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Pausa P.I.L.S.
Birrificio Pausa Cafe

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From:
Birrificio Pausa Cafe
 
Italy
Style:
Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 18.72%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
28
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 03, 2018
Added:
Oct 12, 2009
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  0
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Ratings by vacax:
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Reviewed by vacax from California

3.65/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours medium gold with a problematically large white foamy hard, dense sticky. Aroma is highly floral and tropical with chamomile, pears, mango, and papaya. Taste is heavily floral with jasmine, perfumey hops, horsey, cookie, papaya, goaty, cookie malts. This is billed as a pilsener aged in Slovenian oak, though there is definitely some brett related funk in here and some saison-like flora. Reminds me a bit of Boulevard Saison-Brett but not quite as delicate. Feels light, high yet soft carbonation, lingering funk on the palate. Interesting brew, I wouldn't mind trying it again.
May 08, 2010
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 1 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Nov 03, 2018
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Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On the "1001", but should not be. Another example of Italy over-represented on the list.
May 22, 2016
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Reviewed by Troy-Hawaii from Hawaii

2.75/5  rDev -26.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Bought from Times Fukiokas 11.2oz $1.99
Cloudy orange amber color
Smells of brown sugar
Light carbonation
Light mouthfeel
Taste sweet like molasses
Overall not a great beer. It could be old, but there is no date on the bottle.
Apr 30, 2016
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.35/5  rDev +16.3%
Prying off the cap releases a big herbal, floral, spicy hop nose that you can smell from an arm's length away. The beer pours cloudy gold under a 2" finely bubbled bone white foam cap. Light grain and a hint of fruit from the hops guide the palate to a spicy, earthy hop finish. Crisp and refreshing.
Nov 04, 2014
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

4.26/5  rDev +13.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 33CL bottle into a pint glass.
Aroma- Has a big malt, hop and yeast aroma, not bad.
Appearance-A murky orange-amber with a huge white head.
Taste- Has that malt and yeast flavor mixed in with some fruit, pretty good.
Palate- A medium bodied beer with heavy carbonation with a creamy texture.
Overall- I thought this beer was OK, nothing awe inspiring. I would drink it again but I wouldn't search for it.
Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by superdoopersauce from Illinois

Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by mrfrancis from Kentucky

Jul 03, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by hiphops24 from New York

Mar 08, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by jk3 from New York

Oct 26, 2012
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4.17/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a cloudy orange amber with a half finger white head with good retention and some lacing. Nice aroma of sweet and bready malt, Belgian yeast and perhaps some spicing, slightly floral. Flavor follows, a mixture of bready and biscuit malt, light fruit, Belgian yeast, light citrus and light floral hops, finishing biscuity with nice grassy hops. This is quite a nice flavor for a pilsner. Somewhat mildly hopped, but nicely integrated. Very nice medium, creamy body, surprising mouth feel for the low ABV. I really like this, but had a bit of sticker shock from the small bottle. I'd definitely pick this up again if the pricing was more in line with other good pilsners.
Sep 04, 2012
 
Rated: 3.75 by t0rin0 from California

Aug 23, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by WDJersey from Colorado

Jul 26, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by JAHMUR from Connecticut

Nov 20, 2011
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Reviewed by Teleweizen2 from New Hampshire

2.92/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - pour starts off crystal clear pale straw but to my surprise there is yeast still in the bottle turning the color a cloudy solid marigold. surprisingly little head maybe two fingers worth to start which quickly declines to nothing. no lacing to speak of.

S - the aroma is bright and varied. A touch of sulfur at first whiff. grassy/hay notes follow along with ripe, fleshy orange. some faint buttery quality as well.

T - dry, even and smooth malt profile. herbal hop kick in the center which carries over to the tail end and past the finish. some hints of orange/citrus as well.

M - light almost oily mouth feel with frothy carbonation.

O - I wish i knew this was bottle conditioned as I would have tried it with out the yeast first but i don't really think it would have a much different out come. not really impressive for the cost.
Sep 13, 2011
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Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

3.95/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Finished the keg of this at the Tap & Table when they had it there. I was lucky to have had at least half a glass of it. The beer was a clear yellow color with a foamy white head on top. The smell was hoppy and had some aromas of cut grass. The taste was crisp and had a solid bit to it. It had a good amount of hops to cover up most of the earthy flavors it had. The mouthfeel was clean and dry, easy going and light bodied. Overall I thought this was a pretty damn good brew.
Jul 20, 2011
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Reviewed by StaEva from Pennsylvania

4.4/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
don't think this is a limited-to-one-time brew, as I am able to buy this currently from my importer.

Regardless, poured a bottle into a pilsner glas and observed a cream-colored head form to about three fingers in depth. Looks creamy like fluff.

Smells like a more German-style pilsner—slightly peachy, but dry at the same time. Nice doughy-yeast quality and mild pine-hop aroma. Crisp and clean with a hint of candy or caramel.

Tastes so damn creamy! The mouthfeel is noticed before the taste! Great pilsner breadiness with wonderfully balanced and crisp hop profile. Touch of grass quality along the sides of the tongue. Did I mention that the carbonation dissolves into the creamiest texture you could ever imagine? Amazing mouthfeel on this beer.

Find this one. It is incredible.
Jul 18, 2011
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Reviewed by CHickman from New York

3.12/5  rDev -16.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a murky orange amber color with no head, and I mean zero head, which was very strange; basically no lacing either, but a lot of sediment at the bottom of the bottle and floating in the beer.

Smells of citrus hops up front, with orange peel, grapefruit and lemon, followed by sweet malt, grains, yeast, caramel and a funky alcohol-like aroma; seems like a cross between a Belgian pale ale and pils.

Tastes like it smells, but sweeter with the citrus hops mellowing but still showing up as each sip washes down; the flavor is dominated by sweet malt, orange peel, grapefruit, floral hops, and then there's some grains, caramel and a bready yeast taste, like wheat bread.

Mouthfeel is average and actually on the heavy side for a pils; smooth with little to almost no carbonation and a watery feel.

Interesting and tasty, this brew is a little odd but was still enjoyable to me. Quite drinkable, overall it was very calm and subdued but it still tasted good. A bit expensive, but worth trying. Picked this up at Eataly in NYC.
Mar 04, 2011
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Reviewed by LilBeerDoctor from New York

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed on 12/31/2009. On tap at Ginger Man. Pours a clear orange with a small white head. Aroma of diacetyl and bready malts. Flavor of diacetyl with starchy sweet malt in the finish. Not very pilsener-y but quite tasty. The diacetyl was a bit distracting but overall I enjoyed the beer a lot.
Dec 23, 2010
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Reviewed by stcules from Italy

2.88/5  rDev -23%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Quite dark appearance for a pils. White head, not too creamy.
In the smell malt and honey. Not bad, but the hop?
In the label it says Saaz hop flowers, but the hops it is barely detectable in the smell. Full malty, sweetness, honey. Tisane notes.
In the taste a bit more hop, but still absolutely not enough. Too full bodied.
More hop in the aftertaste.
Presented as one of the best italian pils, we had a lot of expectations on this beer. And you must also count in the price, high also for the italian craft beer.
Well, the social side it's save, but for the rest, a disappointment.
Sep 04, 2010
Pausa P.I.L.S. from Birrificio Pausa Cafe
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 28 ratings