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Powder Hound Pilsner
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
- From:
- The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.17 | pDev: 16.4%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 09, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
A Western Canadian pilsner with its roots steeped in Czech tradition.
A light beer, the Powder Hound greets you with a pleasant citrus aroma and continues with an earthy slightly sweet flavour.
The combination of fresh Saaz hops, pure glacial water and local pale malts make this an ideal beer for all occasions.
A light beer, the Powder Hound greets you with a pleasant citrus aroma and continues with an earthy slightly sweet flavour.
The combination of fresh Saaz hops, pure glacial water and local pale malts make this an ideal beer for all occasions.
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
3.38/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - Pours a clear gold colour with a 1/4 finger width of bubbly white head. Lots of fizzy bubbles.
Smell - Grains, wheat, sweet malts, grass/straw, light hops.
Taste - Sweetness of the malts is most predominant, and supported by the grass, wheat and grain flavours. Slight hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Mouthfeel - Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Crisp feel.
Overall - A crisp, easy-drinking Czech Pils by Grizzly Paw. Could use more hops to contribute to the bitterness factor. Otherwise, still enjoyable.
Sep 30, 2012Smell - Grains, wheat, sweet malts, grass/straw, light hops.
Taste - Sweetness of the malts is most predominant, and supported by the grass, wheat and grain flavours. Slight hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Mouthfeel - Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Crisp feel.
Overall - A crisp, easy-drinking Czech Pils by Grizzly Paw. Could use more hops to contribute to the bitterness factor. Otherwise, still enjoyable.
Reviewed by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)
3.27/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - a crystal clear pale golden, short white head left sparse lacing
S - grainy and toasty aromas with a light grassy and herbal note
T - starts with pale bready malt, light hint of grassy hops with herbal and mineral on the finish
M - very light and crisp, slight hop dry with a relatively bready base
O - by no means a top notch pils, but it is very drinkable with just enough hop flavour to make it stand out from your run of the mill mass swill, I'd like to try it on tap
Nov 24, 2011S - grainy and toasty aromas with a light grassy and herbal note
T - starts with pale bready malt, light hint of grassy hops with herbal and mineral on the finish
M - very light and crisp, slight hop dry with a relatively bready base
O - by no means a top notch pils, but it is very drinkable with just enough hop flavour to make it stand out from your run of the mill mass swill, I'd like to try it on tap
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.64/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
3.64/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
This beer pours a bright yellow color, with not much head. The smell is a bit weak, but strawery, and has a bit of a spice aroma. The taste has a nice spice aftertone, very easy to drink. A weak flavor, but still good. Overall I found this a very enjoyable pilsener.
May 20, 2011Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Its absolute clarity notwithstanding, this beer doesn't strike me as a pilsner. For one, its colour is awfully dark. Rather than the customary yellow this is a hardened, deep-dyed tone of gold. Secondly, and even more importantly, it has exactly zero head. (Funny isn't it that this PowderHound should actually require some fake snow for its peeks?)
You can't have a Greek salad without feta, a Philly steak without cheese or French baguette without butter - that's the good stuff that make the otherwise ordinary foods taste so delicious! Likewise, you can't make a pilsner - Czech or German style - without aromatic hops! This smells dull and boring, like bready, biscuity malts and nothing else.
The "(North) American" pilsner, should you insist such a thing exists, is characteristically without aromatic hops, true, but let me stop you right there. This doesn't resemble one of those either. This is actually much closer to an English-style pale ale: it has that chewy, doughie, biscuity, bready maltiness and, if at all, an earthy English variety hopping.
Its body, furthermore, is much thicker and heavier than is customary for a pale lager. It has a good deal of body, very few bubbles and a long lasting aftertaste. For anyone who doesn't have their style guidebook handy let me save you the trouble of looking it up - no, it's not suppose to have those characteristics! Moreover, they bring nothing to the table.
I've rated this about average as a middling lager but if I were more inclined to stick to style guidelines these marks would take a huge hit. If you wanted just an agreeable, ordinary beer - which, granted, most commercial pilsners are anyway - this is fine. But if you were looking for a real pilsner, look elsewhere. This one belongs in the doghouse.
Aug 21, 2010You can't have a Greek salad without feta, a Philly steak without cheese or French baguette without butter - that's the good stuff that make the otherwise ordinary foods taste so delicious! Likewise, you can't make a pilsner - Czech or German style - without aromatic hops! This smells dull and boring, like bready, biscuity malts and nothing else.
The "(North) American" pilsner, should you insist such a thing exists, is characteristically without aromatic hops, true, but let me stop you right there. This doesn't resemble one of those either. This is actually much closer to an English-style pale ale: it has that chewy, doughie, biscuity, bready maltiness and, if at all, an earthy English variety hopping.
Its body, furthermore, is much thicker and heavier than is customary for a pale lager. It has a good deal of body, very few bubbles and a long lasting aftertaste. For anyone who doesn't have their style guidebook handy let me save you the trouble of looking it up - no, it's not suppose to have those characteristics! Moreover, they bring nothing to the table.
I've rated this about average as a middling lager but if I were more inclined to stick to style guidelines these marks would take a huge hit. If you wanted just an agreeable, ordinary beer - which, granted, most commercial pilsners are anyway - this is fine. But if you were looking for a real pilsner, look elsewhere. This one belongs in the doghouse.
Reviewed by scott451 from Canada (ON)
3.2/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap. One finger white head, which soon diminishes to a thin layer, on a clear golden colour. Some lacing. Grassy grain smells. Big fruit in the taste up front. A bit of a surprise. Sweetish. A grainy finish. A very fresh taste. As it should be, at the brewery. Medium body. Drinkability is very good.
Aug 02, 2010Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
3.05/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
341ml bottle poured into pint glass nov17 2009
A cloudy golden yellow with tiny suspended particles, not much head yet somehow left a few patches of lace
S a little yeasty with some sweet grains
T again yeast and grains with some mild lemon and a little salty I think I'm tasting salt anyways
M enough carbonation too give it a slightly creamy feel
D pretty average beer, I remember this being better when i lived in Canmore and drank it at the brew pub. perhaps I've just grown up a bit since then
maybe try this one on the sample tray at the brew pub and decide for yourself
Nov 18, 2009A cloudy golden yellow with tiny suspended particles, not much head yet somehow left a few patches of lace
S a little yeasty with some sweet grains
T again yeast and grains with some mild lemon and a little salty I think I'm tasting salt anyways
M enough carbonation too give it a slightly creamy feel
D pretty average beer, I remember this being better when i lived in Canmore and drank it at the brew pub. perhaps I've just grown up a bit since then
maybe try this one on the sample tray at the brew pub and decide for yourself
Reviewed by berley31 from Canada (NB)
3.4/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Poured with a very small, off-white head. Some slight haziness to the dark yellow body. Not much to the aroma... slightly sweet. Medium-bodied on the palate, with a fairly creamy texture, and soft carbonation. Tasted pretty basic for a pilsener, with a slightly bitter finish to it. Overall it was decent, but nothing spectacular. It'll do in a pinch if you're in the mood for its style.
Jul 21, 2009
Powder Hound Pilsner from The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
24 ratings
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