Brewer's Special Saaz
Matchless Brewing in Tumwater, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Czech Pilsner / Světlý Regular|
Score
7.39
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours a hazy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of spicy Czech hops, some grass and crisp crackery malt. Flavour is surprisingly authentic, with those spicy, grassy, Czech hops providing a wonderful biting bitterness, backed by a crisp crackery malt backbone. Authentic and reminds me of sipping these a few months ago in Prague. Excellent stuff - well-done.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2018
at 05:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Slight haze, golden colour. On the aroma, the saaz is nice, but the polaris lends a nice fruitier element. There's decent bitterness, and a nice malt note as well. The fruitiness is a unique accent, but there's still a decent saaz signature. Not bad - I like the new element to it, and for an American brewery a pretty civilized pilsner.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2018
at 04:21
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
16 oz can from Beer Monger's in Portland. Aroma is bready, spicy hops, wet hay fields. Pours hazy golden with a thick pillowy white head with great retention and sudsy lace. Taste is highly bitter for style, light malt sweetness, hint of tartness and lingering bitterness in the finish. Crisp, clean and refreshing. Perfectly carbonated but maybe a tad thin. I love bitter pilsners like this.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2018
at 02:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured, picked up at Hop and Hound. After so many consecutive cans of IPA I've loved from these guys, I picked up a few in some different styles, including this pils. 50th Matchless rate! It's been fun so far. Really nice, refreshing pilsner here. A mostly clean, bright golden pour. Lasting foam head. Gentle, smooth, creamy forward texture, a mostly straight forward pils grain lingering flavor. Aroma brings out a nice hop presence to pair with the grain, and give this it's own unique touch. Doing a blind pilsner tasting would be tough, but I know this one would stand out. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2018
at 03:05