Dry-Hopped Imperial Pilsner
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Imperial Pils Special Out of Production|
Score
7.22
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A Collaboration between Troegs Brewing Company, Mack Brewing Company, and Harris Family Brewery. Artwork by Tristan Bond (@bond_of_art).
This right here is an Imperial Pilsner crafted by a Pennsylvania community with big dreams. Two breweries-in-planning. A third brewery built by family and friends. A Harrisburg artist who lives by the words "Be vibrant." And a game-changing festival with global aspirations. We taste crisp notes of biscuit and fresh-baked bread with pops of citrusy hops. "Through the barrel flows creativity," says Barrel & Flow's Day Bracey. "It's kinda dope."
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
16oz can pours out crisp clean golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice sweet grain some and some grassy citrus hops. Taste is more of the nice grain malts and a grassy hops kick.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours brassy gold with a large creamy/foamy white head. Aroma is bready with several things, but possibly a hint of weed. Approaching full bodied. Flavor is bready, grassy, and a bunch of things I can't parse out. Weed may be in it. Citrus certainly is. Heat is present. Overall it suggests a malt liquor more than a pilsner, but there's no trace of fusil oils.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz can. This was an awesome beer - totally unexpected how tasty this is - cool style, flavor. Wonderful!
Boozy as expected, sweeter than expected, bit like malt liquor. Not sure I'd do it again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16oz can from Tavour. Pale golden, clear, foamy white head. Full bready aroma, light citrus notes. Taste brings the booze, ABV is apparent, bready, grainy. Really strong. And great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Amber with a small white head that left very good lacing. Sweet and tangy with perfume and honey notes. Long finish. Medium body
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can to glass. Lots of heat from the alcohol here and I think they could have turned it down a notch or two. Slightly hazed Golden with off-white head that retains well and patterns down the glass. Aroma is grain, alcohol, perfume and stone fruit. Flavor is dismal alcohol, grains and tropical fruit.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz. Aroma has notes of fresh baked bread, clove, hayfields. Pours mostly clear golden with a two finger off-white head with excellent retention. Taste is moderately sweet and a bit savory with a lightly bitter edge. A little boozy, but not too harsh. Imperial Pilsners are so weird. They taste nothing like a pils; they're definitely their own beast. Interesting, but I think it would be better and smoother with an ABV in the 8 or 9% range.