Take Two Pils
SweetWater Brewing Company

Take Two PilsTake Two Pils
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From:
SweetWater Brewing Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
German Pilsner
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.48 | pDev: 14.08%
Reviews:
71
Ratings:
489
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 02, 2021
Added:
Jun 11, 2014
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  181
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Ratings by KFrank729:
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Rated by KFrank729 from Ohio

4/5  rDev +14.9%

Oct 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chipwells from Georgia

Feb 02, 2021
 
Rated: 3.83 by curlybird from Pennsylvania

May 25, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by JohnDon from Texas

Oct 11, 2018
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.17/5  rDev +19.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Welcome to Part Two of New After Dark At Water, My Sweet (Week 705)! I spent the morning with Atwater B.C., but as the Summer of 2018 winds down, I am reluctant to get out of the water.

From the Bottle: "Bottle Conditioned"; "Call Us in the Morning!"; "Don't Float the Mainstream!"; "Take Two Pils is a step into an alternate reality for Sweetwater, a head-first dive down into the Wonderland world of Lagers. This adventurous golden blonde German style pilsner is brewed with a mad hatter's dose of spicy floral hops. It's beautifully Bohemian in body, earthy in soul, and it's moving low. Go ask Alice, I think she'll know."

I Pop!ped the cap, but I was starting to feel fatigued as the evening approached, so I went with a slow, gentle pour which was just about my speed at the moment. Once it had been sufficiently decanted, I performed an uplifting in-glass swirl. Uplifting because it lifted up just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with decent retention. In turn, I was rewarded with a load of sticky lacing. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5), so I may not have been gentle enough with this bottle-conditioned beer or my dreaded reefer haze has struck again. Nose had a definite malt-forward aspect, but underlain by a Noble/Saaz grassy, hay-like hoppiness. Mmm. Mouthfeel was big, full, dense & creamy! I was astounded since it was another Lager-style beer! The taste was very crisp, not at all sweet, but definitely malt-driven with the hops adding a pleasant spiciness. This is just the sort of thing that they should be putting in CANs for the Summer months. Finish was dry and refreshing. Take Two? I'd suck down a sixer without even a backwards glance! YMMV.
Aug 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by DigitGrowler from Kentucky

Apr 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.13 by Pinginn from Georgia

Dec 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by krome from Illinois

Nov 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.19 by AMarkle6524 from Pennsylvania

Oct 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.44 by CaptainHate from Ohio

Sep 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Sep 17, 2016
 
Rated: 2.98 by Hayden34 from Georgia

Aug 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.6 by jnorris404 from Alabama

Aug 20, 2016
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Reviewed by dsa7783 from New Jersey

3.35/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Single bottle copped at Total Wine and More. Prickly taste with moderate hops flowing through. Slightly spritzy with a medium-bodied mouthfeel. Refreshing, clean adaptation of a classic German style. Decent.
Aug 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by Corburk from Pennsylvania

Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.43 by nwhittin from Indiana

Jul 30, 2016
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Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio

4.15/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
What a shocker. I picked up a 12 variety pack at BJ's (one of the 420's was broken - glass all inside). I expected the pils in the pack to be a throw away guzzler. Not so!

It's yellow an foamy. The aroma is strong and hoppy. The taste is very hoppy and dry for the style, to a fault, but it sure tastes good. This is hoppier and drier than most and it may shock some less adventurous beer drinkers expecting a Miller. The aftertaste is very bitter.

Highly recommended. Let the other beer snobs snub their noses at the pilsner - more for us real Beer Advocates.
Jul 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by MidloRapid from Virginia

Jul 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by waddellc2 from Pennsylvania

Jul 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.67 by JDK from Ohio

Jul 17, 2016
Take Two Pils from SweetWater Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 489 ratings