The Royal Rug
Alternate Ending Beer Company in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
7.13
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As many of you know, the real life Dude designed our brewing system along with Boy Wonder @SpecificMechanical to allow us to do decoction brewing, which is so rare these days. We are able to move our grain from kettle to mash tun and back, boiling ⅓ of the grain to capture additional flavor, color and aroma. It’s a time-consuming process but well worth it as this spectacular beer accentuates a toastiness that wouldn't be found without it. The Mittelfrüh & Tradition hops provide floral notes with a soft bitterness in this extremely delicate Pilsner.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Taste is pils malt, grass, floral notes.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2026
at 11:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Some noble hops. Decent balance. Clean finish and a little crisp. Pours slightly hazy golden with great head retention. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2026
at 03:34
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy pale yellow with large white head. Lemon, milk, biscuit malt, and grass aroma. Mildly sweet lemon, creamy biscuit malt, and mildly bitter grass flavor. Nice body. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2026
at 01:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pour is a cloudy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is lemon drop hops. Flavor is crisp malt and some bitter lemon peel hops. Little bitter finish. Good but not really a stand out.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2025
at 21:04
Great German pils. Thanks NFB! Michkov is in Philly!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2024
at 18:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Lemon nose. Clear yellow, medium head. Grass, lime zest. Medium body, easy carbonation. Well rounded pilsner.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2024
at 00:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Flying Pig Tavern & Tap in Bordentown, NJ. Thanks, Pig. Bright yellow gold color. Small creamy white head. Floral, grainy aroma. Flavor is floral hops, grainy malt and a hint a fresh hay. Nicely balanced and eminently quaffable.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2022
at 17:03
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Growler from the brewery, 1/4/21. Thanks for the pick-up Brendan! Been wanting to try this for a while, but they were out of growlers for a bit. Ironically, it looks like this one is getting its first canning run today, so I could have waited a couple of days and gotten it in a 4-pack. Pours a clear, bright golden color with a white head and plenty of lacework. Bright floral, herbal, and grassy hops, some light pale / doughy malts as well. Moves nicely on the tongue. Crisp and clean. Light but not watery. Fairly dry on the finish. Really nice stuff, and especially at under 5% this is definitely the kind of thing I need more of in my beer fridge. I'm looking forward to throwing some cans in there once they are released this week! 7/5/8/5/16 4/12/22: This one needed an update. I have probably had this one a score of times since the last rating, and it just continuously performs. Excellent. Need to up the score. 8/5/8/5/18
Tried
from Growler
on 06 Jan 2021
at 15:04