York River Oyster Pils
Alewerks Brewing Company
- From:
- Alewerks Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 21, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 21, 2023
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York River oysters have proven to be an excellent unconventional ingredient in York River Oyster Stout. So much so that the brewers wanted to know if oysters could work in a different style.
Going in the opposite direction from a stout on the flavor and color scale is York River Oyster Pils! Shells, meat and all from Tommy Leggett's Chessie Seafood were used once again in this otherwise traditional pilsner recipe. The oysters contribute the same mild mineral flavor that they impart in the stout but it doesn’t take away from the clean drinking, herbal hop character of the pilsner recipe.
Going in the opposite direction from a stout on the flavor and color scale is York River Oyster Pils! Shells, meat and all from Tommy Leggett's Chessie Seafood were used once again in this otherwise traditional pilsner recipe. The oysters contribute the same mild mineral flavor that they impart in the stout but it doesn’t take away from the clean drinking, herbal hop character of the pilsner recipe.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I went with German Pilsner style, as it seemed more that than Czech - though you may take "traditional pilsner" in a different way.
Light haze whitens the straw golden body on the initial pour, with a little more haze added in the second pour. Head builds up nicely, but ends in a thin collar before too long. There's not a lot to grab onto in the nose, but I am getting a citrus edge to some sweet grain bread - I think leaning a bit lemon, but also some tangerine at times. With warmth and a good swirl, I also get some mineral notes.
The opening sips were a decent, pretty standard American version of a Pilsner - with a grassy, slightly metallic bitterness in back. Sipping a warming beer, a light sweetness came in - via a mix of like a Hawaiian bread and indistinct fruit notes. The beer remained mostly a basic pilsner, but undercurrents crept in, specifically a little bit of orange and hints at a fleshy tropical fruit. The back grassy bitterness faded as these notes came on, turning a little more clay-like earthy. I think as much because I was wanting to find it, I could imagine the sweetness and light amount of minerality in the earthiness could be coming from the oysters. More than likely, I can not pinpoint what they are bringing.
I did end up liking this beer pretty well as an American lager / pilsner, and I am not sure how I would rate it lower for not being obvious with oyster-ness (?). I would simply suggest not to go in expecting the oysters to be in your face, and if they are more obvious to you, hopefully it is for the better.
Oct 21, 2023Light haze whitens the straw golden body on the initial pour, with a little more haze added in the second pour. Head builds up nicely, but ends in a thin collar before too long. There's not a lot to grab onto in the nose, but I am getting a citrus edge to some sweet grain bread - I think leaning a bit lemon, but also some tangerine at times. With warmth and a good swirl, I also get some mineral notes.
The opening sips were a decent, pretty standard American version of a Pilsner - with a grassy, slightly metallic bitterness in back. Sipping a warming beer, a light sweetness came in - via a mix of like a Hawaiian bread and indistinct fruit notes. The beer remained mostly a basic pilsner, but undercurrents crept in, specifically a little bit of orange and hints at a fleshy tropical fruit. The back grassy bitterness faded as these notes came on, turning a little more clay-like earthy. I think as much because I was wanting to find it, I could imagine the sweetness and light amount of minerality in the earthiness could be coming from the oysters. More than likely, I can not pinpoint what they are bringing.
I did end up liking this beer pretty well as an American lager / pilsner, and I am not sure how I would rate it lower for not being obvious with oyster-ness (?). I would simply suggest not to go in expecting the oysters to be in your face, and if they are more obvious to you, hopefully it is for the better.
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