Simpler Times Pilsner
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Minhas Craft BreweryLager - Pilsener Regular
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Score
4.62
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Made by a family-owned brewery in Wisconsin that’s been a-brewin’ for more than 150 years, Simpler Times Pilsner is an old-world, Czech-style Pilsner that's refreshing, easy to drink, and has a well-balanced flavor that pairs swimmingly with seafood, sweet sauces, and reductions. And just like in simpler times, this brewer never adds any of the fillers found in some inexpensive beers. We’re all for simply terrific beer at a simply terrific price. Here’s to Simpler Times!
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 oz can purchased at Trader Joes in Kansas City, Missouri. The pour is a golden light dull copper with a white head that falls pretty quick. The aroma is softer, lightly sweet grain, with a bit of a general dustiness. The taste is initially sharply sweet grain, a bit of a contrast to the relatively soft nose, then turns to mineral yeast earthiness. Finish has some sweet floral hay that lingers with some dirtiness. The palate is medium to light bodied, soft dull carbonation, and the dirty finish. This was a step up from the macros, I suppose, though a fairly short step.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2012
at 13:31
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can from trader Joe’s pours light gold with a thin white head. Thin skunk and grainy aroma. Flavor is thin and grassy with a little sour skunkiness.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2011
at 18:04
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 oz can. Beer poured a golden color, huge foamy white head. Aroma was bland malts, corn, no real hop character at all. Bland, grass notes, water, corn.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2011
at 22:22
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Trader Joe’s six-pack ($4): Sometimes I make errors of judgment. Yesterday was one of them. I decided that I don’t have enough money for craft brews, so I purchased beer at Trader Joe’s. I have a six-pack of this stuff now. I don’t know what to do with it, because drinking it is the last thing on my mind. Maybe I will get used to the bizarre rotten licorice taste. Maybe I’ll get used to pumping my body not only with mediocrity, but error. This beer is a mistake, an abortion. I would in honesty rather be drinking Bud. And that is saying something.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2010
at 07:03
4.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle on 11/14/2009 from Trader Joes - Short Pump. Very clear pale yellow body with a large frothy white head. Sweet pilsener malt and light corn aroma. Sweet pilsener malt with a bit of corn. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2010
at 16:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Golden beer with an off-white ehad. Hay and light honey/light malt aroma. Malt flavor with light honey/caramel and some grassiness. Medium bodied and easy drinking. Malt and grassiness lingers with a light sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2009
at 19:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Poured pale golden yellow with thick white head. Faint grassy aroma, with a whiff of swimming pool. Rather thin flavour, a bietje mout, a little hop but not very much of either. Very mild bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2009
at 23:08
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s Glen Allen, VA. Pours a clear amber with a large head. Poor retention and decent lacing. Aroma of grain, sugary notes and grassy hops. Taste is syrupy fruit notes, grain and grassy hops. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2009
at 00:59
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
I always look forward to a good pilsner but this didn’t get there. Yellow. Some corn. Mild lager yeast and light corn flavor. Purchased at Trader Joes, Minnesota.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2009
at 14:05
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
12 oz bottle from Trader Joe’s, Bakersfield. Nose of grassy hops and light grainy (corn) sweetness along with a very light diacetyl note.Lightly hazy gold with a medium white head. Flavor is very light hop bitterness, corn, and some light diacetyl. Without the diacetyl it would be an OK pilsener.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2009
at 22:16