer. Grassy, herbal hop aroma. Flavor has some medium bodied malt and intensely bitter hops. Perhaps the most bitter pils I have tasted. Some salt as well, and more herbs and grass in the finish. Exceptional palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
341ml bottle from Glouglouburp (thanks, Dany). Poured into my brand new Rodenbach Grand Cru glass that I picked up yesterday at BCTC (as well as this bottle in a trade). The beer pours a dark yellow with a big frothy head and strong and visible carbonation (bubbles shooting up). Aroma is a sweet grassy herbal and slightly syrupy pils flavors with some biscuit. Very well done, same as usual pils aromas but in a better balance with this nice syrup biscuit pils aspect. Taste is similarly herbal pils with none of the off flavors that come with a lot of bad imitations. Finishes with a hint of herbal bitterness, very refreshing and flavorful.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A pils with balls! Aclassy golden pils with a thin creamy white head. Fairly English hops profile, with pungenat notes. In mouth, a more czech rendition of a pils, with nice assertive hops, biscuit malt, very crisp and dry. Medium bodied. An excellent offering. Bottle from Joanette.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Golden. Nice gentle sparkle. Very spicy, fruity hops...unique. Crisp, lingering bitterness. Herbal, minty hop character. Very dry. The body is light, but more like a lighter Bohemian pils than a North German one. The hops - did they use the homegrown in the production batch because they’re really unique in the herb/spice they lend. Nice balance.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2007 6 pack generously provided by Olivier and Jocelyn, consumed over the course of a week starting 5/11/07
Yes sir!! From the instant I popped the cap, I knew this was going to be special. An instant surge of fresh hallertauer hops, extremely juicy, fresh and grassy/herbal is followed by succulent, rich pils malt, pinches of light dough and biscuits, finishing with a starkly crisp, snappy lager yeast bite. Wow. Simple but perfect and highly aromatic.
Keepin the review simple and to the point, just like the beer, the only fault, and it’s VERY minor, that I find is perhaps just a bit too much sweetness that seems to be expressed by a slightly too loose carbonation. A tighter carbonation might perk things up and knock that little bit of gooey honey chewiness that lingers on the end. Aside from that, the flavors are perfect, and I mean perfect, for the style. Knock-out hoppiness is crisp, lightly bitter and very flavorful (herbs, lush, green grass clippings). Malt is clean and rich, but not overdone. Yeast is severely crisp and biting on the finish, as it should be, with that tell-tale "mineral" character that the authentic stuff produces.
As usual, the ratings show how severely underappreciated/understood this beer/style is.