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Zephyrus Pilsner
Elysian Brewing Company
- From:
- Elysian Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.44%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 15.71%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 19, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 15, 2003
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
Light and Crisp German-style Pilsner.
Style: Pilsner (Lager)
Tasting Notes: Pours a clear light golden, with a crisp refreshing finish.
Malts: Pale, Munich, and Carahell.
Hops: Bittered with Magnum and finished with Saaz.
Body: Light.
IBU: 36
Style: Pilsner (Lager)
Tasting Notes: Pours a clear light golden, with a crisp refreshing finish.
Malts: Pale, Munich, and Carahell.
Hops: Bittered with Magnum and finished with Saaz.
Body: Light.
IBU: 36
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Ratings by GClarkage:
Reviewed by GClarkage from California
2.29/5 rDev -34.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.29/5 rDev -34.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Consumed in October 2004 from a 22 oz bottle purchased in Redding, CA. Poured with a great huge beautiful head and nice lacing. That's the good part. The bad part is everything else. Smelled bitter and sour. Kinda like a batch of lemonade gone wrong. Tasted about what it smelled like. BITTER BITTER and more BITTER. A pilsner? Huh? Took me a while to get this one down. A very dry finish also. Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Oct 04, 2004More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
3.91/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pint at Growl Movement in S.Salem. $4. Pours a typical pilsner light gold ,small white head. Nice aromas of grassy hop and biscuit malts..pleasing. Taste again is to style but on the fruitier side, nice hop profile. Good drinkable palate..not to thin but goes down a treat. Good pilsner..very drinkable.
Jun 13, 2014Reviewed by Flavorhound from Oregon
4.75/5 rDev +35.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.75/5 rDev +35.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
At Billy Rays Dive on tap on NE Portland Oregon for $4. This is my favorite pilsner yet. Ive only tried about ten in last month and knew very little of pilsners previously, but this is my favorite so far. Poored with little head. Nice color and smell. Grassy and hoppy yet smooth and delicious. First truly enjoyable pilsner Ive had, the other german and unfiltered german pilsners Ive had around Portland werent as good.
Jun 07, 2014Reviewed by vkv822 from Oregon
3.92/5 rDev +12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
on-tap @ Elysian Brewery.
taster glass.
from notes.
Medium golden color, foamy white head.
A bit subtle in the big picture of beers, yet very appropriate for the style, sweet, yet crisp, grassy, grainy malts. Fresh lemony citric zest.
Fairly average body, with prickly bubbly carbonation.
Another solidly crafted beer for the style from this brewery. Easy drinking, but pleasant flavors if you take the time to appreciate them.
Aug 13, 2012taster glass.
from notes.
Medium golden color, foamy white head.
A bit subtle in the big picture of beers, yet very appropriate for the style, sweet, yet crisp, grassy, grainy malts. Fresh lemony citric zest.
Fairly average body, with prickly bubbly carbonation.
Another solidly crafted beer for the style from this brewery. Easy drinking, but pleasant flavors if you take the time to appreciate them.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
3.68/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had on-tap at the brewery in Seattle.
Golden, extremely clear in the body, with a white filmy ring of head. Some lace forms, but it's patchy and inconsistent. Yeah, it's a pilsener, not a particularly inspiring looking one.
Not much on the nose either. Some spicy characters, tending almost towards savoury. Fresh hop character is almost entirely absent, leaving a meaty note and a brusque grain in its place. Underwhelmed.
Taste is a lot better, but only because it's genuinely unusual. Grainy entry almost gives a sense of roastedness, before (and here's the really weird part) a big, spicy, peppery, chilli flavour comes through. It's just the flavour of chilli, not the heat or bite (or even the fragrance), but it's very strange. It even disappears before the aftertaste, which is smooth and light, with minimal bitterness.
Very smooth feel, so much so that it feels slightly undercarbonated.
Surprisingly drinkable and surprisingly good all up. Overall, it's very weird, but captivating in its weirdness.
Jul 25, 2012Golden, extremely clear in the body, with a white filmy ring of head. Some lace forms, but it's patchy and inconsistent. Yeah, it's a pilsener, not a particularly inspiring looking one.
Not much on the nose either. Some spicy characters, tending almost towards savoury. Fresh hop character is almost entirely absent, leaving a meaty note and a brusque grain in its place. Underwhelmed.
Taste is a lot better, but only because it's genuinely unusual. Grainy entry almost gives a sense of roastedness, before (and here's the really weird part) a big, spicy, peppery, chilli flavour comes through. It's just the flavour of chilli, not the heat or bite (or even the fragrance), but it's very strange. It even disappears before the aftertaste, which is smooth and light, with minimal bitterness.
Very smooth feel, so much so that it feels slightly undercarbonated.
Surprisingly drinkable and surprisingly good all up. Overall, it's very weird, but captivating in its weirdness.
Zephyrus Pilsner from Elysian Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
28 ratings
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