Zenne Pils
Brasserie de la Senne

 

330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 4.9%. Slightly hazy pale golden colour, large white head. Pleasant aroma of pilsener malts and grassy, herbal and floral hops. Smooth mouthfeel. The flavour has the same elements as the aroma, with a distinct bitterness in the finish, becomes sharpish in the aftertaste.

 

I had this on draft 3/10/25 @ the Hopleaf.

Mostly see-through orange appearance.

Big bright white head; strong, frothy lacing remained.

Peach & mineral water notes in the nose.

Soft medium mouthfeel.

Mild peach & mild mineral water flavors up front; mild pine notes on the finish.

So, very mild, but also soft & enjoyable. It lacks the sharpness of a pilsner but it's an enjoyable quaff.

Copenhagen 17/10 2024. 33 cl bottle from Mad & Vin, Magasin, Kbh. K. Blue, white and black label which looks a bit like the cover from a soft, generic funk record from the nineties.

Pours unclear pale yellow with a mid-sized white head. Settles as an uneven, lumpy layer of foam unable of covering the surface of the beer. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is medium intense with a sweet malty and fruity odor mingling with some citrus fruit and grass. Sweet pale malts and ripe peach. Lemon and lime. Fresh mown grass.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, watery, soft, almost flat texture.

Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a slightly stronger citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a bit. Finish is dry.

Light citrussy and elegant.

Draft pour into small pint glass. Murky golden straw appearance with a finger of fluffy white head, good retention, modest lacing. Bread, malt, hoppy, bitter, grain. Medium body and carbonation. Delicious.

 

Half liter on tap at Booze’ Blues in Brussels around 1:30am on a Saturday night. City is rocking. €5 for a pint ain’t bad in this city. Yeasty, dusty, chalky, fruity, hoppy. Smooth and clean. An enjoyable beer, would certainly order again.

On tap at The Sovereign in Washington, DC.

This one pours a clear straw yellow, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells slightly lemony, with a some bready and doughy malt, with piney and grassy hops.

I don’t really know if Belgian pilsners are really their own style, but this is real nice one. It’s mildly bitter, slightly grassy, and nicely doughy, with a clean herbal and slightly mineral-ish bitterness on the finish.

This is well put together, as it’s super crisp and clean, and very drinkable.

I really need to dig deeper into the De La Senne repertoire – they are a great brewery.

I speculate that if all pils were this well-made, malt-heads like me would have a bigger common ground with hop-heads.
And who else to achieve this innovation than the style-busters at de la Senne?

On tap at The Beer Temple, their cylinder both showed a pretty pale (albeit cloudy) and a healthy foam whose lace stuck around. Smells were a balance of malt and lemon with some different lager yeast seemingly still at work. Tastes were even more balanced with a fuller, sweeter malt playing nice with the hops despite their efforts to dominate. Medium-mouthed and slightly dry.

So complex as to not be fully appreciated in one glass, I think I'll have another.

 

This is one delicious Pils-style lager, even though it's not Czech. Brasserie de la Senne brewers made something very beautiful!

I was a bit thrown off by the unfiltered light / pale straw color at first. But once I smelled and tasted the brew, oh how I loved it!

Definitely fresh summer grasses on the nose and a playful balance of crackeriness and very noticeable, elegantly bitter noble hops.

Highly recommend!

 

From the 11.2 oz bottle in a snifter. This interesting little pils pours a
chill hazed lightly cloudy pale amber tinged straw color with a very nice
head of white foam that settles to a thick ring, thick clumping layer, and
sports some nice lacing. Nose of honey, citrus notes of lemon zest,
light breaded malts, and subtle yeast notes. Flavors expand nicely on the
nose with light grain, breaded malts, ester laden yeast, biscuit, honey sweet
malts, and a moderately sturdy citrus hop note. Mouth feel is medium, smooth,
light carbonation, and a balanced citrus touched finish that is lightly dry.

Overall, a very nice and sturdy pils.

Cheers

 

 

so stoked to have found a bottle of this at a dope little shop in reno called craft, so heady. this stuff seems to never come around anymore since shelton went away, a brutal shame. this is cool beer, not for those expecting a mild continental pils, this is much more interesting and sort of fuller flavored than most, i loved it, but my wife and friend group did not. its definitely unfiltered, a touch richer than most in color too, a deeper golden, with a lasting and creamy belgian looking inch of white head, stiff peaks like beaten egg whites, more ale than lager looking here, epic retention. the nose shows a quick whiff of oxidation, this was bottled almost a year ago it looks like from the date on the label, but it blows off quick and it then smells slightly nutty but still dry on the grain side, and rather aggressively hoppy, citrus more than noble hops here, bitter definitely, even a touch green, minerals all through it, and an unconventional yeast profile, which is a huge part of why i love these guys! its not quite funky or bretty, but its way beyond normal lager yeast, super interesting, mellow as this aspect is in aroma and flavor. the taste has hops all the way through, its bitter from the outset, grassy and more noble now, light lime and gin botanicals though too, i like the bitterness. the grain is fuller, earthy and organic seeming, maybe even slightly wheaty, i get dry white toast, faint almond, and baked biscuit, plenty of balance for the hops while remaining dry, the ferment does have trace funk to it and it dries this out so completely, its wonderfully brisk for being more robust than most, and this goes down pretty fast. lightly musty, very hoppy for the style, and unique enough of the ferment to stand out even though its very very mild. really liked this, not like other pils types, extremely well made and original. these guys rule!

A: bright yellow,v with a minimal head.

S: slightly sour with a bit of green apple.

T: grainy with a hint if sour.

M: light, dry, and moderate carbonation.

O:

Poured into a pilsner glass. Pours a hazy, medium golden amber with a two finger white head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of lightly grainy pilsner malt, grassy hops, lemon; lightly floral. Flavor is bready, lightly grainy pilsner malt, grassy hops, light Belgian yeast fruit and funk. Field grass, lightly floral hop finish with a solid bitterness. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. This tasted much as I was expecting: a solid pilsner malt and hops, but with a little Belgian character from the yeast. There is a faint fruitiness, particularly in the finish that I would attribute to the yeast. Although the hop profile was thoroughly continental, it was a bit more aggressive in bitterness than most pilsners, which I appreciated. A pleasant pilsner with a Belgian touch from a great brewery.