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Elemental Pilsener
Lightning Brewery
- From:
- Lightning Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 17.25%
- Reviews:
- 30
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 07, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
2.06/5 rDev -39.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.06/5 rDev -39.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I tried this beer at the Beer Hunter in La Quinta, CA. It poured a clear golden with huge fizzy head that did not leave any lace. The scent had touches of over primed bottle and grain. The taste was poor and not easy to drink. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with huge carbonation. Overall its not a very good beer...I might try it again if available on tap...never again in a bottle or can.
Mar 18, 2018Rated by kkjohann from California
4.36/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Great clean pils. Best Pils I had in the US.
Jan 13, 2016Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon
3.44/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours two fingers of head on a hazy straw body.
The aroma is lemon and honey.
The taste is moderate lemon bitterness. A bit chewy.
The texture is softer.
Oct 07, 2015The aroma is lemon and honey.
The taste is moderate lemon bitterness. A bit chewy.
The texture is softer.
Reviewed by Safa1 from California
4.53/5 rDev +32.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.53/5 rDev +32.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Let's be honest. Idiots abound who don't know good beer from bad beer. They just go with the common ideas. This is a fucking Pilsner. Like Miller fucking light. As a Pilsner goes, this one is god damned great. Nice and bitter lager. When reading the reviews it becomes obvious that the low scores come from people who don't know what a North German Pils should taste like. It's good. Real good.
Sep 20, 2015Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
3.19/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Pours a clear golden color with a decent head that leaves plenty of lacing behind
Smell: Wafts of corn sugar and butterscotch; slightly grassy
Taste: Surprisingly sweet, up front, with corn sugar and butterscotch joining the grainy taste; some grassy hops in the middle, but the finish is a return to the sweet flavors
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: A rather disappointing example of the style; doesn't have the hop character and clean finish I seek in the style
Jan 22, 2015Smell: Wafts of corn sugar and butterscotch; slightly grassy
Taste: Surprisingly sweet, up front, with corn sugar and butterscotch joining the grainy taste; some grassy hops in the middle, but the finish is a return to the sweet flavors
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: A rather disappointing example of the style; doesn't have the hop character and clean finish I seek in the style
Reviewed by johlac66 from California
4.09/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Light gold with a frothy two finger head that left a curtain of lacing.
Spicy grass aroma and flavor.
Nicely carbonated with an almost creamy bit more than medium mouthfeel. Slight zesty finish.
A very tasty pils!
Jan 12, 2015Spicy grass aroma and flavor.
Nicely carbonated with an almost creamy bit more than medium mouthfeel. Slight zesty finish.
A very tasty pils!
Elemental Pilsener from Lightning Brewery
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
60 ratings
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