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Feels Good Imperial Pilsner
Picaroons Traditional Ales
- From:
- Picaroons Traditional Ales
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Style:
- Imperial Pilsner
Ranked #18 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #21,135 - Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 14.44%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 27, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 8
Picaroons recipes evolve due to experimentation. here's an example makeup for this beer:
Grain: Weyermann Bohemian Floor Pilsner Malt, Vienna Malt, Munich 1 malt, Malted wheat, Canadian 2-row barley.
Hops: Hersbrucker, Hallertau Perle and Saaz.
Other: Irish Moss, yeast nutrient, gypsum, Ringwood yeast, water (pH 4.85).
Grain: Weyermann Bohemian Floor Pilsner Malt, Vienna Malt, Munich 1 malt, Malted wheat, Canadian 2-row barley.
Hops: Hersbrucker, Hallertau Perle and Saaz.
Other: Irish Moss, yeast nutrient, gypsum, Ringwood yeast, water (pH 4.85).
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Ratings by ahemahem:
Reviewed by ahemahem from California
4.33/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.33/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
The sad thing about this pilsner is that it is not available in Santa Barbara, or anyone in the US as far as I know. I would buy this weekly. It has a high alcohol content without tasting like it. Nice buzz without gagging. In fact, I love the taste.
Mar 11, 2013More User Ratings:
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.68/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Sampling a cold 473 ml can poured into my plastic sample cup. There is no date stamp on this beer.
Beer pours a sort of dark copper color, (was expecting more golden) and a creamy dense eggshell white head foams up about 1 cm. Foam fades to a sturdy surface layer and leaves some tight lattice as it fades down my cup.
Aroma is some grainy malt and an herbal tea hop character. Not overly complex nose. I also do get a little hint of booziness in the aroma.
First sip reveals a medium body with slightly sticky mouthfeel and very fine and tingly carbonation. Texture definitely coats my lips a bit with each sip.
Flavor is some grainy malt, a hint of honey sweetness, some biscuit notes and then rolls to black tea bitter hops and some floral notes. I do get a little black pepper bite too, but no warmth from the ABV. Finish dries out and the hops linger a bit.
Overall, this beer isnt what I expected and it really tastes more like an imperial pale ale than a pilsner to me. Might be the most disappointing beer Ive had in Canada so far.
Jul 27, 2023Beer pours a sort of dark copper color, (was expecting more golden) and a creamy dense eggshell white head foams up about 1 cm. Foam fades to a sturdy surface layer and leaves some tight lattice as it fades down my cup.
Aroma is some grainy malt and an herbal tea hop character. Not overly complex nose. I also do get a little hint of booziness in the aroma.
First sip reveals a medium body with slightly sticky mouthfeel and very fine and tingly carbonation. Texture definitely coats my lips a bit with each sip.
Flavor is some grainy malt, a hint of honey sweetness, some biscuit notes and then rolls to black tea bitter hops and some floral notes. I do get a little black pepper bite too, but no warmth from the ABV. Finish dries out and the hops linger a bit.
Overall, this beer isnt what I expected and it really tastes more like an imperial pale ale than a pilsner to me. Might be the most disappointing beer Ive had in Canada so far.
Rated by ewpass from Canada (PE)
3.76/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Dark gold with a strong head with lacing. Lemony malt nose. Thick body with some hop and alcohol astringency. A treat, not for everyday drinking
Nov 17, 2017Rated by Lewnanny from Canada (NB)
3.55/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A nice beer,
The bottle don't give the feeling this beer have.
It is a nice beer to have once i a while.
Sep 02, 2016The bottle don't give the feeling this beer have.
It is a nice beer to have once i a while.
Reviewed by PorterPro125 from Canada (NB)
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Serving Type: 500 mL
Taken from my notes. Reviewed February 7th, 2015
According to the label, this version of Feels Good contains Fuggles hops.
A- Pours a golden straw colour topped with a 2 1/2 finger white head. Little bit of lacing on the glass.
S- Sweet caramel and sweet malt notes. Light hoppiness. No alcohol on the nose despite a relatively high ABV. Not as much hop presence as I was expecting.
T- Sweet maltiness that moves to a slight hop bitterness fairly quickly. Nice and balanced flavour.
M- Low-Medium Carbonation and a fairly heavy mouthfeel. Oddly robust for a Pilsner and not refreshing by any means.
O - Another great beer from Picaroons. Pleasant aroma and flavour but an oddly heavy mouthfeel for a Pilsner. I suppose it has something to do with the high gravity but the heavy mouthfeel takes it from being an excellent beer to an okay one. Not the kind of Pils I would want on a hot summer day, rather an autumn/winter sipper.
Mar 16, 2015Taken from my notes. Reviewed February 7th, 2015
According to the label, this version of Feels Good contains Fuggles hops.
A- Pours a golden straw colour topped with a 2 1/2 finger white head. Little bit of lacing on the glass.
S- Sweet caramel and sweet malt notes. Light hoppiness. No alcohol on the nose despite a relatively high ABV. Not as much hop presence as I was expecting.
T- Sweet maltiness that moves to a slight hop bitterness fairly quickly. Nice and balanced flavour.
M- Low-Medium Carbonation and a fairly heavy mouthfeel. Oddly robust for a Pilsner and not refreshing by any means.
O - Another great beer from Picaroons. Pleasant aroma and flavour but an oddly heavy mouthfeel for a Pilsner. I suppose it has something to do with the high gravity but the heavy mouthfeel takes it from being an excellent beer to an okay one. Not the kind of Pils I would want on a hot summer day, rather an autumn/winter sipper.
Reviewed by lgmol from Canada (NS)
1.89/5 rDev -49.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
1.89/5 rDev -49.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
This beer looks good. Nice big white head on a clear, bubbly blonde beer.
The smell is pretty weak. There is some caramel, some corn, some bready malt.
The taste is not good. There is some of what's in the aroma but there is also a buttery diacetyl taste that dominates after it warms up a little bit.
The feel is alright, I didn't get too much of the fatty feel that I know is associated with diacetyl, but certainly a little bit.
Overall, this beer was not good. I considered pouring half of it down the drain, but I didn't actually do it.
Mar 03, 2015The smell is pretty weak. There is some caramel, some corn, some bready malt.
The taste is not good. There is some of what's in the aroma but there is also a buttery diacetyl taste that dominates after it warms up a little bit.
The feel is alright, I didn't get too much of the fatty feel that I know is associated with diacetyl, but certainly a little bit.
Overall, this beer was not good. I considered pouring half of it down the drain, but I didn't actually do it.
Feels Good Imperial Pilsner from Picaroons Traditional Ales
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
37 ratings
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