Pils
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
Ranked #55 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #19,064 - Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 13.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 89
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Saturday at 07:27 PM
- Added:
- Apr 12, 2025
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Bright citrus and tangerine aromas rise from the glass, balanced with a subtle touch of sweet malt.
Old world brewing meets craft innovation. Bringing together the craftsmanship of European brewing with distinctive American flavor.
Malt: PILSNER
Hops: SAPHIR & CRYSTAL LUPULIN
Yeast: LAGER
Old world brewing meets craft innovation. Bringing together the craftsmanship of European brewing with distinctive American flavor.
Malt: PILSNER
Hops: SAPHIR & CRYSTAL LUPULIN
Yeast: LAGER
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Ratings by AD17:
Rated by AD17 from New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 06, 2026
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 06, 2026
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by argock from Virginia
4.19/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
040826. Poured into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.
A: Crystal clear gold with 2-3 finger foamy white head with below-average retention but some spare scraps of lacing.
S: Lightly bready pils malt and orange and lemon citrus noble hops aromas
T: Flavor echoes the aroma profile with delicious bready slightly toasty pils maltiness with lightly herbal noble hop flavor accented by lemon and orange. Medium bitterness.
M: Light bodied with high carbonation and crisp, dry finish.
O: Not surprisingly, and excellently executed German pils by SN.
Saturday at 07:27 PMA: Crystal clear gold with 2-3 finger foamy white head with below-average retention but some spare scraps of lacing.
S: Lightly bready pils malt and orange and lemon citrus noble hops aromas
T: Flavor echoes the aroma profile with delicious bready slightly toasty pils maltiness with lightly herbal noble hop flavor accented by lemon and orange. Medium bitterness.
M: Light bodied with high carbonation and crisp, dry finish.
O: Not surprisingly, and excellently executed German pils by SN.
Rated by The_Toner from Oregon
1.59/5 rDev -59.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.75
1.59/5 rDev -59.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.75
This tasted like Corona to me. When I poured it, there was zero head. I'll stick with my go-to here in Oregon: Pfriem.
May 23, 2026
Reviewed by keithmurray from Connecticut
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - pale straw coloured body with tan head
Smell - floral, grassy, hint of citrus,
Taste - cracker, biscuit, grass, lemon rind
Mouthfeel - medium.bodied, medium plus carbonation, citrus upfront, bready and grassy in the finish
Overall - on its own,this is a decent beer, I'm just not convinced that this is my favourite iteration of a pilsner. Drinks more like an IPL light, I'm looking for something truer to style. Having said that,lager lovers should give this a run and see what they think. This package size needs to go the way of the dinosaur. Who really wants to only drink 8.4 oz of lager?
Price Point - $11.99 8 pack 8.4 oz cans
May 21, 2026Smell - floral, grassy, hint of citrus,
Taste - cracker, biscuit, grass, lemon rind
Mouthfeel - medium.bodied, medium plus carbonation, citrus upfront, bready and grassy in the finish
Overall - on its own,this is a decent beer, I'm just not convinced that this is my favourite iteration of a pilsner. Drinks more like an IPL light, I'm looking for something truer to style. Having said that,lager lovers should give this a run and see what they think. This package size needs to go the way of the dinosaur. Who really wants to only drink 8.4 oz of lager?
Price Point - $11.99 8 pack 8.4 oz cans
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.88/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a light yellow, completely clear color with a strong white head. SRM of 4-5. (3.75)
Aroma: Aromas of lemon spritzers and floral notes upfront. Some pale malt, cracker, grains. (3.75)
Flavor: Flavor follows with more lemon and floral notes. Some soapy floral notes with that signature Sierra Nevada pine soap and floral yeast flavor. Clean grains on the finish. (4.00)
Feel: Lighter bodied, appropriate carbonation. Clean, dry finish. (4.00)
Compared to Pilsner Urquell 4/26: Pours lighter. More lemon spritzer, floral notes. Less buttery diacetyl.
Overall: Listed as a Czech Pils on BeerAdvocate. My first try at this. Pours night. Right up front with those hoppy lemon spritzer aromas. Same on the flavor with the signature Sierra Nevada soapy and floral yeast flavor. Clean and dry. Not sure if Sierra Nevada Pils should be listed as a Czech Pils, but nevertheless I was hoping for a more authentic and better Euro Pils here. (Rating: 3.88)
May 02, 2026Aroma: Aromas of lemon spritzers and floral notes upfront. Some pale malt, cracker, grains. (3.75)
Flavor: Flavor follows with more lemon and floral notes. Some soapy floral notes with that signature Sierra Nevada pine soap and floral yeast flavor. Clean grains on the finish. (4.00)
Feel: Lighter bodied, appropriate carbonation. Clean, dry finish. (4.00)
Compared to Pilsner Urquell 4/26: Pours lighter. More lemon spritzer, floral notes. Less buttery diacetyl.
Overall: Listed as a Czech Pils on BeerAdvocate. My first try at this. Pours night. Right up front with those hoppy lemon spritzer aromas. Same on the flavor with the signature Sierra Nevada soapy and floral yeast flavor. Clean and dry. Not sure if Sierra Nevada Pils should be listed as a Czech Pils, but nevertheless I was hoping for a more authentic and better Euro Pils here. (Rating: 3.88)
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.96/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a slightly chill hazed straw/gold color with one thumb of pearl colored head. Nice head retention & lacing
S: Bready, grassy with perfumy hops
T: Grassy, some lemons, crackery notes & dryness up front. Soapy hops surface as this beer warms up, breadyness, lemons & floral notes once warmer. Finishes a bit dry with grassy bitterness & slight melon & bready sweetness
MF: Medium body, soft carbonation, pretty good balance
Easy to drink, flavors & nose don't pop enough for greatness, expected more. Of all the beers these guys could put in half pint cans...
Apr 26, 2026S: Bready, grassy with perfumy hops
T: Grassy, some lemons, crackery notes & dryness up front. Soapy hops surface as this beer warms up, breadyness, lemons & floral notes once warmer. Finishes a bit dry with grassy bitterness & slight melon & bready sweetness
MF: Medium body, soft carbonation, pretty good balance
Easy to drink, flavors & nose don't pop enough for greatness, expected more. Of all the beers these guys could put in half pint cans...
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.83/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Tight, pocked white foam over bright, clear gold; Saltines, pine needle, lemon zest + nectar on the nose; cracker, lemon chiffon, florals, and vague spice; clean, soft, dry.
4 4 3.75 3.75 3.75
Saphir, Crystal
I’ll come right out and say: I don’t know what this is supposed to be.
There’s a big branding push to say this is European and somehow a smaller serving is more authentic (for the record, Czech and German pils both come in .5L glasses). But what’s in the glass is neither one thing nor the other: too soft to be German, too thin to be Czech, and not IBU-forward enough for either. On that last point, 25 IBUs is chronically low in any pils-drinking country - that’s supermarket, Krombacher levels; not anything premium.
Little sparkles of citrus are fun, and it’s dry + well-crafted. But, counter-intuitively, it seems better suited to countries that *don’t* drink pilsner: France or Italy, where a 25cl glass of something crisp before dinner is all you’re after because you’re not, at heart, a beer drinker. And that’s the only context that makes this make sense: the NA, gym-on-Friday-night, young crowd who don’t really drink.
A recipe and package both without a clear audience.
Apr 14, 20264 4 3.75 3.75 3.75
Saphir, Crystal
I’ll come right out and say: I don’t know what this is supposed to be.
There’s a big branding push to say this is European and somehow a smaller serving is more authentic (for the record, Czech and German pils both come in .5L glasses). But what’s in the glass is neither one thing nor the other: too soft to be German, too thin to be Czech, and not IBU-forward enough for either. On that last point, 25 IBUs is chronically low in any pils-drinking country - that’s supermarket, Krombacher levels; not anything premium.
Little sparkles of citrus are fun, and it’s dry + well-crafted. But, counter-intuitively, it seems better suited to countries that *don’t* drink pilsner: France or Italy, where a 25cl glass of something crisp before dinner is all you’re after because you’re not, at heart, a beer drinker. And that’s the only context that makes this make sense: the NA, gym-on-Friday-night, young crowd who don’t really drink.
A recipe and package both without a clear audience.
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