Stuu (34525) ticked Sandía Especial from Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Keg at the brewery. Pours clear pink, nose is watermelon, lemon, grassy, taste is sweet juicy watermelon, grassy, hay. 7
Stuu (34525) ticked Amalfi Gold from Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Keg at the brewery. Pours clear pale golden, nose is lemon zest, grassy, floral, taste is sweet, floral, zesty. 7
Stuu (34525) ticked Aliena (2020) from Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is vanilla, woody, earthy, chocolate, taste is creamy vanilla, soy sauce, chocolate. 8/7/7/7/7
Stuu (34525) ticked Kittywampus from Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is huge coffee, roasted, chocolate, meaty, taste is roasted coffee, meaty, chocolate, toffee. 8/9/8/8/8
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is liquorice, chocolate, marshmallow, coconut, woody, taste is similar, huge bourbon notes, sweet and warming. 8/9/9/9/8.5
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is vanilla, chocolate, caramel, taste is sweet, creamy, marshmallow, chocolate. 8
Stuu (34525) ticked Hip Hip Churray! from Foreign Exchange Brewing Co. 6 months ago
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is chocolate, cinnamon, treacle, caramel, dark fruits, rich chocolate, sweet, creamy, cinnamon. 8/9/9/8/8
Keg at the brewery. Pours clear amber, nose is marshmallow, floral, caramel, roasted, taste is creamy marshmallow, caramel, wood spice, little thin. 7/8/8/7/7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Purchased at Bottles & Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home during NYE quarantine edition. This basically looks like a glass of lightly watered down maple syrup, smells like a glass of maple syrup and toffee, and tastes like a combo of maple syrup, toffee, and light alcohol. Which isn't a bad thing because...maple syrup is great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
No date on the can.
It pours a clear straw yellow with a finger of foam.
The smell is hoppy but with Galaxy hops vs the usual noble hops that I expect from a Pilsner. Suburban style Pilsner? What the heck is that??
The taste is hoppy and grainy, hop bitterness is not of the noble kind. Earthy, almost to a tropical fruitiness but not quite. Good but could be better with a more traditional approach, whether it be German or Czech.
Good mouthfeel though I reckon that the carbonation could be bumped up some.
When I think of Pilsners, this will not be near the top of my list.