Northstar
Phantom Canyon Brewing Company
- From:
- Phantom Canyon Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 12, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 12, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Northstar German Pils pours a clear, golden straw color with a white head. It offers floral, herbal and earthy aromas due to the addition of Loral hops late in the boil. The finish is dry and pleasantly bitter. A classic pils with a modern twist. Prost!
2021 -- ABV: 4.8%; hops: Huell Melon
2024 -- ABV: 5.1%; hops: Lokal
2021 -- ABV: 4.8%; hops: Huell Melon
2024 -- ABV: 5.1%; hops: Lokal
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.82/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Clear, golden color; dense, small-bubble carbonation, slow-rising; decent initial head appearance, thick, white and frothy, head regresses to a smaller height yet retains all its other characteristics. Very mild malt sweetness on the nose with just a touch of mildly herbal and floral hop aroma. Very pleasant biscuit-like malt base flavor; light hop bitterness; finishes with a slightly pungent bitterness. Medium body; smooth and lightly velvety on the palate.
Despite a new hop for this 2024 edition and slightly higher ABV, the beer's impression remains much the same to me. I have no major complaints and find the beer to be easy drinking and flavorful.
+++ Late note: as the beer warmed, the pungent bitterness mellows out quite a bit, so updated my Taste score from a 3.75 to 4.0...my overall remains the same +++
ABV: 5.1%; pouring temperature: 41 °F; crowler info: 08/26/24
Source: from the brewery
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Ratings and scores: 3.5 3.5 3.75 4.0 3.75; BA weighted overall score: 3.7; rDev: 0%
Re-visited November 08th, 2021
No real change in the appearance although the head is a tad thicker and longer lasting. The smell remains the same. The taste has a richer, toastier malt flavor but the score doesn't change.The mouthfeel seems richer, warmer.
Like many beers poured at a bar, I think the beers are usually too cold to properly review right off. This crowler is only about a week old and certainly poured warmer than what I was served back in July of this year. In this case, it is the mouthfeel that really seemed improved, plus my overall impression has bumped up a bit.
I believe, based on the length and style of my initial review, that I had this on tap at the brewery.
ABV: 4.8%
Source: crowler cannd 11/2/21;
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Original July 12th, 2021 ratings and overall score: 3.5 3.5 3.75 3.75 3.5 (aggregate score: 3.63)
Amber body; thin, creamy head. Light malt nose; earthy. Light malt body; spicy hop taste. Medium-light body; crisp and prickly on the palate.
A fair dry hopped pilsner.
Jul 12, 2021Despite a new hop for this 2024 edition and slightly higher ABV, the beer's impression remains much the same to me. I have no major complaints and find the beer to be easy drinking and flavorful.
+++ Late note: as the beer warmed, the pungent bitterness mellows out quite a bit, so updated my Taste score from a 3.75 to 4.0...my overall remains the same +++
ABV: 5.1%; pouring temperature: 41 °F; crowler info: 08/26/24
Source: from the brewery
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Ratings and scores: 3.5 3.5 3.75 4.0 3.75; BA weighted overall score: 3.7; rDev: 0%
Re-visited November 08th, 2021
No real change in the appearance although the head is a tad thicker and longer lasting. The smell remains the same. The taste has a richer, toastier malt flavor but the score doesn't change.The mouthfeel seems richer, warmer.
Like many beers poured at a bar, I think the beers are usually too cold to properly review right off. This crowler is only about a week old and certainly poured warmer than what I was served back in July of this year. In this case, it is the mouthfeel that really seemed improved, plus my overall impression has bumped up a bit.
I believe, based on the length and style of my initial review, that I had this on tap at the brewery.
ABV: 4.8%
Source: crowler cannd 11/2/21;
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Original July 12th, 2021 ratings and overall score: 3.5 3.5 3.75 3.75 3.5 (aggregate score: 3.63)
Amber body; thin, creamy head. Light malt nose; earthy. Light malt body; spicy hop taste. Medium-light body; crisp and prickly on the palate.
A fair dry hopped pilsner.
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