nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Black Pils from Goldfinger Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16oz can, day of canning. Could pass for any variation of dark lager. Medium bodied, smooth, creamy. World Class, delicious
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Goldfinger. Dry, light malty smell with a note of sodium from softened Pils water. Bright, clear yellow with a leggy bit of foam on top. Taste is sharp with spicy noble hop, a little bit of flower blossom. Bitterness shots to the back of my throat, and gets a very slight lemon note. Prickly and tingly all the way down. Dry, toasty malt finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Goldfinger. Deep brown with leggy tan foam along the sides of the glass. Smell is a nice blend of lightly roast malt and roast coffee. Tasty, tasty, tasty. The coffee gives it more of a stout note. The roast on the palate is not quite as strong as on the nose. The serve gave me a taste of the base Baltic porter for comparison. That's a little sweeter, with a bit lighter roast. Coffee does not exhibit much bitterness by itself. There's still a dry lager finish, and a thin coating on my lips. Glad I got to try this limited beer.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Pils from Goldfinger Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
16oz can. Doesn't have the head that it had at the brewery. Pretty awesome Pils. World Class stuff really. Bready malts, and a zesty, full noble hop tone. Perfect balance, awesome execution. This is what I hope the future of US Pils tastes like. Supremely enjoyable beer, no gimmicks in sight.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
16oz can from the brewery. Less than a week from canning date. Bready, light, effervescent. Easy drinking, quite refreshing. Quite delicate on the palate, really clean and easy drinking, but also has some nice malt undertone. World Class Helles, pretzely melanoidan touches? Great stuff, really impressive execution.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Tap at Goldfinger. Steady, creamy head. Tan-brown body, hints of amber perhaps. Really nice example of the styles, deep malt nuances, but clean and drinkable too. Really true to style, with a soft pillowy body from the sidepour. World Class.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Rauchbier from Goldfinger Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Goldfinger. 8 dollar half liter. Smells official and awesome. Smoke centered all the way, true to style. Filtered. Good, but unfortunate that it has to cost close to ten dollars a pint after tax and tip. Hopefully they put this is six-packs, as bar price is untenable for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Rating #3900! Draft at Goldfinger. Tall straight glass shows a puffy head over an amber beer body. That Bamberg smoked ham smell you either love or hate. Taste has the initial smoke note, but there's also malt working its way in to the palate. As a fresh beer, there's a tinge of hop bitterness on the edge that might get wiped out with an smoked beer sitis in a can or bottle for longer that a week. Finish is pretty malty and satisfying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Goldfinger. Day AFTER their Oktoberfest. Bright gold color with a cushy layer of foam. The usual solid beer smell with no distraction from adjuncts. Solid German lager taste: malty with a peppery Noble hop prickle on the tongue. A little lighter in abv than the Märzen Oktoberfest style, but it's still nice and hearty for the cool weather that's finally come in.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Beer On the Wall Arlington Heights. Pours a clear copper with a full two fingers of beige head that dissipates. Lovely bready malt aromas with wildflower honey and caramel standing out. More of the same on the palate. Nice toasted caramel notes. Smooth and refreshing. Light pepper that lingers. Great stuff.