Sweet sourdough mouthfeel, carbolic lemon Seltzer tingle, mandarin orange trace, and salty bottom outline extremely dry light pils. But inefficient swill water finish disturbs brisk hop kick.
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STOUDT’S PILS
Dry fizzy-hopped golden-hued moderation boasts characteristics of both German and Czech pilsners, but better defined as crisp cross between light American wheat beer and delicate Belgian wit. Floral herbaceous hops embitter sweet malted Bavarian center, brusque Eastern Euro graining and affable lemon-spiced backdrop. Rewardingly original though elusive grain finish sags.
VELTINS TRADITION PILSNER
BECK’S LIGHT PILSENER
PRESIDENTE LIGHT PILSENER
STEINLAGER PILSENER
GENOVA CERVEZA
Found no info ’bout dull lightweight Paraguayan pilsner (except Brooklyn’s Northeast Beverages were importers). Crystal clean mountain water picks up sweet cocoa malting and doughy reminder, but phenol hop acridity and soapy Eastern Euro finish disrupt minor grapefruit splurge.
LABATT BLUE PILSENER
Great White North’s 5% alcohol version stronger and more pungent than bland, watery American teaser. Uncomplicated blend of sweet doughy malting and slightest hop bitterness round out soapy metallic mainstream product. Don’t let lightweight pilsner labeling fool you into believing it lacks robustness, though.
ABITA 20TH ANNIVERSARY PILSNER
CHUNG HUA PILSENER
Pleasant barley sweetness lingers through aromatic crystal malting and mild dry hop pungency. Watered down cream soda flow enjoins crystalline butterscotch finish of snuggly medium body.
GILDE PILSENER
IMPERIAL CERVEJA VIVA
Musty-scented pale yellow pilsner overlays softest grain whiskey assurance with peppery hop fizz and sharp carbonation for light-bodied dearth. Diacetyl butterscotch nuance plagued by harsh phenolic bluster.