Pilsner
Backcountry Brewery

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From:
Backcountry Brewery
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
German Pilsner
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.51 | pDev: 13.68%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
45
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 16, 2018
Added:
Jan 15, 2004
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  5
Formerly "Ptarmigan Pilsner." A traditional European Style Pilsner with a light hop aroma, smooth malt flavor and a distinctively clean finish.
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Ratings by MimDIPA:
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Rated by MimDIPA from Colorado

3.55/5  rDev +1.1%

Aug 16, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by COBEERHUNTER from Colorado

Jul 16, 2018
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

4/5  rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle

Pours a pretty nice clean/clear golden yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small creamy off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, some malts, citrusy. The taste is hoppy, kinda malty, citrusy. Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Apr 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by COR8RFAN from Colorado

Sep 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.47 by Spaceman_Jer from Colorado

Feb 08, 2016
 
Rated: 2.6 by Jeremiah87 from Colorado

Dec 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.04 by Jcarter1221 from Oklahoma

Nov 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by nygannon from California

Sep 28, 2015
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Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas

3.87/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A real nice one, My first try of this brewery I think. It was certainly fresh, as would be expected/hoped buying a sixer just a few miles from where it's brewed. Colorado has some stand-out breweries and after the usual caveats for n=1 and all, this one probably is going to stand out too. I think I'll try another sixer of something else from them in the next day or two while I'm in the state. Good job on this one.
Jul 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.46 by Domvan from Texas

Jun 24, 2015
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Reviewed by deleted_user_357747

3.02/5  rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Very pale, light golden straw colored beer, small head that lasts but a few seconds. Powerful aroma; fruity/ floral hops with a firm bready malt base. Flavors are rather weak compared to the nose, with little of the enjoyable hops aromas translating. Mild lemony tartness, nearly no bitterness, very light malt flavors. Rough, aggressive carbonation, overrides the delicate pilsner characteristics.

Middling beer, not very impressed.
Aug 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by eawolff99 from Minnesota

Jul 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by WDJersey from Colorado

Jun 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by bikesnbeerFtc from Colorado

Jun 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Apr 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Mar 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by benloho from Utah

Jan 29, 2014
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.58/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pale, straw-yellow body with lots of carbonation and nice white head. Light biscuit aroma with a grassy, herbal scent. Soda cracker grain taste with a spicy, floral hop bitterness. Medium bodied with a lot of fizz; clean and dry finish.

The pour produced a hefty amount of carbonation that gave the beer an initial partially cloudy appearance. It reminded me of a hefeweizen more than a pilsner. Still, it was pleasantly light and delicate in the flavor department. I wouldn't turn down another one...
Jan 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by cam12 from Texas

Jan 14, 2014
Pilsner from Backcountry Brewery
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 45 ratings