Devin
Omnipollo

(review from June 2019) Good pils with an interesting flavor & aftertaste that's hard to pin down. Crisp, refreshing & lightly malty finish. You tell me?

It is called a German Pilsner. An interesting beer, for sure, but I wouldn't call it a German pilsner. Instead, it is an orange hazy-bomb, heavy in body and strong with pale malt flavors. The aroma intensely malty, bready, and with a distinct grain scent. The taste is sweet with a continued malt theme. Heavy on the tongue with a firm hop bitterness. I like the beer, but not the style description.

 

I bought it because my son's name is Devin.
Pleasantly surprised, a fairy solid beer.

 

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a rich golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, biscuits. Taste is malts, considerable hops for the style, a bit of lemons are present. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.

Presentation: 12 oz can with a batch number printed bottom but no dates. Served in a stemmed stange.

Appearance: The fluffy, one finger head stays around for a while and leaves behind a thin foam ring and a lot of lacing that covers the entire glass. It's a hazy, bright gold color.

Smell: It's a strong, grainy aroma with a touch of floral hops in the background.

Taste: It's mostly malty and slightly sweet with a very soft, hoppy bitterness that shows up in the aftertaste. A subtle flavor profile but it's very well done.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied but with substance. It's quite silky but there's still some crispness from the medium carbonation. An exceptionally well balanced texture.

Overall: A tasty pilsner with a superb mouthfeel that's so easy to drink and enjoy without feeling bland.

 

 

 

Canned in a 330ml crafty craft can
Pours a hazy cloudy golden body with big thick white head
Aroma is semolina flour and lime citrus
Very light fruit flavours, slight bitter finish

 

Light yellowt gold body; mildly cloudy; thick and sticky white head, splotchy globs of suds ring the glass. Nice light cereal grain aroma; a bit of biscuit. Nice flavor combination, a bit of biscuit, some fruity esters, and a fine, balanced hop bitterness. Medium body; warm and crisp on the palate.

This German-style pilsner is rich and flavorful for the style. It is well-rounded and offers some excellent depth and character for a pilsner. A very fine beer...

pour from 12 oz can

fairly clear, yellow golden in color, white head. clean grainy aroma and taste, with mild hopping. clean, but fairly boring. thin body, but that's on style. overall just meh from a brewery known for more interesting takes on beers

 

 

Having spent the past week CANmitted to only drinking AmeriCAN CANned beers in support of (ISO) the 4th of July & then getting on a brewery horizontal kick, it is time to begin branching out again. I have plenty more to keep The CANQuest (tm) going strong!

From the CAN: "The Dude's Brew".

It was in a wee tiny 11.2-fl. oz. CAN. making me feel like a CANparative giant! I Crack!ed open its diminutive vent, lifted it up & beCAN a slow, gentle C-Line Glug, much to its delight. It was squealing & laughing like a little baby so I just let it free-flow until it was empty. The beer itself puffed up mightily to form two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, bone-white head with excellent retention. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Straw-Yellow (SRM = > 2, < 4). Nose was stylistically correct with a pronounced honey-like breadiness with just a kiss of Sazz hops lurking in the background. Mmm. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, a step or two beyond watery. The taste was the sort of mild, easy-drinking Pilsner that the style is expected to have - it was clean & crisp with a lightly malty sweetness, more bready than sweet, with a light grassiness borne of the Saaz hops. I was running through it like nobody's business! Finish was clean & dry & while it would be nice for Summer, its price point was a bit too spendy to make it a viable CANdidate. YMMV.

 

Omnipollo did not build its rep by crafting basic beers. But this unfiltered German-style pilsner is just that, and quite delicious. Bready and bold on the palate with a tantalizing hint of sweetness in the nose, balanced by a nice hop/malt combo that yields a great crisp mouthfeel, this 5.2% bit of brewer's art is totally refreshing, especially on warm days, and quite simply a great choice for a session beer. It's not a hearty, in-your-face Czech Pilsner, but it's not made to be. it's made to be drunk and enjoyed often, in the backyard after yard work, on the beach around a fire with friends or from a comfortable chair at the water's edge--preferably in the shade. Quite enjoyable. If you're a lager lover, this "dude's" for you.