New Zealand Pilsner
Whistle Stop Restaurant & Woodman Brewery
- From:
- Whistle Stop Restaurant & Woodman Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.03 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 04, 2011
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
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Reviewed by WastingFreetime from Wisconsin
3.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
New Zealand Pilsner is labeled as using grains and hops from 'down under'. Whether that means New Zealand exclusively or if it also includes Australian ingredients, I do not know.
Pours out a decidedly murky and darker orange-tinted straw color that has a nice two finger head in the tulip glass, unfortunately it breaks up in about a minute, but at least the lacing is nice to look at. There are light chunks of sediment which are noticeable across the tongue, but not so much that it becomes a really big deal. (and maybe I should have been more careful with my pouring, so I'm allowing for human error here). Body is on the lighter side of medium thickness and somewhat weakly carbonated for my tastes in a pilsener.
Smells of crackery pilsner malt but also some passable imitation of lighter noble hop spicing on the nose. The same pseudo-noble hopping profile shows up in the flavor, only not as strong as a Czech pilsener, and it tastes somewhat on the sweeter end of a German Pilsener spectrum... It feels as though there were some other malts added to the pilsener grain bill on this one to add some flavor, and it got tipped slightly too far on the sweet side. Finishes with a brief burst of citric and floral hop elements, but the finish is really stubby and short...for better or for worse. Doesn't feel quite as 'snappy crispy fresh' as some of the better Pilseners I've had, but on the other hand this beer is by no means bad or terrible. If it had about 10% heavier hopping and higher levels of carbonation it would have been balanced to the preferences of my palate. But than again, I prefer my pilseners heavy on the spice... so keep that in mind. YMMV.
Nov 04, 2011Pours out a decidedly murky and darker orange-tinted straw color that has a nice two finger head in the tulip glass, unfortunately it breaks up in about a minute, but at least the lacing is nice to look at. There are light chunks of sediment which are noticeable across the tongue, but not so much that it becomes a really big deal. (and maybe I should have been more careful with my pouring, so I'm allowing for human error here). Body is on the lighter side of medium thickness and somewhat weakly carbonated for my tastes in a pilsener.
Smells of crackery pilsner malt but also some passable imitation of lighter noble hop spicing on the nose. The same pseudo-noble hopping profile shows up in the flavor, only not as strong as a Czech pilsener, and it tastes somewhat on the sweeter end of a German Pilsener spectrum... It feels as though there were some other malts added to the pilsener grain bill on this one to add some flavor, and it got tipped slightly too far on the sweet side. Finishes with a brief burst of citric and floral hop elements, but the finish is really stubby and short...for better or for worse. Doesn't feel quite as 'snappy crispy fresh' as some of the better Pilseners I've had, but on the other hand this beer is by no means bad or terrible. If it had about 10% heavier hopping and higher levels of carbonation it would have been balanced to the preferences of my palate. But than again, I prefer my pilseners heavy on the spice... so keep that in mind. YMMV.
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