Kelso Pilsner
KelSo Beer Company

Kelso PilsnerKelso Pilsner
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From:
KelSo Beer Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.59 | pDev: 11.7%
Reviews:
43
Ratings:
145
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 10, 2020
Added:
Feb 12, 2009
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  17
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Ratings by mikeburd1128:
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Rated by mikeburd1128 from New Jersey

3/5  rDev -16.4%

Nov 17, 2013
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Reviewed by Mugman8 from New York

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Light golden color on the pour with minimal head and some lace. Smell is mild with notes of grains, malt and floral hops.
Taste is similar -- floral and spicy hops, grains, and sweet bready finish. Light body with mild carbonation. This is a solid, good pils.
Sep 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.58 by Timmmmaaayyy from Pennsylvania

Dec 17, 2019
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Reviewed by yuriyt from New York

4.44/5  rDev +23.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from can into glass. Pours a light copper. Smells of cracked grain with a bit of molasses. Hops make a big impression in the flavor, adding an earthy tone with a slight citrus note. Generous malt sweetness come through but still finishes dry. Medium body. One of my favorites and highly underrated in my opinion. Full flavored and well balanced.
Nov 25, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by teamgalt from Massachusetts

Oct 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.91 by PeterBarrettJr from New York

Jun 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.43 by Magnapinna from Connecticut

May 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by Kurmaraja from California

Feb 07, 2019
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil

3.15/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Light golden color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with notes of grains, malt juice and mild floral hops.
Similarly, flavor with notes of floral and spicy hops, crude grains, a bit of mineral feeling and dough. Dry aftertaste with a mild to medium bitterness.
Light body with mild carbonation.
Decent Pils, but the experience could be enhanced if it had a somewhat stale carbonation. It felt tired, but it is 4 months old. Maybe this got to freeze temperature levels and than back at some point.
Oct 19, 2018
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Reviewed by moodenba from New York

2.86/5  rDev -20.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Kelso pilsner can about 50F poured into a glass in August, 2018. The beer had a modest head. The body was somewhat thin and sweet. The aftertaste was a reasonably good noble hop bitterness. This beer pales in comparison to Brooklyn Pilsner.
Aug 27, 2018
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Reviewed by mynie from Maryland

2.9/5  rDev -19.2%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at some hotel bar in Manhattan.

Pours dark for the style. The aroma is very grainy with lots of generic cereal nodes and minimal hops. The flavor is the same: a not entirely pleasant grain bill and then the faintest little bitter kiss of hops on the finish.

I don't know who this is for. Even for a beer that debuted in 2009 this is oddly out place--it tastes like a flagship offering from a second-tier midwest brewpub circa 1998 or so. It's not horrible, but it's certainly not worth your money.
Jul 24, 2018
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Reviewed by specialmonkey from New York

3.44/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
This is a nice beer to drink, it has an "All-American" feel and taste. It reminds me of something mass produced, but tastes like what that would taste like, if less corners were cut, if I were younger, if it were the early 1980s. I guess it's just a good, drinkable beer, reminiscent of an era when everyday classic quality was not unusual . However, it's not priced like mass produced beer. I wish there were more easy drinking Pilsner like beers available (at my grocery), refreshing, hopefully interesting, but not offensive, etc.
Jan 14, 2018
 
Rated: 3.24 by CervezaNY from New York

Jul 30, 2017
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Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York

3.59/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From the can it pours a clear straw color with a thin head that quickly disapates. Carbonation is visible.
The aroma is fairly mild with breast Pilsner malt tones and grassy hops.
In the mouth it feels light and crisp. For a large part of the drinking session, the sweetness from the malts predominates and with a touch of grassy hops. A hint of lemon keeps things refreshing. Midway through, a spicy and peppery hops kicks in, which lingers in the finish, and adds dryness and moderate bitterness.
As the summer months arrive, I seek to sample refreshing lagers as a counterpoint to the Ales I tend to drink. This is a decent and drinkable, if not spectacular, Pilsner.
Jun 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.49 by Antc2382 from New Jersey

May 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Feb 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.03 by SlainteAlbanyNY from New York

Jul 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by mdfb79 from New York

Jun 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.22 by bfitzge2 from Massachusetts

Jun 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.22 by Vylo from New Jersey

Jun 11, 2016
Kelso Pilsner from KelSo Beer Company
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 145 ratings