Pook's Pilsner
BJ's Restaurants & Brewery
- From:
- BJ's Restaurants & Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 13.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 28, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 09, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
Featuring intensely aromatic and flavorful notes, BJ’s Pook's Pilsner is a crisp, smooth German-style pilsner made with the best German malts, noble hops and lager yeast.
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Reviewed by BarryMFBurton from Indiana
2.5/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a dull yellow with no head. Very light cereal grains make up the entirety of the nose. Palate is similarly flat, a concoction of faded corn and grape-juice wheat flavors with a bit of sinister plasticy/cardboard tastes on the finish. Even has a watery mouthfeel to boot. I like BJ's food, and their DIPA is pretty good, but this has to be one of the worst beers I've had in a while.
May 06, 2015
Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas
3.41/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at BJ’s in Allen, Texas. The beer pours a clear yellow color with a white head. The aroma is heavy on the wheat and pilsner malt. The flavor is similar, with a lot of the pilsner malt and grass coming through. There is also a little bit of earth and a hint of light citrus. Thin mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not bad.
Jun 04, 2012
Reviewed by giblet from Ohio
3.75/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
this was served on tap. gold color with steady carbonation. about a half inch of head with decent retention. good lacing down the glass. smells of grain and a bit of lemon and hops. taste is very crisp and refreshing. this could be my everyday beer if it was available in bottle. overall a very good pils.
suckem up and movem out.
giblet
Jan 29, 2012suckem up and movem out.
giblet
Reviewed by kylehay2004 from Illinois
3.7/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Nice thick two finger head with lots of lacing on a very light staw colored and clear body. Musty hop and malt aroma, a little wet sock like characteristic of noble hops. Very smooth and lighter in carbonation than I expected. Light body. The flavor is mostly malty with hints of yeast and noble hops. Very drinkable with a sweet finish. I liked this one better than I thought I would.
Jan 22, 2012
Reviewed by soju6 from Missouri
3.01/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.01/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Had at BJ's in El Paso, TX.
A: served a clear light golden color with a white head that faded to some lacing.
S: Very mild aroma of fresh grain with a trace of spicy sweetness.
T: The taste also on the mild side. Sort of a mixture of fresh grain with a slight malt sweetness. A touch of bitternessand a dry finish.
F: Light body, crisp and clean. A bit refreshing on a hot day.
D: Nice drinker that goes best with food. Good for a few as it goes down easy. Not one of BJ's better efforts, aimed at the BMC drinkers.
Mar 19, 2011A: served a clear light golden color with a white head that faded to some lacing.
S: Very mild aroma of fresh grain with a trace of spicy sweetness.
T: The taste also on the mild side. Sort of a mixture of fresh grain with a slight malt sweetness. A touch of bitternessand a dry finish.
F: Light body, crisp and clean. A bit refreshing on a hot day.
D: Nice drinker that goes best with food. Good for a few as it goes down easy. Not one of BJ's better efforts, aimed at the BMC drinkers.
Reviewed by AdamBear from Pennsylvania
2.5/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A-very light gold, thin white head, very bubbly
S-honey and a bit of hops, not very strong smelling
T-very gross with a weird bitter taste to it...not a good bitterness. has a creamy taste to it as well. overall this is quite the let down of a pilsner....there's not much of a taste to it at all
M-medium carbonation with a dry finish
D-after the first sip, i wanted it to be over. way too light tasting and disappointing
Nov 15, 2010S-honey and a bit of hops, not very strong smelling
T-very gross with a weird bitter taste to it...not a good bitterness. has a creamy taste to it as well. overall this is quite the let down of a pilsner....there's not much of a taste to it at all
M-medium carbonation with a dry finish
D-after the first sip, i wanted it to be over. way too light tasting and disappointing
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