Cape Brewing Company (CBC) Pilsner

Pilsner

 

Cape Brewing Company (CBC) in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦

  Lager - Pilsener Regular
Score
5.44
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 35
A curated combination of speciality malt, barley and hops results in a strong, hoppy aroma and moreish, bitter finish.
 

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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On tap at Craft Stellenbosch. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Very light floral grass on the nose. Flavour has dry grass and thin dry cracker malts. Weak body, little hops; not much to like here.

Tried from Draft at Craft on 22 Oct 2025 at 23:28


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. Golden beer with a whitish head. Light mineral aroma. Mineral and light malt flavor. Medium bodied. Mineral and light malt linger.

Tried from Draft on 16 Sep 2023 at 17:12


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Golden colour with a mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is grainy, grassy, herbal and some biscuity notes. Flavour is biscuity, floral, herbal and some grassy notes. Pleasantly balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 09:47


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear golden, white head. Malty aroma, light floral notes. Flavour is malty with some biscuits and decent hoppy bitterness. Some malty sweetness in the finish.

Tried on 08 Feb 2019 at 19:12


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle courtesy of Giulia B. Il gusto al naso è floreale e speziato. L'intensità olfattiva è ricca e la persistenza olfattiva è pregevole. Il cappello è di schiuma abbondante e dalla lunga persistenza. La grandezza delle bollicine è media. La carbonazione è abbondante. La consistenza del liquido è limpida. Le bollicine sono medio-fini. Qui la carbonazione è abbondante, persistente ed insistita. Il colore è giallo dorato brillante. Il corpo è snello. Il dolce è medio e l'amaro è moderato. L'intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di facile beva. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sul palato arrivano sentori di cereali.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 10:35


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

Keg at Beerhouse on Long. It pours crystal-clear gold with a medium white head. The aroma is predominantly bready, lemonade, straw, hay and cracker. The taste is crisp, clean, bitter - sweet, grassy, straw, hay, fragrant, lemonade, white bread, cracker and a touch of metal with a dry finish. Light - medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent enough lager bier.

Tried on 30 Oct 2016 at 08:00


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a long-lasting white head. Has a fruity malty grainy weak grassy aroma. Fruity malty grainy crisp grassy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy grassy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2016 at 05:50


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at Beerhouse. Crystal clear golden color, fluffy white head. Aroma of subtle pepper and freshly cut hay. Taste is clean, crisp, lightly peppery, quick finish. Very tasty.

Tried from Draft on 15 May 2016 at 01:12


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

(Bottle, as "CBC Classic Lager") Golden colour, slightly hazy, with frothy white head, leaving traces of lacing. Malty nose with notes of bread, citrus, honey, grass and hay. Malty taste with bread, citrus peel, honey and a gentle grassy bitterness in a dry finish. Medium body, quite dry. Well made and tasty. Quite a decent pilsener.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2015 at 15:23


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Frothy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy bready aroma. Light bitter bad bready flavor. Short light bitter finish. watery palate.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2015 at 02:03