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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4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
From a bottle it looks and smells like a cheap pale lager with a medium rocky head. Yes, decent pilsner bite, like the old country. Since its not noon, really about 3, tastes a little late, heheh. Yes, fairly mild as far as hops go so its it a tad refreshing, even when its not really cold. OK overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2015
at 14:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
35,5 cl bottle @ Sankt Hans Tasting, Ulfborg. Aroma has hayish malt, cereal and some sweet popcorn tones. Flavour has grapefryuity hops, grass, some grainy malt and sweetish fruity tones. Finishes with menthol. A solid pils with slight American twist.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2015
at 11:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at VCBW Festival, pours a clear yellow with a small white head. Nose brings out skunky grassy notes - not much else. Flavour is pretty simple - with grassy notes and biscuity malt. Not as impressive as the average rating suggests but pretty clean.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2015
at 13:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours amber shade of golden, a bit of foam. Not much aroma, more of a crisp, breezing feel. Tastes fresh, nice malt balance and highly drinkable. Unfortunately I am not getting much of a hop feeling going on here, maybe some bittering hops somewhere there but I’d like a bit more. Overall, nice beer for a longer drinking session I guess. Works also as a good starter for the evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2015
at 06:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Ben! Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light grain and a bit of bread with a light crisp grass note. Flavor has a combination of grass and grain with a crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2015
at 21:12
4.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Live rate: 27th May 2015. 12oz bottle into a plastic beaker, hotel room Oceanside, California. Golden, clear body, full and lasting white head (unusuel for a Pilsner in my experience). Aroma weak and uninspiring, mild grain esters if I am being kind. The taste also a it bit bland and basic: not at all what I was expecting from this well respected brewery. Nothing bad, but nothing to set it aside from thousands of other beers in this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2015
at 22:52