Pils
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

10/5/25 - (Home) (Chicago, Illinois) Can Notes: Purchased a single 8.4 oz can at Beer on the Wall at store temperature on 9/12/25 for $2.27 including tax. Packaged 8/18/25, not sure if 16:12 indicates 4:12 PM EDT. I believe C1 indicates canned in Chico, California. 4.7% ABV Premium Pils Craft Lager. Purest Ingredients, Finest Quality. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company., Chico, California & Mills River, North Carolina, U. S. A..

"I've enjoyed beers all over the world. But there's still something special about a proper pilsner at a European Pub. Crisp, refreshing, and served in a smaller glass to keep it at the ideal temperature and flavor. - It's how Pils is meant to be enjoyed." - Brian Grossman Chief Brewer.

Appearance: Poured 3/4 of the can into a 0.25 liter pilsner narrow flute glass, yielding a generous bright white bubbly head leaving a dozen clumpy soapy lacing spots and a creamy cover over most of the clear straw light yellow base. Sustained light carbonation after the initial pouring burst. 4.25

Aroma: Light to mild strength cracker, salt, pepper, backed by lemongrass. Enjoying what I'm gathering. 3.75

Taste: Consistent with the aroma, but flavor even fainter, with a subtle cracker, faint salt and lemongrass. Stop holding back. Salt comes out a little more solo during the second half. 3.25

Mouthfeel: Light and easy drinking, sustained fizzy carbonation. Body light, lightly sweet, minimally dry, cracker salt start to finish, but need to concentrate throughout or you might miss it. 3.75

Overall: Enjoying what I'm gathering, but it's very light. I'd like a little more boldness to dig into the flavors that are playing hide and seek. I'd like to try the draft to see if more boldness appears in that delivery method. Honestly, I want to see you be brave. 3.5

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.

 

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

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...