Bohemian Pilsner
Matilda Bay Brewing Co.

 

 

Format: a 345mL dark brown bottle with a decent Matilda Bay craft-ish label.

Appearance: pours out a mid-golden colour with a finger of white head that drops to a thin cap. Limited lacing.

Aroma: grass hops with biscuit malts and some citrus. Something awkward and vegetal in the back, but all told reasonable.

Taste: more of the vegetal note comes through here than the malts or the citrus. Not offensive, but not particularly brilliant.

Aftertaste: the flavours linger reasonably quickly, with the citrus making a bit of a come-back.

Mouth feel: a light-to-moderate body with a moderate carbonation. Lacks feel.

Overall: this is not one of Matilda Bay Brewing's best efforts. It is a pretty ordinary and to be honest pretty boring pilsner. Add a laughable price of AU$70 a case, and this one is a no-go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A: Pours a golden color with a moderate head that fades to bits of lacing.

S: Aroma of mild hops with a bit of malt sweetness and fresh grain.

T: Taste of citrus, some malt sweetness and fresh grain. Taste has a nice bit of hops, mild malty sweetness with some grain and hint of fruit. Nice bitterness and a clean finish.

F: Fairly moderate body, crisp smooth and refreshing.

O: Nice take on the style. Better than I expected.

 

 

 

A - Two fingers of fluffy white head cap a clear light amber body. Decent streaky lacing follows.

S - Typical pils aroma of light grainy malt and crackers with a slight fruitiness and honey.

T - Clean and mild. Lemon, grain and the faintest peach are all I can decipher really.

M - Thin body with moderate carbonation. Quite smooth.

O - Sessionable and inoffensive.

I've had Bohemian Pilsner before on tap and I recall it had a typically hoppy and floral pilsner taste and smell - this time around I think the Fosters crew had siphoned Victoria Bitter into the bottles.

Everything about this beer smacked of VB leading me to write to them alerting them to double check if in fact the right beer is going in to he bottles.

There was zero floral or hops and the taste was a lifeless malt with just a touch of bitterness - nothing resembled a European pilsner here. I expected much more from Matilda Bay even if it is part of a large macro brewer. Felt exactly like a heavy full bodied lager without any taste or discernible positives.

Absolute rubbish - stay away.

Never been convinced on this one although did show better tonight. Pale larger nose, feels a little stale. Palate is essentially boring but has some body and weight with some ok hop character but not appealing in any sense. Finishes a little disjointed although reasonably bitter.

Pours amber with a large, fading head.
Nose shows soft spicy and floral hops with bready malt underneath.
Flavours focus on the malt with more sweet bready characters and a bit of caramel. Could use some bitterness.
Carbonation is a bit full on.
Pretty decent and to style, apart from the unchallenged malty sweetness.

A mate came over with a sixer of these and i havnt had it in a while but i do like the new label just hope the beer is improved aswell and it pours a crystal clear pale straw hue with beautiful carbonation that leaves behind a frothy two finger head with heaps of clingy lacing,the smell is feint noble hops and grains,the mouthfeel is very average and light bodied and has tastes of noble grassy herbal hops,pale malts,grains and a lemon tinge finish and overall its pretty average and i remember it being better and im glad i didnt buy it cheers.

This pours a crystal clear dark orange colour with an ok white head.

The nose is all grain. Maybe with a little sweetness in there. No sign of the hops.

Same, same on the palate. A touch metallic.

A bit thin in the mouth.

A very average boring pils.