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Pine Knob
Rochester Mills Beer Co.
- From:
- Rochester Mills Beer Co.
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Bohemian / Czech Pilsner
Ranked #193 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,309 - Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 9.51%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 24, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 02, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 13
Locally brewed beer that uses quality Michigan ingredients to deliver the crisp, refreshing and flavorful taste you expect from a world-class Pilsner style beer.
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Ratings by oline73:
Rated by oline73 from Maryland
3.36/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Nov 30, 2015
3.36/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Nov 30, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.73/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Many thanks to BigIronH for this beer.
A - Light gold colored pour with moderate carbonation and a thin layer of bright white creamy foam.
S - Aroma is very light to almost no aromatic presence at all. A little bit of pale malt and some slight earthiness.
T - Light grainy malt base along with some earthy hops bearing a little bit of citrus.
M - Medium body with a moderate amount of prickly carbonation on the tongue.
O - This is very solid! Would like more aromatic presence but overall this is an easy drinker that hits the spot!
Apr 24, 2022A - Light gold colored pour with moderate carbonation and a thin layer of bright white creamy foam.
S - Aroma is very light to almost no aromatic presence at all. A little bit of pale malt and some slight earthiness.
T - Light grainy malt base along with some earthy hops bearing a little bit of citrus.
M - Medium body with a moderate amount of prickly carbonation on the tongue.
O - This is very solid! Would like more aromatic presence but overall this is an easy drinker that hits the spot!
Reviewed by bwood06 from Wisconsin
4.07/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap
A - Beer arrives at the table with absolutely no head (unacceptable). Moderate carbonation is visible with large bubbles rising moderately quickly toward the surface. The beer itself is clear and a dark golden straw in color, dead on to the Czech pilsners I had in Prague just a few months ago. This score would be much higher if there was any head to speak of... 3.5/5
S - The aroma is very appealing with a good balance of sweet and bitter. Light sweet cereal malt along with buttered white bread really come to the forefront before Noble hops and a grassy hop profile come through. Simple, but good. 4/5
T - The flavor follows the aroma perfectly. Light cereal grains and a very light caramel come out right off the bat and lead into a buttered white bread flavor that is perfectly reminiscent of true Czech Pilsners. The Noble hops do not overpower these simple and straightforward flavors in the slightest, rather complementing and balancing them. A light bitterness does come through but it does not linger after swallowing. 4.25/5
M - Creamy but also light and smooth. Moderate carbonation tickle up front but this goes away quickly. There is only slightly drying and the beer disappears from the palate quickly upon swallowing. No lingering dryness. 4/5
O - Other than there being no head to speak of, this is an excellent American take on a Czech Pilsner. This one really took me back to Prague, which is not easy to do. Buttery, sweet, lightly bitter, and clean. I suspect the lack of head is due to failure on the server or bartender's part but I can't be sure so the appearance score has to remain lower than I would like to give. 4/5
Jun 19, 2016A - Beer arrives at the table with absolutely no head (unacceptable). Moderate carbonation is visible with large bubbles rising moderately quickly toward the surface. The beer itself is clear and a dark golden straw in color, dead on to the Czech pilsners I had in Prague just a few months ago. This score would be much higher if there was any head to speak of... 3.5/5
S - The aroma is very appealing with a good balance of sweet and bitter. Light sweet cereal malt along with buttered white bread really come to the forefront before Noble hops and a grassy hop profile come through. Simple, but good. 4/5
T - The flavor follows the aroma perfectly. Light cereal grains and a very light caramel come out right off the bat and lead into a buttered white bread flavor that is perfectly reminiscent of true Czech Pilsners. The Noble hops do not overpower these simple and straightforward flavors in the slightest, rather complementing and balancing them. A light bitterness does come through but it does not linger after swallowing. 4.25/5
M - Creamy but also light and smooth. Moderate carbonation tickle up front but this goes away quickly. There is only slightly drying and the beer disappears from the palate quickly upon swallowing. No lingering dryness. 4/5
O - Other than there being no head to speak of, this is an excellent American take on a Czech Pilsner. This one really took me back to Prague, which is not easy to do. Buttery, sweet, lightly bitter, and clean. I suspect the lack of head is due to failure on the server or bartender's part but I can't be sure so the appearance score has to remain lower than I would like to give. 4/5
Rated by ChrisMon02 from Ohio
2.72/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.72/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Not much too it. Pretty bland and just meh.
Jun 14, 2015Reviewed by justinp444 from Michigan
4.43/5 rDev +20.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +20.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
This beer has a clear golden straw yellow body with a fluffy white 2 inch thick head. Smell is of nice floral, some ginger, sweet bread-y malts, minor yeast notes. Taste is sweet bread, spice, still a lot of floral notes, and a nice moderate mouth feel with a full bodied flavor. Only a small amount of yeast in the taste and overall a very clean feeling left over.
May 14, 2015
Pine Knob from Rochester Mills Beer Co.
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
28 ratings
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