Torpedo Pilsner

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name:Torpedo Pilsner

• Brewery: Sierra Nevada and FireStone Walker

• Style: Pilsner

• ABV: 5.2%

• IBU: 45

• Pour Color: Light golden color

      Upon pouring the face and I found it to be very heady and nice and golden. Easily seen thru. The head on this lasted for about half the glass before finally giving up to my follicles. The scent off the top was hoppy and yeasty. Nice tropical/piney scent off the top. The lager yeast was a small contribution to the bouquet. A sweet bready scent. The flavor is that of a strong dose of hops. Sweet meets up with piney tropical hops and really works well as a hoppy pilsner. If your looking for a Canadian pilsner then this one will just be to much for you. Really really good and delivers what it says it will!
      This pilsner is quite delicious. The hand in hand with firestone walker and sierra nevada suggests it will have a good hop flavor and ballance as both sierra and firestone know how to use hops. This pilsner delivers what you would expect and is nice and crisp. The flavors of the hops just make for a more refreshing taste then most pilsner. Having a lower ABV could have hurt it for the time i've let it age but that is not the case. A great beer that anyone would be lucky to find even now when it's not at it's optimal freshness. 

Rating: ****1/2

EuroTrash Pilz

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: EuroTrash Pilz

• Brewery: Southern Tier Beer (New York)
  

• Style: Pilsner

• ABV: 5.2%

• IBU:

• Pour Color: Easily see thru straw color.

      The pour had a nice fluffy head to it. That would end quickly and a laced top would be seen for most the rest of the glass. A nice golden color that was easy to see through and actually quite bubbly. The scent off the top is a mostly malts. Wheat smell mostly and a little hint of hops. The taste is the same way. Very strong wheat and yeast flavor. The back ground isn't really bittered much by the hops. It's a sweet, slightly floral mix, toward the end of the taste. The wheat flavor lingers long after a sip. An average pilsner really.
      This is one of the few southern tier beers that just is boring to me. The hop really doesn't excite and the malts are just to sweet. It's really one of those yellow fizzy beers that other mass makers make. Yeah it's got a kick of a little more flavor but it's not really unique. If your a pilsner guy I can't see you being disappointed in this one. If you'er not a pilsner guy this isn't going to switch you to this style. Good beer but not great. 

Rating: **

Noble Pils

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Noble Pils

• Brewery: Samuel Adams Brewing (Massachusetts)

• Style: Pilsner

• ABV: 4.9%

• IBU: 34

• Pour Color: A bright golden color that is easily seen through

      On pour this one got a fluffy head that hung around for a good while. The nice golden color is perfectly clear. The scent, is a slight sweet malty scent, and a nice hop tone to it. The hops in this one come straight at ya on taste. The curl got a little tighter as this one hit me with pine and earthy tones. The malt is in the back slightly sweetening this one up. Really a great pilsner any one should try.
      Sam Adams puts a lot of stock in the "noble hops". These are grown where it's the best hop growing condition. There pils though is helped by this pickyness.  The hops in question some times don't make a great IPA, but a hoppy pils like this is perfect with em. I look forward to spring cause I've grown accustom to sam's noble pils. Now that it's a year round beer the Face gets it all the time!

Rating: *****

Summerfest 2012

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: SummerFest 2012

• Brewery: Sierra Nevada (California)
  

• Style: Pilsner

• ABV: 5%

• IBU:28

• Pour Color: Gold and very clear!

      The Face poured this one and it had a nice head. Lasted a good while for being a pilsner too. The color was a perfect golden color. The smell off the glass was a hop heavy brew. Not much of the malts came through on the sent. On taste though it was the opposite. A whole lot of malt and not really that strong of hops. You get a light pine and citrus tone but not much. A crisp and refreshing beer for summer cause it's fairly light. Worth a try for sure if your a pilsner drinker.
      This was a fairly average ale. I could easily compare it to Heineken actually. A fairly hoppy pilsner that really has a overall ballenced taste. This has a little more character with a heightened sweetness and hop character. It really seems to be looking for the same market as a Heineken though. This is a nice crisp ale that non-craft drinkers would love I think. 

Rating: ***1/2

Mama's Little Yella Pils

The Beer Stats:

• Beer Name: Mama's Little Yella Pils

• Brewery:Oskar Blues (Colorado)

• Style: Bohemian Style Pilsner

• ABV: 5.3%

• IBU:35

• Pour Color: A nice golden color nearly transparent

 

      A great golden color on the pour. The head was nice and fluffy. After 3 or 4 sips it still held strong to me but my wax prevailed finally taking the fluffy cloud down. A nice mix of sweetness and only a slight bitterness makes this a great beer. A real hop flavor that's nice and crisp is complemented well with it's malt finish. If mama's got some yella pils I'd steal a few.
     This little can, can be found pretty close to it's big brother Dale's Pale Ale. Another example that cans mean little when enjoying a great beer. Mama's lil yella pils is a great name for a great pilsner. Forget the mass produced crud they call pilsners and get one of these. 

Rating: ****1/2