Pre Game Pilsner
3 Floyds Brewing Co.

 

No date on can, into an Edison Brewing weizen glass.

Pours a clear gold with decent foam and tons of bubbles. Smells like a standard German pils, honey and apple, not unique or incredibly aromatic. Flavor is similar, just very standard. It feels like an un-adjunct, more intense version of 3F Deluxe. It's not bad, just very generic and a little too American. The hops are good and I like everything going on, I just don't know why I would buy this beer again besides the Municipal Waste connection. Feel is good, appropriately drinkable with good carbonation.

Overall, decent but boring pils. There's nothing special here, it's just a tasty beer with cool can art. Worth a one and done, but I wouldn't get it again, and I wouldn't get it over 3F Deluxe.

Poured from a 16oz can into a FFF DLD nonic pint glass. Pours a clearer straw golden with some chill haze to it and a finger of bright and dense white foam head. A little grassy on the nose. Herbal (hops?), hay, slightly buttery with some cereal grains. Taste is more cereal grain forward with a little spice to it from the hops I assume. Full mouthfeel with just enough carbonation to not make it slick but give it that lager rush to the finish. Good stuff. Way better than High Speed Steel.

16oz undated can poured into a tulip pint glass at fridge temp 5.2% ABV. The beer pours bright light golden amber with off white head. The head recedes to a fluffy ring and single layer of bubbles. The aroma is mild with cracker like malt and a hint of earthy hops. The taste is semidry pilsner malt with more mild earthy bittering balance. The feel is thin bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Cleanly lagered. Overall, this is the most "normal" beer I've had from 3F. Pretty spot on and drinkable German pilsner.

Pours a semi clear light yellow in color. Nice white head. Nose is zest like. Taste is also zesty and slight white pepper finish. Fairly dry. Good hoppy character

Light, easy and quaffable enough to have the brain to turn the tastebuds off for a session, 3 Floyds teams up with Municipal Waste for a session of simply beer-flavored beer.

Built in the more Germanic form, Pre-Game pours bubbly, bright an spirited with a part fizzy and part frothy head. As the floral and spicy hops dance on the nose, a backdrop of grain, malt and twangy yeast capture the delicate scent. As the pilsner-styled malts splash against the tastebuds, they awash in grain sweetness, breadiness and with hints of honeysuckle. Slim fruits offer apple and pear before the session dries into a grassy, peppery and herbal finish for crispness and refreshment.

Light, easy and effortless, this beer is well suited for any game, start to finish.

 

16 oz. can from the source. Pours a clear golden with small, vanishing white head and lots of tiny rising bubbles, but no lacing. Not much to smell. Aroma has light grains and some floral hops, but lacks the malts found in a Czech pilsner. Taste is more sweet than bitter, with clean flavors. Body is light to medium with noticeable carbonation and a crisp mouthfeel. An easy drinker. There's nothing wrong with this one. I could say well done for the style, but, paradoxically, it is not normal for 3 Floyds to brew something that makes you question the applicability of their "It's not normal" motto.