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Honey Pilsner
Amherst Brewing
- From:
- Amherst Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #156 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,466 - Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 13.77%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 08, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 08, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jeez from Massachusetts
3.68/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
"Honey Pilsner" was in interesting idea to me, but I'm not sure this really tasted like either. Its malt is sweet and bready, but it the yeast flavor is noticeable and there is a general musty quality to it. While the honey is present, it tastes artificial. Hop bitterness is more than your average pilsner as well.
And yet, it all comes together to create a cohesive beer. I found it crisp and refreshing. It's a little obtuse, but I still enjoyed it.
Nov 24, 2022And yet, it all comes together to create a cohesive beer. I found it crisp and refreshing. It's a little obtuse, but I still enjoyed it.
Reviewed by cbutova from Massachusetts
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A- Tallboy can poured into a pint glass with a mostly clear deep golden body and a one finger head. The cap makes it to a finger high at its peak with fairly good retention. Some small islands remain on the beer and lacing is spotty.
S- Straightforward but to the point and pretty well composed. Honey and pale grainy malts open things up for slight floral and spicy notes as well as a bit of bread and pale fruit, which is fine in this type of lager.
T- Personally I find this this beer is cleaner and has more depth in the taste. Malts throughout with crackery, bready and grainy light barley notes. The honey adds a bit of a floral and herbal flavor that blends in with spicy and earthy hop notes and overall it has a light sweetness. A touch of the pale fruits from the yeast with a hint of apple/pear but just a touch.
MF- Light-medium bodied for the style. The texture is a bit fluffy and frothy and the carbonation is at a medium level. A light herbal bitterness throughout.
I have had this beer many times over the past 12 years living around Amherst and visiting the brewery/now the Hangar. I feel like ABC has leveled up their game a lot in the past 5 years and the beers are just more consistent on the whole compared to the old brewpub. Simple lager with a touch of honey and hops.
Apr 13, 2020S- Straightforward but to the point and pretty well composed. Honey and pale grainy malts open things up for slight floral and spicy notes as well as a bit of bread and pale fruit, which is fine in this type of lager.
T- Personally I find this this beer is cleaner and has more depth in the taste. Malts throughout with crackery, bready and grainy light barley notes. The honey adds a bit of a floral and herbal flavor that blends in with spicy and earthy hop notes and overall it has a light sweetness. A touch of the pale fruits from the yeast with a hint of apple/pear but just a touch.
MF- Light-medium bodied for the style. The texture is a bit fluffy and frothy and the carbonation is at a medium level. A light herbal bitterness throughout.
I have had this beer many times over the past 12 years living around Amherst and visiting the brewery/now the Hangar. I feel like ABC has leveled up their game a lot in the past 5 years and the beers are just more consistent on the whole compared to the old brewpub. Simple lager with a touch of honey and hops.
Reviewed by Greenlabel from New Hampshire
3.92/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Enjoyed this Pilsner on tap at the brewery and, given my satisfaction, purchased a 4-pack that has now also been consumed. I'm surprised that the ratings for this beer haven't been higher on an overall basis. In general, I think Amherst's products have been on an upswing and this Pilsner is a good example of that statement. "Honey" in the title might indicate excessive sweetness but that's not the case - sweeter than some Pilsners I've tasted but definitely not excessive as the honey is offset somewhat by the hop bitterness. Nice crispness that helps to make this a solid brew for any season.
I definitely enjoy IPAs (including some brewed by Amherst) but this is a refreshing addition to my future product mix.
Oct 14, 2019I definitely enjoy IPAs (including some brewed by Amherst) but this is a refreshing addition to my future product mix.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
2.7/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.7/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Tap at the brew pub.
No head thanks to a bad pour by the bartender, clearish tan almost amber like color.
Nose is almost nonexistant slightest hint of sweet malt just a touch of honey i think.
Taste starts a little better but not much, light vienna like fluffy malt and little toast, very little pilsner or lager flavors, alittle munich almost. A bad wierd herbal flavor with earthy plastic-y hops and used to be sweet honey but now tannins and bleh. Not even sure how to describe the bad aftertaste, almost estery herbal slight fusel alcohol like unhappy lager yeast. Dry finish though, little bitterness. Ich
Mouth is lighter bodied little carb which is strange for a draft.
Wtf! Did they friggen lager this at 90 degrees? Ug this would be a drain pour if I wasnt in the restaurant, instead... pounding time! Worst American made pilsner I've ever had I think!
Aug 26, 2012No head thanks to a bad pour by the bartender, clearish tan almost amber like color.
Nose is almost nonexistant slightest hint of sweet malt just a touch of honey i think.
Taste starts a little better but not much, light vienna like fluffy malt and little toast, very little pilsner or lager flavors, alittle munich almost. A bad wierd herbal flavor with earthy plastic-y hops and used to be sweet honey but now tannins and bleh. Not even sure how to describe the bad aftertaste, almost estery herbal slight fusel alcohol like unhappy lager yeast. Dry finish though, little bitterness. Ich
Mouth is lighter bodied little carb which is strange for a draft.
Wtf! Did they friggen lager this at 90 degrees? Ug this would be a drain pour if I wasnt in the restaurant, instead... pounding time! Worst American made pilsner I've ever had I think!
Honey Pilsner from Amherst Brewing
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
31 ratings
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