Backcountry Brewery (CO) Pilsner (Ptarmigan)

Pilsner (Ptarmigan)

 

Backcountry Brewery (CO) in Frisco, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Pilsener Regular Out of Production
Score
6.04
ABV: 4.7% IBU: - Ticks: 6
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5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From May 2007

This one pours from 22oz bottle a clear straw gold with a large head of foam that settles down but stays for the entire session and has good lacing.

The smell is of malt and it's very sweet on the nose.

The taste on first sip is strong on the sweet malt with some earthiness and a touch of bitterness near and through the finish.
I think that it's similar to a lot of American Pilsners I've had in the past(New Belgium Blue Paddle comes to mind) but it lacks a certain oomph that would make it stand out.

A few more sips in and I'm getting a "salty" flavour that I'm not really enjoying all that much. Hmm....pretty ordinary; I note that the best by date has March notched and a pen mark where 2007 would be so maybe I'll have to try again with a fresher bottle if I can find one. As is, it's pretty ordinary.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2017 at 09:49


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is grass, wheat, citrus. Medium body, honey, grass, lemon zest, light bitterness, decent.

Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2016 at 16:55


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle - clear gold - minimal, soapy lace - overall weak and messy - aroma is highly acidic and a little starchy, with slightly sourish malt character - flavor is sweet, but with a sharp acidity, bland malt character, moderate but kind of dull hoppiness - a bit of chalk, starch, corn - moderately sour finish - lame.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2015 at 21:32


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 1.5

On draft at the brewpub it is clear golden with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is a funky flavor whivh slightly resembles grapefruit

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2014 at 19:51


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On draft at the brewpub in Frisco CO. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Light biscuit nose and flavor. Light bodied, Moderate carbonation. Short crisp finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2014 at 19:43


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Shaker pint draft at the brew pub in Frisco, Colorado. Pour is a lightly hazed golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is light cereal grain along with some lemon citrus sweetness. Subdued nose. Taste is the cracker malt up front with the sweet lemon and a very mild herbal element in the back. Taste is clean, though like the nose, muted. Palate is medium to thin bodied, clean finish, somewhat lower carbonation. Decent Pils, clean, nothing offensive.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2011 at 20:30