Nooner Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.58
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A crisp, hoppy take on the original session beer.
Gather your friends, pack the gear, and head out to wherever the day may take you. A midday go-to, Nooner is our take on the classic German-style pilsner—one of the original session beers. Nooner is easy drinking yet packed with the big flavor of spicy and floral whole-cone hops. Its brilliant golden color begs you to take a sip and sink your taste buds into an extremely welcoming beer, full of flavor and balanced by a crisp, dry finish.
Gather your friends, pack the gear, and head out to wherever the day may take you. A midday go-to, Nooner is our take on the classic German-style pilsner—one of the original session beers. Nooner is easy drinking yet packed with the big flavor of spicy and floral whole-cone hops. Its brilliant golden color begs you to take a sip and sink your taste buds into an extremely welcoming beer, full of flavor and balanced by a crisp, dry finish.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Pale yellow gold with bubbles; pilsner grain and hops. Pretty nice exemplar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Gold color, with a medium head. Aroma and taste is well balanced that’s refreshing and makes a nice summer beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 06:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at bar hop. Clean, crisp, refreshing is the name of the game for these types of beers. This hits all those. Its not a homerun but it does the trick. Nice, tasty cereals, grassy hops. Doesnt blow your mind but gets the job done, and its enjoyable in the process.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from a grocery store in Bridgeport, California. Aroma is grainy malt, soft floral hops, straw, with some grassy notes. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter. Body is medium. Nice Pilsner with floral hoppy notes, not very German though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2025
at 04:46
6/10
I think i got a bad one, because there is no way that Sierra Nevada made a bad tasting beer.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Nice, light grass, wheaty, good Pilsner, grainy. Light hoppiness. Good stuff.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden, cloudy with a medium white head. Aroma if his, malt and straw. Medium bitter with a dry malt and straw end. Nice pilsner
Tried
on 07 Jun 2019
at 19:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz can, PKGD 102018. The pour is a clear golden with pretty fine effervescent carbonation bubbles and a frothy 1 inch white head that falls quick. The aroma is cereal malt, with hay and a bit of citrus sweetness. The taste is crisp pilsner malt, straw, floral, herbal and a hint of the sweetness of the citrus. The plate is medium bodied with active carbonation and a crisp mineral dry finish. Super tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2019
at 01:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle picked up at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Steady chalk white head. Bright yellow-greenish body. Spotty lacing. Aroma of grass and light oily hops. Peachy flavours joined by bread like malts. Dry, rounded ending, slightly oily. Fine partner to our Sunday chicken pie. (Tromsø 14.10.2018).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2018
at 17:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 12 oz dated August 3, 2018. Aroma is grain forward with hints of floral esters and light floral hop notes. Pours a brilliantly clear, gold color with a fairly large, thick, frothy white head that recedes to a small head that lingers for a bit. Flavor has a medium light sweetness and moderate grain notes. Medium bitterness and faint floral, earthy hop notes. Faint floral esters. Mouthfeel is light bodied with a nice crispness and moderate carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice, crisp lager with a bit more malt and hop notes than a traditional pilsner.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2018
at 05:38