8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap at brewery overlooking the river and watching kite surfers. Clearish gold pour and soapy head. Nose is herbal and grassy. Tastes very herbal, some spice, grass, and light citrus. Zippy palate. Perfect for the moment

9

gift for early bird ticket 2017

6.8

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

xxxx Bottle shared at home. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of grassy and fruity hops, citrus, light pine and malt. Flavour is above light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with moderate carbonation.

6.8

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

Hazy golden pour with a white head. Notes of citrus, pineapple, pine resin, grassy hops, light oxidation. Decently simple pilsner.

7.1

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

An American craft brewery's interpretation of a classic Bohemian Pilsener but hopped with Cascade to lend it an American twist I guess. Bottle shared with Goedele, handed to her at Billie Craft Beer Fest, where these and other bottles where very generously given to the public as a gift - which I never saw before in Belgium, but anyway. Thanks to Billie's crew, in any case. Thick and frothy, dense, snow white, cobweb-lacing head, very lightly hazy, pure and warm golden colour. Aroma of dried bread crust, dried lemon peel, camomile, herb cheese, cream, wet paper, white pepper, subtle hint of dried mango when warming up. Sweetish, rounded, 'malt fruity' onset, cereally but clean and pure with minerally side notes, medium carbonated for this style. Smooth, supple mouthfeel, proportionally 'full' for this style, leading to a dry, long, hop bitter finish, very floral and a tad dried herb-like, bit peppery with a subtle citrus peel note, refreshing and crisp. Delivers precisely what it promises: a very genuine, all-malt, artisanal and cleverly constructed, balanced rendition of the style that gave rise to the vast ocean of depressing industrial pale lagers - a return to the origins of the style as it were, with an American twist to it without becoming too IPL-like (which I have nothing against, for all clarity). Pleasantly surprised by this, this is among the finest Pilsener I had so far, so I guess its place in the top-50 of the style on this site is justified. Bottle wasn't all too fresh anymore though, I can imagine the orangey qualities of the Cascade being a lot more pronounced when young.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours clear yellowblonde, unstable and small white head. Smell is tad fruity, mild grassy. Medium low intensity. faded pale malts. Taste is sharp, tad bitter, medium-intense, pale malts, bit grassy hops, tad fresh, but not overly so. has a bit of stickyness to it, mildly sweet, presumably by the hops. Decent for what it is. Dated 021517, perhaps could have used more freshness

7.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

355ml bottle. Crystal clear, bright golden colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Intense, piney, grassy, slightly citrusy and minimally floral hoppy aroma with a cautious soapy bath salt touch, hints of old lemon peel and young conifers. Taste is minimally sweet malty, dry, piney, slightly citrusy and minimally grassy hoppy, hints of lemon peel, a touch of mandarine, fresh coniferous wood; oily texture, lasting hoppy finish. Very clean, superbly hopped, coherent and concordant malty basis. Maintains the Pilsener character by avoidance of drifting into hoppy regions too citrusy or fruity or something.

6.8

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

Golden with a white head - Malt and hop in the aroma - Good malt body with a good hop bitterness to balance - Malt goes into the finish with hop bitterness - This was nice and refreshing

4.8

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

Draught at Greenpoint Fish and Lobster on 4/15/16.
A clear, hay colored golden beer with a moderate sized white head atop that shows average retention.
Some cereal, light hints of citrus and various other cascade-induced hop notes in the nose. Rich honey and maybe a bit too much bread though no alcohol or flaw.
Sweet, bready, sluggish in the mouth, with moderately bitter hops. This is about as indelicate as you can get for a pilsner and even past the heavy honey-caramel-breadiness, the actual flavors are rather dull, stale and uninspired. Poor Full Sail, they’ve certainly seen better days.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours gold with small creamy white head that lasts. The aroma is grass and citrus. Medium mouth, grass, hay, crisp, crushable, good.