Scrimshaw
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.19
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Named for the delicate engravings popularized by 19th century seafarers, Scrimshaw is a fresh tasting Pilsner brewed in the finest European tradition using Munich malt and Hallertauer and Tettnang hops. Scrimshaw has a subtle hop character, a crisp, clean palate, and a dry finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy copper / golden with a medium off-white head. Aroma brings out clean corn notes, grassy noble hops, pepper, and some biscuity malt. Flavour is pretty clean, with spicy grassy hop, some light peppery notes, and a biscuity malt backbone. Bone dry, with zero sweetness screaming through. Easy drinking, solidly made pils - nothing wrong with it at all, just not overly ambitious. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2014
at 19:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A- Grains, straw, hay. A- Yellow color, clear liquid, white head. T- Balanced, slightly bitter, grainy, sweet corn. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, crisp dry finish. O- An excellent pilsener. Possibly one of the best lesser common ones out there. Very drinkable and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 11:57
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
On tap. Pours a dark amber with little head. Very little aroma. Flavours of sweet toffee and cardboard. Nothing memorial.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2013
at 14:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Quite hazy yellow brown, some white head. Aroma: Hops. Malt, some fruit. Taste: Hops and malt, a bit watery. Info: 355ml bottle, 29/8-2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2013
at 13:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden color with white head. Light malty aroma with some grassy notes. Taste is very crisp and clean with mild hoppyness. Finishes with some slight bitterness. A very good pilsener!
Tried
on 27 May 2013
at 04:41
10/10
Tried
on 19 May 2013
at 22:35
6/10
Tried
on 01 May 2013
at 06:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a small white head.Nose shows honey, light spicy, earthy and herbal hops and some bready malt.Very similar flavours; more honey, bready malt and spicy hops.More carbonation is needed, pretty low at the moment.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2013
at 18:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 1/31/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit fruity/yeast aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors; with minimal fruity/yeasty notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderate bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.4%. Overall this is a very good German pilsener. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean pils malt showcase, with nice earthy hop presence/balance. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Held up extremely well for the age of the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 19:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pretty damn good if this is supposed to be a pilsner. Tastes more liek a pale ale to me. Goes down well with the fried fish and rice with tabasco I’m eating at a bus terminal in San Jose. Lots of hops and some skunk in here. Great for a session beer.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2012
at 21:01