Czech Pilsner
The Civil Life Brewing Company

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From:
The Civil Life Brewing Company
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
Ranked #82
ABV:
4.9%
Score:
89
Ranked #16,197
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 4.47%
Ratings:
13 | reviews: 7
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 05, 2025
Added:
Jul 21, 2017
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours yellow with a clear transparency. Head is a finger of white foam. Aroma is wafers, grain, and crackers for malts, and herbal for hops. As a whole, it smells dry. Flavor profile is wafers, crackers, and bread in a dry malty blend. Herbal hops add some zest. As the beer warms, earthy malts start to poke through too. Mouth feel is crispy with a medium-thin consistency. Overall, a fair, crispy, dry lager.

Draft. Reviewed from notes.
Oct 05, 2025
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Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri

3.97/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Gold in color with a clear complexion. There’s a quarter inch of off white on top. The aroma is of grassy hops and musty barn yeast. I’m tasting that grassy hop to musty barn yeast flavor. The mouth is crisp and refreshing.
Jul 13, 2024
 
Rated: 4.15 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Feb 27, 2024
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Reviewed by TakiMan42 from Missouri

4.03/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
now thats a solid beer. dumped into a pint glass from the can, crystal clear golden brew with a nice fluffy foam atop, which settled to a nice cap and left a mess on the glass. aroma is a nice blend of freshly baked bread, a lil punch of grassy hops and thats good ol pilsner yeast. flavor follows through the same flow, starting with a nice hop spice and then flowing into some really lovely malt and then leaving that lingering funk. easy to drink, nice medium body and good carbonation. no complaints, i'd drink these anytime anywhere
Feb 11, 2024
 
Rated: 4.02 by kjkinsey from Texas

Sep 28, 2023
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Reviewed by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

4.17/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
draft pour into pint glass. slight chill hazed but mostly clear golden with a white fully foam head. slightly hoppy on the nose. rising bread aromas too. taste mostly follows but a little too much hop punch for me. medium-full mouthfeel. pretty good stuff.
Jul 08, 2023
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.76/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap. Murky golden body with a huge white head and plenty of lacing. Smell is led by the pilsner malt, pale earthy hops and pilsner yeast, classic. Taste is yeast led the whole way, kind of muted. Feel is moderately crisp despite being yeasty, pale and full
Apr 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by heerboth from Pennsylvania

Feb 04, 2023
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Reviewed by Jmsandberg17 from Missouri

4.09/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a deep, transparent golden yellow with a considerable amount of off-white head that recedes to a thin layer of foam on the surface. Aroma is spicy noble hops and rich, layered malts. Taste is a very full-bodied bready malt with a noticeable but not overpowering sweetness. Closes out with less robust hops than I would expect in a Czech pilsner, but still enough to close out the maltiness. Mouthfeel is medium to heavy bodied with moderate carbonation. Quite refreshing.

Overall, more malty and less hoppy than most Czech pilsners, which could make it really unbalanced, but this beer is very pleasant and easy to drink. Definitely will be buying more.
Dec 30, 2022
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On draft. Poured out a crystal clear, golden yellow with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled floral with caramel, toffee and biscuity malt. Sweet caramel, toffee and mild bitterness.
Jul 31, 2022
 
Rated: 3.9 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Jun 20, 2022
 
Rated: 4.49 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

Aug 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.78 by FBarber from Illinois

Jul 21, 2017