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Torch Pilsner
Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub


- From:
- Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
Ranked #198 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #24,927 - Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 12.3%
- Reviews:
- 133
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 09, 2005
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 104
Torch Pilsner
A well structured, Czech-style pilsner. Torch is strong in alcohol with a rich, full finish. Good mouth feel and well-balanced Czech Saaz hops ensure that Torch is not your typical pilsner.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.3%
Color (SRM): 3.7
Bitterness (IBUs): 35
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AVAILABILITY
Year-round
A well structured, Czech-style pilsner. Torch is strong in alcohol with a rich, full finish. Good mouth feel and well-balanced Czech Saaz hops ensure that Torch is not your typical pilsner.
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.3%
Color (SRM): 3.7
Bitterness (IBUs): 35
Torch Pilsner-bg
AVAILABILITY
Year-round
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Look: It pours golden with a slight haze to it and a white head. Head retention is excellent.
smell: It has spicy aromas up front with grainy notes in the background. There is a whiff of grass in the background.
Taste: It has strong spicy elements with a bit of flower in the background. There is also a grainy sweetness to it.
Feel: It has a medium light body with a bitter aftertaste. The aftertaste is a bit sweet at well.
Overall, the sweetness knocks out the crispness in the presentation.
Nov 13, 2022smell: It has spicy aromas up front with grainy notes in the background. There is a whiff of grass in the background.
Taste: It has strong spicy elements with a bit of flower in the background. There is also a grainy sweetness to it.
Feel: It has a medium light body with a bitter aftertaste. The aftertaste is a bit sweet at well.
Overall, the sweetness knocks out the crispness in the presentation.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.55/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2022-05-28
12oz can served in a footed pilsner glass. Dated 081821. Received from @superspak in NBS BIF #15.
Pours slightly hazy golden with a fairly big foamy head. Medium to light carbonation. Smell is grassy bitterness and lemon juice, a little bit of a grain sweetness.
Taste is a bit of a change in direction. Soda water with some grain flavor. Grassiness is a light presence, strong bitterness in both the citrus zest direction and the wet, cut vegetation direction.
Mouthfeel is light and quite effervescent. Overall...it's not bad, but I'm not loving it.
May 29, 202212oz can served in a footed pilsner glass. Dated 081821. Received from @superspak in NBS BIF #15.
Pours slightly hazy golden with a fairly big foamy head. Medium to light carbonation. Smell is grassy bitterness and lemon juice, a little bit of a grain sweetness.
Taste is a bit of a change in direction. Soda water with some grain flavor. Grassiness is a light presence, strong bitterness in both the citrus zest direction and the wet, cut vegetation direction.
Mouthfeel is light and quite effervescent. Overall...it's not bad, but I'm not loving it.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
4.1/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.1/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Dram and Draught Greensboro. Awesome pils. Crystal clear golden yellow color. Great head retention and spotty soapy lacing on the glass. Some streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of big cracker, toast, biscuit, pine, herbal, grass, cedar, pepper, light lemon/yeast earth. Moderate pine, cedar, pepper, herbal, grassy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and light-med body. Crisp, clean, refreshing finish. Balanced bready malt and sticky/resin hops in the mouthfeel. Drying bitter finish with no astringency. Very clean lager flavors, not overly fruity. Spot on German style. I will buy it again.
Feb 15, 2022Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.62/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is a little hazy yellow in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high white head that has good retention properties and hardly died down.
S: Light aromas of grassy hops are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has a light amount of bitterness along with hints of bready hops.
M: It feels medium-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This pilsner is easy to drink and has pleasant, delicate aromas and flavors of floral hops.
Serving type: can
Aug 04, 2021S: Light aromas of grassy hops are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has a light amount of bitterness along with hints of bready hops.
M: It feels medium-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This pilsner is easy to drink and has pleasant, delicate aromas and flavors of floral hops.
Serving type: can
Rated by LeePedals from Minnesota
4.18/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A very good example of this style, and one of my favorite beers in general. Perfectly balanced hops to grain and it is a very satisficing beer.
Jan 05, 2021Rated by rclangk from West Virginia
3.6/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
11/2020 BOM
Dec 18, 2020Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia
3.58/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a bottle. Pour has a slightly below 1" white foam head with a clear, pale-golden yellow body. Scent comes across as classic pils, a bit malty, a bit yeasty, and a bit of zing. Taste is more on the zesty and earthy malt side with a lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Overall refreshing but not exactly in my wheelhouse of preferences.
Dec 12, 2020Reviewed by Singlefinpin from North Carolina
4.02/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Porured from a can into a pint glass.
Appears golden yellow with a nice foamy head that lasted.
Smells lightly bready and floral.
Taste follows the nose with enough hoppiness to keep my interest, and slightly estery.
Mouth feel is medium for the style.
A very nice example of a American Bohemian Pilsner that I definitely plan on drinking again.
May 24, 2020Appears golden yellow with a nice foamy head that lasted.
Smells lightly bready and floral.
Taste follows the nose with enough hoppiness to keep my interest, and slightly estery.
Mouth feel is medium for the style.
A very nice example of a American Bohemian Pilsner that I definitely plan on drinking again.
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.48/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Torch pours a hazy golden color, with a small, but long lasting head. Dry aroma, but with some skunk notes. Flavor is more on the bitter side, noticeable hops, then a creamy finish. Good body and feel. Overall, it is a bit more on the bitter side for a pils, nice finish to the flavor, and very pretty beer.
Mar 22, 2020Reviewed by HardCider from Pennsylvania
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This beer poured a clear golden amber color with a large frothy white head that lasted throughout the drinking experience. There is also very nice lacing. The aroma is somewhat subtle, but basically fruity, malty, and a little yeasty. The taste is dry and bitter with slightly sweet malt flavor.
Feb 01, 2020
Torch Pilsner from Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
517 ratings
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