American Pilsner
Grand Canyon Brewing Company
- From:
- Grand Canyon Brewing Company
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #416 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 76
Ranked #38,361 - Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 13.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 34
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 10, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 20, 2008
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 17
SCORE
76
Okay
76
Okay
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.53/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12oz can. Stamped on can bottom is '03/25/22' for canning date information.
Suspended particles cloud up the body. Straw colored body. Thin white head, which after a couple of minutes retreats to a interrupted cap and ring.
Certainly has bready malt in the aroma, with a bit of lemon.
Taste is a solid sweet malt base and a refreshing bit of lemon. Must be some floral hops. Malt holds up the aftertaste.
Medium mouth feel. Crispy and drying finish. Good carbonation.
Beer does not stand out on its own, but provides a refreshing drinking experience.
Jan 25, 2023Suspended particles cloud up the body. Straw colored body. Thin white head, which after a couple of minutes retreats to a interrupted cap and ring.
Certainly has bready malt in the aroma, with a bit of lemon.
Taste is a solid sweet malt base and a refreshing bit of lemon. Must be some floral hops. Malt holds up the aftertaste.
Medium mouth feel. Crispy and drying finish. Good carbonation.
Beer does not stand out on its own, but provides a refreshing drinking experience.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.48/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.48/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bought within a build-your-own six pack in Las Vegas (only grocery stores allow that.) Carried to Death Valley and drank in an oasis in one of the most hostile, hot climates in the world (albeit, I was there in winter.) So GC's Pilsner is refreshing and probably helps explain my higher than average rating.
GC's Pils does open average and its Smells are mostly about its malts. Tastes improve as the sweetness is balanced by only modest hops... which pleases me as a malt-head. But the style typically has more bittering... perhaps explaining its low ratings given its quality. Bubbly and refreshing in my mouth... O my, there is the bitter finish. Clever. Almost fooled a malt-head like me.
GC Brewery is twelve years old. They've done well enough to open a second shop, a distillery/restaurant. Their website could be more revealing. But I like that they are the third brewer I drank named after a national park... Zion is the first, Sequoia-Tioga the 2nd. So, I give GC extra hugs for continuing the trend. Brewing as part of a tourist attraction. Good marketing.
Feb 25, 2021GC's Pils does open average and its Smells are mostly about its malts. Tastes improve as the sweetness is balanced by only modest hops... which pleases me as a malt-head. But the style typically has more bittering... perhaps explaining its low ratings given its quality. Bubbly and refreshing in my mouth... O my, there is the bitter finish. Clever. Almost fooled a malt-head like me.
GC Brewery is twelve years old. They've done well enough to open a second shop, a distillery/restaurant. Their website could be more revealing. But I like that they are the third brewer I drank named after a national park... Zion is the first, Sequoia-Tioga the 2nd. So, I give GC extra hugs for continuing the trend. Brewing as part of a tourist attraction. Good marketing.
Reviewed by BeerBobber from Nevada
3.89/5 rDev +19%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +19%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a nice dark golden color. Seems hazy. Small white head crackles away quickly.
Smell is a bit sweet. Like faint apple or maybe lemon? Reminds me of sweet Hawaiian bread with the malts coming in.
Taste is a bit sweet but not in an adjunct way. A little bit of bitter in the back. The malts are bready. Real bready on the taste. More like a lager flavor.
Mouth is leaning into medium when it hits mid tongue but the finish is very light and almost dry.
Overall this seems like a crossover beer between a pilsner and a lager. I really am enjoying this beer! For something I thought would be a simple pilsner I get this unique crossover. And I thank the brewers at the Grand Canyon Brewing Company for that! Cheers!
Feb 23, 2021Smell is a bit sweet. Like faint apple or maybe lemon? Reminds me of sweet Hawaiian bread with the malts coming in.
Taste is a bit sweet but not in an adjunct way. A little bit of bitter in the back. The malts are bready. Real bready on the taste. More like a lager flavor.
Mouth is leaning into medium when it hits mid tongue but the finish is very light and almost dry.
Overall this seems like a crossover beer between a pilsner and a lager. I really am enjoying this beer! For something I thought would be a simple pilsner I get this unique crossover. And I thank the brewers at the Grand Canyon Brewing Company for that! Cheers!
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.54/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12/26/18...pours clear bronze with a hint of hazy. Foam vanishes. Sweet nose but subtle. Almost a hint of cherries in the malt taste. Low carbonation. Real fruity and lightly buttered. Clever.
Dec 30, 2020
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
3.69/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Picked up a single at the Sedona Safeway today as part of a mixed sixer for $11.99. BB 19-273 which i would take it that it was brewed in March and good thru September. Consumed on 4-20-19.
Beer poured golden with a decent white head with the intial pour.
Nose is crackery and grainy as expected for the style. Nothing special.
Taste is a pretty clean, crackery grain bill meets Bohemian hops for a nice clean taste.
Mouthfeel is light and pretty crisp and refreshing.
Overall a good representation of the Pils style. Very enjoyable after a nice morning hike in the Sedona beauty!
Apr 20, 2019Beer poured golden with a decent white head with the intial pour.
Nose is crackery and grainy as expected for the style. Nothing special.
Taste is a pretty clean, crackery grain bill meets Bohemian hops for a nice clean taste.
Mouthfeel is light and pretty crisp and refreshing.
Overall a good representation of the Pils style. Very enjoyable after a nice morning hike in the Sedona beauty!
Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona
3.39/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle:
Pours yellow with a thin white head. Minimal lacing.
The smell is of subtle lightly toasted grain with a touch of grassy Saaz hops.
The taste is of a bit too much malt. Grassy - almost like a Euro lager. Could be cleaner, but it works.
Fairly smooth. Medium bodied. Almost too thick for style.
Malty but balanced by Saaz hops, it's decent, but certainly nothing special.
Mar 06, 2019Pours yellow with a thin white head. Minimal lacing.
The smell is of subtle lightly toasted grain with a touch of grassy Saaz hops.
The taste is of a bit too much malt. Grassy - almost like a Euro lager. Could be cleaner, but it works.
Fairly smooth. Medium bodied. Almost too thick for style.
Malty but balanced by Saaz hops, it's decent, but certainly nothing special.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
2.75/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.75/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Cloudy orange and oddly tangy. Smells crackery and tastes oddly fruity and estery. Slick feel, weird sweetness. Not a fan of this. The can said 18 180, which seems to be a June best by date. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone, it's a poor excuse for a Pilsner.
Jun 08, 2018
Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi
3.67/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Clear, shimmering light gold color with white cap and lacing.
Aroma of subtle malt and light floral, spicy hops.
Taste on entry is a subtle malt core surrounded by floral hops with just a taste of the garden, which is to say freshly picked but as yet unwashed product that contains still a hint of the earth. Hoppiness builds a bit more firmly as we approach the finish and lingers in the aftertaste.
Medium texture leaning toward creaminess with balancing carbonation.
Brewer calls this a "Bohemian Style Pilsner" and I won't argue. It does have that general Euro Lager stamp about it with an added American twist of robustness. It's not highly hopped (21 IBU) but the brewer wasn't making this into a PA or IPA, rather something highly drinkable and food friendly. I can see matching this with Asian Crusine where it has enough hops to stand up to spicy and not too much caramely malt to fight the dish.
Jan 16, 2018Aroma of subtle malt and light floral, spicy hops.
Taste on entry is a subtle malt core surrounded by floral hops with just a taste of the garden, which is to say freshly picked but as yet unwashed product that contains still a hint of the earth. Hoppiness builds a bit more firmly as we approach the finish and lingers in the aftertaste.
Medium texture leaning toward creaminess with balancing carbonation.
Brewer calls this a "Bohemian Style Pilsner" and I won't argue. It does have that general Euro Lager stamp about it with an added American twist of robustness. It's not highly hopped (21 IBU) but the brewer wasn't making this into a PA or IPA, rather something highly drinkable and food friendly. I can see matching this with Asian Crusine where it has enough hops to stand up to spicy and not too much caramely malt to fight the dish.
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