Can shared at Lucky Bamboo. Pours a deep ruby purple color with a finger of foam that dissipates. Lots of blackberry and raspberry notes in the nose. Smoth and juicy on the palate with a thick viscous body. Some mango on the palate towards the finish and light fruit skin astringency.

Can shared at Lucky Bamboo. Pours a hazy gold with a finger of white foam. Bright citrus, tangerine and sweet doughy aromas with some passion fruit notes. Smooth and creamy with a medium bitterness on the finish.

It pours a bright golden color under a foamy head. The smell has some lightly toasted malts, and just a note of noble hop. If you grew up on the basic yellow lager that was an American standard, this has all the good parts of that in its nose. The taste comes in with more of that slightly toasty malt. It may be light, but it’s definitely there, sometimes more than I can say for the usual bland beer. A lot of Pilsner have a salty note, probably from the soft water profile of the originating Plzen home base. But this does not have that. It seems to rest a bit toward the Dortmunder “Special Export” kind of lager. But there’s just a note of spice in the hop and slight floral note that says they have more right to call it a Pilsener than a Miller Lite does. Towards the very end, I picked up a slightly floral aftertaste that reminded me of the one time I had a fresh Budvar off the tap, and on the same continent as its source. Yes, I’ll call it crisp, and there is a bit of a hoppy after taste that I’m, sure the average good beer fans won’t mind at all.