Vibes
Almanac Beer Co.

Really nicely balanced. This is a great little Pilsner to refresh on a hot day!

 

Right off the bat when I cracked this pounder can, I can smell the fruity yet funky hops pouring off this brew. To me this is light golden at best with a slight haze and a thick pillowy white head, looks decent for the style. Melon, ripe Citrus and pineapple fruits, a bit of funk, not sure this smells like a Pils, but it smells fantastic! Head dropping to small pillows. Ok, really well blended with a great flavor but I’m not getting spicy, herbal or mineral characteristics I normally associate with these beers. There is a lemon-pepper bite towards the finish when I reach deep, but this is a fairly crisp brew. Still pretty darn tasty anyway. Would like more carbonation as it seems a bit watery and thin.

16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $4.49. Canned on 6/1/2020, so this is almost 3 months old.

Look: Almost clear, pale golden color. Has a slight chill haze. Nice, frothy white head upon pouring, slowly dissipated to a thin lacing.

Smell: Very nice aromas - fruity with soft citrus up front (lemon peel, orange zest), also grassy notes, and peppery and floral aromas on the finish including honeysuckle, sweet honey notes, and honeydew melon. A little bit funky on the finish, and it also smells quite nice. It's fun to just smell this beer.

Taste: Follows the nose, with all of the crisp, clean, and refreshing qualities that you expect to get from a pilsner. This is super refreshing and easy to drink, and also fun. The cirtus and melon notes definitely come through in the taste. I think that pilsners have a tendency to be boring, and this is definitely not boring. The finish is a bit bitter and has some staying power.

Feel: Relatively thin, but that's what it's supposed to be as a 5% ABV pilsner. Light bodied and effervescent.

Overall: I think that this is my first Almanac beer. Well done! Probably one of the best pilsners that I have had. Quite enjoyable and refreshing, with nice notes from the dry hopping (huell melon, hallertau blanc, and citra). Nice to see this perform so well at almost 3 months old; I would be interested to taste this more fresh. I wonder if there is another category that this beer fits into better than German Pilsner, but that may be the best place for it.

 

 

Pours a hazy deep straw producing almost 2 fingers of frothy, white head that diminishes rapidly leaving little lace. Aroma is slightly hop heavy pilsner and bread with citrus, melon and floral hop notes and a hint of lemon. Taste is pilsner yeast, cracker/biscuit, grain, with pineapple, orange and lemony hints; the hoppiness of the nose is subdued allowing its pilsner side to shine through. Clean and crisp it finishes pilsner-like with a short-lived aftertaste. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, moderately carbonated, crisp and clean with a juicy hint.

A: The beer is a little hazy yellow in color with some hues of amber and a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left some lacing on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of grapes and limes are present in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of limes along with notes of green grapes.
M: It feels light-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This is definitely a hoppy pilsener and has a lot of grape and lime flavors without any associated bitterness.

Serving type: can

 

 

 

 

Bright gold that almost hurts the eyes. It’s a beautiful drink. Creamy white head floats atop. Aroma of fresh grain, lemon juice in the background, mango ghosts dart in and out. Light fruit: mango, papaya, kiwi, lemon but without rind, sugar?, Honey Nut Cheerios, some dryness.

 

 

Pours a lovely rich straw yellow with an active off white head.
Smells pop as soon as you open the can, sweet melon, pineapple, and tart citrus with just a light breadiness in the back.
Taste is light cracker with a little herbal spiciness. The fruits that dominate the aroma are barely present in the flavor other than to round out the malt sweetness to give the impression of a sweet biscuit, a bit like what a king hawaiin roll smells like. Really nice melding of the more traditional pilsener with the modern IPA, manages to balance the hop flavors well so that they don't run the show but instead compliment the crisp crackeriness of the malt.
Mouthfeel is great, very crisp without coming across as thin or watery. The can says 'crushable' on it and that is very much epitomized by the liquid in the can.
Overall this is a pretty tasty brew, and my can is almost 6 months old. The store it came from is usually pretty solid about storing stuff but still I imagine that this is even a bit more vibrant when fresher. Definitely a modern take on the style but still feels authentic and very enjoyable.

Poured from a 16 ounce can into a Shaker pint glass, "CANNED" date 10/10/18.

APPEARANCE: pours a hazy, straw color with one-finger white head that slowly settled until a thin, unbroken layer of small bubbles remained, there is heavy lacing on the glass, medium carbonation.

SMELL: sweet sugar, flowers, pineapple citrus and bread, very pleasant to the nose.

TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet then pineapple citrus and bread.

PALATE: light body and medium carbonation.

OVERALL: this is an unusual take on the pilsner style and it totally works for me, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone who enjoys beer, I would have this again no problem, well done!