James Squire Four Wives Pilsener
Malt Shovel Brewery in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.22
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Not bad for an Aussie pilsener but I have to rate it behind Mildura. Didn’t quite get that saaz hit. Nice crisp pilsener finish though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Draught as part of a tasting paddle, at James Squire Brewhouse at the Portland Hotel, Melbourne, on July 30, 2013.Clear golden color, white head. Malty, herbal, grainy taste. Grainy, herbal aftertaste. Medium thin mouthfeel, low bitterness. Malty, sweet, a bit vegetable scent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Appearance: Golden brown, nice amount of white head. Aroma: Hops, malt, slight sweetness. Taste: Caramel, malt, some hops. Interesting. Info: 345ml bottle, 4/6-2013, 224/300, 236/500
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From a 345ml bottle on 21/3/2010. Squire’s beers are invariably above average, though this is probably my least favourite of the regulars. For me, it just struggles a bit when it comes to personality. It certainly doesn’t taste much like a pilsener, and its style is hard to nail. That said, it is quite drinkable and has enough flavour to keep an appreciator of a decent beer happy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep golden colour. Rendolent with minty, fruity hops and sweet, breezy malts. Low bitterness, just a little bit of tannin and wood lingering late. Fresh, fruity character. Well-balanced with fresh malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Coppery gold - considerably darker than the current picture suggests. Large, densely-packed white head. Medium to high carbonation. Nose has complex bread/ cereal/ caramel malt and herbal/ floral hops. Big sweet malts with pronounced spicy bitterness to balance and finish. This is a good full-flavoured pilsener. Pils can be great and frivolous but this lacks the sense of fun that I associate with the best of this style.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Golden pour with a good-sized head but lacking in persistence.Green nobles hops on the nose, grassy and spicy. Quite clean with some biscuity and bready malt.Flavours are very hoppy, again quite green. Bready malts come through, but are slightly grainy. The bitterness is bold but makes for a somewhat boring finish.Good carbonation (moderately high) with a nice light body.Excellent example of the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. An orange beer with a lazing white head. The aroma is sweet with light hoppy notes. The flavor is sweet malty with light hoppy notes and a lightly bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Heavy hopy (nice) light malty aroma. Lots of flowers-notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Powerfull bitter average finish. Oily palate. Really nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Sweet malty aroma with some grainy hints. Sweet malty and grainy flavor. Malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.