On tap at River Of Beer, easygoing moderation utilizes subtle bacterial brettanomyces souring to affect light pilsner malts, dry-hopped earthen wood tones and wispy barnyard acridity. Lemony white grape illusions sneak in the back end.
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GREAT LAKES TURNTABLE PILS
On tap at River Of Beer, sturdy Czech pils brings earthen grain malt pungency to light herbal-spiced Saaz hop bittering and subtle lemon restraint. Dank corn-flaked spelt, oats and wheatgrass influence affects baked bread spine.
LA CUMBRE SOUTH PEAK PILSNER
On tap at Blue Grasshopper, sessionable ‘pizza beer’ offers polite lemon-soured Seltzer spritz to French-breaded pilsner malts, grassy Saaz hops and dry earthen wood tones. Rustic light-bodied yellow fizz water proves to be fine Czech-styled pils.
CHATHAM CZECH’RD PAST CZECH STYLE PILS
Apprehensive ‘classic bohemian pils’ in a can stays mild as soured lemon spicing recedes above tentative grassy hop astringency and buttery biscuit malts. Slight diacetyl acidity lowers its appeal. On tap at Pennings Farm, easygoing moderate body combines lightly toasted mineral graining, mild earthen hop pungency, grassy citric herbage and raw-honeyed pale malting.
NESHAMINY CREEK TRAUGER PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, well-defined German pilsner offers raw-grained oats, maize and wheat desiccation to assertive grassy hop astringency and soured herbal lemon spritz above saltine cracker-like malts. But skunked yeast musk and barnyard hay-straw acridity may be off-putting to those unfamiliar with dry Bohemian-styled pils.
SWEETWATER TAKE TWO PILS
Fine golden blonde German styled pilsner boasts imperious motto: ‘Don’t float the mainstream.’ And that bold statement holds true by bringing pungent lemon bittering to grassy floral-spiced Saaz hops, earthen wood minerality and grain-roasted lager malts in an efficient manner.
WARSTEINER DOUBLE HOPPED
Lupulin-hued green label of clear-yellowed pils promotes ‘mild’ German hops (as opposed to bitter American varietal). Honeyed cereal grains leave influence on softly creamed tongue. But skunked sour malt aromatics deprive sourdough base.
(BAVARIA) ALBERT HEIJN PILSENER
Light Czech-styled pilsner (in a can) brings mild rye-breaded mineral graining and milled wheat flouring to soft lemon spritz with little fanfare. Papery cardboard acridity and slight metallic tinge desiccate barren toasted hop murk.
FOOTHILLS TORCH PILSNER
Pungent Czech-styled pils brings raw-grained barnyard rusticity and sharp Saaz-hopped bittering to the fore as musky lemon rot souring increases over buttered biscuit malt base. Tertiary lemongrass herbage and minor straw grass acridity waver. Clean mineral water crisping battles back astringent ethyl alcohol burn. A must-have for heartier pilsner thirsts.
BARRIER ROTATIONER PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, yellow-fruited German pils utilizes herbal citric-spiced Santiam hop oiling to moderately embitter brusque grain musk. Wood-toned lemony grapefruit tang spreads across grassy earthen dew, botanical floral-perfumed wisp and musty vegetal snip. Not far removed from a light summertime India Pale Ale.
FAT HEAD’S JACK STRAW PILSNER
Gritty straw-hued Czech-styled pils has got some bite to it. Pungent raw-grained astringency and grassy hopped bittering picks up sharp yellow-fruited spicing above crystal-malted sweetness. Subtle floral-perfumed grapefruit, lemon and peach notions linger softly.
ABITA SEERSUCKER SUMMER PILS
Moderate German-styled pilsner (in a can) picks up shady blueberry-soured respite for polite lemon seltzer spritz, mild raw-grained grassy hop bittering and wispy herbal nip. Minor phenol astringency never depletes lemony blueberry tartness.