Hoppi Notchi Italian Style Pilsner
Hop Notch Brewing in Vaxholm, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.79
|
|
Last year we went to Italy and none of the Italian brewers we visited could pronounce Hop Notch. They alla said “Hoppi Notchi”. Hence we had to brew a Hoppi Notchi beer and that it had to be an Italian Pilsner was a no brainer. The humble pilsner can seem simple but beneath those golden ripples and frothy head is a beer that can be cunningly complex. Italian-style pilsners are sessionable, dry, balanced lager beers with an enhanced European-hop expression from dry hopping with German hops, just adding that little extra pop of that grassy, herbal aroma.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.6/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can 44 cl. ours a clear yellow with a rich if somewhat rough, white head. Lovely and quite pronounced aroma of floral hops. Medium body, sweet malts, slightly fruity and then a solid, finishing bitterness. Excellent! 240625
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2025
at 15:17
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Draught at Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, 5 Sep 2024) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty nose with notes of bread, grass and floral hops. Malty taste with bread, citrus, herbs and a balanced floral/citric bitterness. Medium body, with a slight malt sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Nice one.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2024
at 21:55
4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Can, courtesy of, if I understood correctly, madsberg, who brought it to Fil, who shared it with Ryan, Michael and me. Slightly hazy golden-yellow body, off-white head. Oxidized aroma, earthy, vegetal. Earthy taste, veggies abound over a dull sweetish maltiness before a dry, lightly astringent finish. Nigh-undrinkable. Oxidation hit this one really, really hard. I mean, I can imagine it being a good beer fresh, but the can, kept in a fridge, felt like it was a year old at least and it's like 4 months old at best, no real traces of hoppy aromatics... If I ever find it fresh, I will rerate, but my biggest regret was finishing the sample by reflex...
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2024
at 11:51
7.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Ljust halmgul disig vätska med tunt vitt skumlock. Aromer av ett fruktfat bestående av ananas, citrus, apelsin, papaya och grape. Maltigheten något tunn omsluts väl av en nedtonad stram beska. Smaken går tydligt mot en tysk pilsneranspelning med italienska Hansahandlare. Varan må vara utbjuden som latinsk men slutresultatet hamnar i nordtysk ordningskänsla.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2024
at 17:53
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
How: Can.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, grapefruit, citrus, hops, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, some spices, fruit, grapefruit, citrus, hops.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, grapefruit, citrus, hops, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, some spices, fruit, grapefruit, citrus, hops.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2024
at 17:08
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample (thanks omhper!). Honeyish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is floral, grapefruity and mild earthy tones. Flavour is herbal, floral, some earthy and mild grapefruity tones, Sweet grains in the finish.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2024
at 15:11
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 07 Jun 2024
at 17:22
7/10
Tried
on 07 Jun 2024
at 15:24
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Klar, gyllengul färg, Bra skum. Doft av honung och blommig citrus. Ganska lätt kropp. Välbalanserad smak av lime och grapefrukt. Örtig beska på slutet. Mersmakande.
Tried
on 09 May 2024
at 17:46
6.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Systembolaget beställningssortiment. Golden with a medium white head. Bread, grass, hops and mild citrus. Medium bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2024
at 17:37