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Pilsner
Atwater Brewery
- From:
- Atwater Brewery
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 16.07%
- Reviews:
- 50
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by JimboBrews54 from Michigan
4/5 rDev +19%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +19%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Taste like a throwback to the strong German pilsner beers, I love that it is not perfumed up with coffee or fruit. This is just a straight ahead kind of beer. Once again another spectacular pilsner, lager or hefeweizen by them!
Feb 05, 2019Reviewed by divineaudio from Michigan
3.63/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
bottle into a pokal.
a - pours a deep gold color with a ridiculous amount of head. had to stop and let it settle before pouring the rest of the beer. leaves some sticky lace in the glass.
s - slightly pungent hop character, some dark fruity notes, toasty malt character.
t -light toasted malt, slightly spicy, nicely balanced by bitterness. finish is crisp and clean.
m - thin with too much carbonation.
o - pretty enjoyable, especially on a hot summer day. seems to match the style well, although i'm not too familiar with pilsners.
Sep 19, 2011a - pours a deep gold color with a ridiculous amount of head. had to stop and let it settle before pouring the rest of the beer. leaves some sticky lace in the glass.
s - slightly pungent hop character, some dark fruity notes, toasty malt character.
t -light toasted malt, slightly spicy, nicely balanced by bitterness. finish is crisp and clean.
m - thin with too much carbonation.
o - pretty enjoyable, especially on a hot summer day. seems to match the style well, although i'm not too familiar with pilsners.
Reviewed by jakeyb from Michigan
3.48/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
3.48/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
I usually give the typical Appearance, Smell, Taste, Mouthfeel, Drinkability detailed reviews on the beer that I drink, but for the Atwater Pilsner, I will eskew my typical system, not because I disliked the beer, but more because I feel like that system is pointless for this beer. The Atwater Pilsner is exactly what it promises on the bottle: crisp, clean, and consumable. While this beer DID present itself with a subtle floral aroma and some yeasty/grainy/citrus(y) tasting notes, I felt that this beer was more of a solid, working-class mutt than a best in show. It is exceptionally drinkable, subtle, near-perfect carbonation, crisp, and exceptionally refreshing, this beer could go perfectly with nearly any occasion/meal. If I had to choose one "daily drinker" for the rest of my life based upon the beers that I have thus far tried, the Atwater Pilsner would go in the top running.
Feb 14, 2010Reviewed by BierFan from Michigan
3.63/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a pint glass.
Head is big, fluffy, and stiff. Slight haze to it due to bottle conditioning. The taste and aroma is of lemony hops and a little yeast. If there is one fault to this beer it would be that the yeast has too much of a presence.
Jan 12, 2010Head is big, fluffy, and stiff. Slight haze to it due to bottle conditioning. The taste and aroma is of lemony hops and a little yeast. If there is one fault to this beer it would be that the yeast has too much of a presence.
Reviewed by ChuckVee from Michigan
4.01/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.01/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Hazy gold with a nice frothy bone white head. The nose is mostly herbal / grassy with some lemon notes - very much like a mass produced lager, except without the sickening sweet corn aroma. The flavor is extremely crisp and dry with some pale malt flavors, faint fruitiness, and dominant spicy hops. The finish is long and spicy. Quenching by itself and satisfying with almost any kind of food as well.
This is my favorite American pils along with Victory's Prima. Just as good or even better than any pils that I drank in Germany or anywhere else in Europe.
Aug 11, 2009This is my favorite American pils along with Victory's Prima. Just as good or even better than any pils that I drank in Germany or anywhere else in Europe.
Reviewed by Billolick from New York
3.4/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.4/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 ouncer, w/o freshness/bottling info. Pours cloudy, delicate yellowy, long lasting off white head and spots of lace left on the glass. Faint, grassy nose. Crisp and quite dry on the tongue and especially lingering in the mouth during and after the finish. Nothing special going on here, just a fairly drinkable and pleasant enough lager. I get the feeling this would would go well with a variety of foods, due to the hopping level and crispness of its approach
Jul 02, 2009Reviewed by albern from Massachusetts
2.74/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.74/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
This beer has a prodigious head of egg white foaminess and froth. Not very typical for a German Pilsner. The retention is about the best I've seen for the style and the beer billows into puffy lacing along the glass. This is also a very hazy yellowish beer with a heap of carbonation. The appearance gets a 5 for sure. The nose on the beer is mild grassy hops, some lemony scents in there, but not the typical lagery aroma. The nose is not assertive enough one way or another to get a strong sense of where this beer is heading.
And now for the taste. This beer has a very sharp bite to it, almost like super concentrated citric lemon and intense herbal weedy grass. The beer has a fairly smooth underbelly, but the sharpness is just too much, and almost has a soap in the mouth taste. There is also a dirty water feel and taste to this beer as well. Yikes! Such good beginnings and such a disappointment in the end. German Pilsners are just not supposed to be this challenging on the palate.
May 24, 2009And now for the taste. This beer has a very sharp bite to it, almost like super concentrated citric lemon and intense herbal weedy grass. The beer has a fairly smooth underbelly, but the sharpness is just too much, and almost has a soap in the mouth taste. There is also a dirty water feel and taste to this beer as well. Yikes! Such good beginnings and such a disappointment in the end. German Pilsners are just not supposed to be this challenging on the palate.
Pilsner from Atwater Brewery
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
63 ratings
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