Tripping Brick
Holy City Brewing
- From:
- Holy City Brewing
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pilsner
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.17 | pDev: 5.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 05, 2015
- Added:
- Mar 10, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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With our year-round pilsner fully dialed in, we decided it was time to dial things up to 11 - or at least 8.5 - with this imperial version, brewed as a one-off specifically for Brewvival 2012. The plethora of malt drives a sweet character, subdued by that familiar crisp edge of German hops. It’s all the pilsner, with less of the water.
80 IBU
80 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MacQ32 from South Carolina
4.35/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Purchased a growler from the CBX after missing this one at the Brewvival.
A - Pours a hazy brown/golden color into a standard pint glass, a nice finger of fairly dense cream colored head. Ok retention, decent lacing
S - Lots of sweet caramel malts, and some floral/grassy hops. Not getting too many different aromas out of this but its definitely pretty sweet, a little grainy too maybe.
T - Oh thats good very big and bold, I'm drinking this at about 55, probably better suited at a cooler temperature. Pretty heavy and malty, still a very nice grassy hop bite.
M - Medium/heavier bodied at this temp, appropriate carbonation. Fairly drinkable. About to go out and grill with a growler fresh out the fridge so ill comment back after consuming closer to 40 or so, which is probably the ideal temp.
O - Overall very aggressive, bitter, delicious.. Holy city has been improving significantly since their opening in my opinion. More like medium bodied, more of a brisk hop bite at a cooler temp (40-45)
Mar 27, 2012A - Pours a hazy brown/golden color into a standard pint glass, a nice finger of fairly dense cream colored head. Ok retention, decent lacing
S - Lots of sweet caramel malts, and some floral/grassy hops. Not getting too many different aromas out of this but its definitely pretty sweet, a little grainy too maybe.
T - Oh thats good very big and bold, I'm drinking this at about 55, probably better suited at a cooler temperature. Pretty heavy and malty, still a very nice grassy hop bite.
M - Medium/heavier bodied at this temp, appropriate carbonation. Fairly drinkable. About to go out and grill with a growler fresh out the fridge so ill comment back after consuming closer to 40 or so, which is probably the ideal temp.
O - Overall very aggressive, bitter, delicious.. Holy city has been improving significantly since their opening in my opinion. More like medium bodied, more of a brisk hop bite at a cooler temp (40-45)
Reviewed by DrinkSlurm from New York
3.95/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from tap into pint at Sesame Burger.
Pours a hazy brown golden. Smells of serious hoppy malts and booze.
Taste is of very sweet boozey hops...nice malts, but a bit too sweet.
It has a lot of personallity; malty, hops, and sweet. Very boozey...but the flavor makes it drinkable. Worth a taste...and it makes me wane more from these guys...
Mar 16, 2012Pours a hazy brown golden. Smells of serious hoppy malts and booze.
Taste is of very sweet boozey hops...nice malts, but a bit too sweet.
It has a lot of personallity; malty, hops, and sweet. Very boozey...but the flavor makes it drinkable. Worth a taste...and it makes me wane more from these guys...
Reviewed by avalon07 from South Carolina
4/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Had this beer on-tap at Gene's Hofbrau. Had an amber color and a clear consistency. There was an inch of foamy, long-lasting head. Great lacing.
S: A sharp, hoppy aroma, with a big dose of malt as well.
T: Tasted of hops - more than you would expect from a pilsner - lots of malt, and a good amount of citrus (lemon). Fairly boozy, but not to the point of distraction. A pretty well-rounded flavor.
M: A well-carbonated beer with a fairly slick finish. Medium-bodied.
O: On the whole, a solidly made, very robust, drinkable beer.
Mar 10, 2012S: A sharp, hoppy aroma, with a big dose of malt as well.
T: Tasted of hops - more than you would expect from a pilsner - lots of malt, and a good amount of citrus (lemon). Fairly boozy, but not to the point of distraction. A pretty well-rounded flavor.
M: A well-carbonated beer with a fairly slick finish. Medium-bodied.
O: On the whole, a solidly made, very robust, drinkable beer.
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