Italian Style Pilsner
Upslope Brewing Company - Lee Hill

Draft at Here's How. Clear golden pour, adequate foamy white head. Biscuity, grainy aroma. Taste is bready, crackers, crisp bite leading up to a mildly dry finish.

 

 

Italian-style pilsners are having a moment, and they're a nice change of pace. This one didn't really taste much different than other ones I've tried, but it was very good and I'd drink it again. It might be a touch high at 5%, but not overly so. Definitely looked like a pilsner in the glass.

12 fl oz can:

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE

12oz can. Poured out a clear, golden-yellow color with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of floral notes with caramel, toffee and grains. Sweet caramel taste with toasty notes and a mild bitterness.

L-Clean, clear golden color

S-Spicy hops, breads..

T-Pretty hop forward with spicy hops along with a touch of lemons..grainy malt backing

F-Very dry on the finish...medium bodied to light medium bodied.

O-Drinks like a German Pils....spicy and dry with a nice grainy malt....well done..enjoyable..

Bought as part of a Build-your-own 6-pack from my local grocery store; poured from a 12-oz can into a pint glass

Look: Clear golden color with a 1-finger white head that dissipates into something that stays on the top of the beer.

Smell: Hops and spice, along with a bit of bread.

Taste: A lot like the nose; hoppy and a bit spicy up front, but mellows with malty sweetness pretty quickly.

Feel: Nice carbonation all the way through, not watery at all.

Overall: I'm not sure what they meant by an "Italian stlye" pilsner, but this is a good hop-forward pilsner that would go well with a gourmet pizza or spicier Italian red-sauce pasta. I would buy a 6-pack if I saw one and planned to have Italian food for dinner.

Upslope has always been solid for me. I bought a 6 pack at a Total Wine while visiting suburban Denver.

Look: Looks like your standard pils with a fast receding head.

Smell. Buisquity with , your typical hop spiciness

Taste: Nice sweetness balanced out with the spiciness of the noble hops. It is hoppier than most pilsners, which I quite like.

Feel: Light and easy drinking. I could crush a 6 pack of these on a summer afternoon easily. I just wish I would have left it in the fridge longer to cool it down more.

Overall: Go for it if you enjoy your lagers on the hoppy side and want a solid session beer.

12oz can best by Feb 3rd 2023

On the pour a finger of bone white soft head formed then recedes to a ring amd thin covering that leaves lacing. Body is a golden straw. Thin lacing is left.

Aroma has traditional pilsner biscuity sweetness and a bit of spiciness like a traditional pils. Slightly brighter and happier than a true German pils.

Taste follows the aroma, but with a nice hop bitterness as well. Trademark pils spiciness and sweetness is here.

Feel is super crushable with a dry medium finish and medium carbonation. Dry mouthfeel for the most part. Slight maltiness in the finish.

Overall this is a good pilsner and the Italian style just brings more hoppage, but not at all like a big American IPA. Comes off as a slightly hoppier pils.