Hops & Robbers Unfiltered Pils
Double Trouble Brewing Co.
- From:
- Double Trouble Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 4.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our new lighter-bodied Pilsner is a rich and hoppy lager with sparkle and pizzazz. True Pilsner taste is in harmony with a bubbly balance of carbonation. Served cold, it is full of thirst-quenching magic
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by ewpass from Canada (PE)
3.61/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Hazy gold with a moderate head and cap. Bready, crackery malt nose. Clean Pilsner flavour, very crisp. A clean brew.
Feb 06, 2018
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.77/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
473 ml can served cold into a pint glass. Purchased from the LCBO for around $3 CDN.
Appearance - Cloudy but rich golden color. Brilliant two fingers of white head and substantial staying power. Good fizzy carbonation too, a very good looking beer.
Smell - Clean and fairly grainy with some earthy hop presence. Crackery with lots of bread too.
Taste - Close to the nose although leaning bitter with the earthy hops. Lots of bready goodness and grassy flavors arise more than was apparent on the nose. Very clean tasting.
Mouthfeel - Medium carbonation, medium light body and crisp finish. A good pilsner.
Overall - A little better than their Prison Break Pilsner which was already quite respectable in its own right. If quality German imports weren't so much cheaper, this is good enough to have a regular place in my rotation.
Sep 04, 2017Appearance - Cloudy but rich golden color. Brilliant two fingers of white head and substantial staying power. Good fizzy carbonation too, a very good looking beer.
Smell - Clean and fairly grainy with some earthy hop presence. Crackery with lots of bread too.
Taste - Close to the nose although leaning bitter with the earthy hops. Lots of bready goodness and grassy flavors arise more than was apparent on the nose. Very clean tasting.
Mouthfeel - Medium carbonation, medium light body and crisp finish. A good pilsner.
Overall - A little better than their Prison Break Pilsner which was already quite respectable in its own right. If quality German imports weren't so much cheaper, this is good enough to have a regular place in my rotation.
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.63/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Can - pours a hazed light straw color with a decadent 3 finger white sticky cap. Aroma is a pronounced - floral-spicey dusty-malt tone fill the nose - medium light bodied with a bright hoppy peppery character. Flavor has light biscuity malts in fair balance with spicy-floral hopping up front but this shifts to sharp spicy hop discernment in the finish as it dries out to a crisp finish. A very decent Pilsener, I wasn’t really expecting much but this was very flavorful, refreshing and drinkable.
Aug 20, 2017
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.74/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.74/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Tallboy can from the LCBO; best before Dec 16 2017 and served well chilled. Looks like Double Trouble is consolidating their portfolio under the 'Hops & Robbers' moniker - I suppose this means we've seen the last of Prison Break Pils?
Pours a clouded, translucent golden-yellow colour, topped off with nearly an inch of smooth, foamy white head that steadily dissipates over the course of the next several minutes. A thick, creamy collar survives in place, ringing a thin cap and adorned by an inelaborate stripe of lace. Grainy pale malts characterize the nose, along with a few hints of silage and wet grass; I'm also getting a very weak suggestion of canned peas.
A respectable pils. Coarse grains, crackery wheat and bready sweetness supply most of the flavours on the front end, with continental hops filling out the remainder. Notes of grassy hay, leafy hops and the slightest suggestion of lemon zest come through towards the finish, with a lightly spicy bitterness preceding an abrupt, relatively dry aftertaste. Light in body, with zippy carbonation that produces a good, crisp bite on the palate, resulting in a lively, refreshing mouthfeel. Nothing wrong with this one.
Final Grade: 3.74, a B grade. As a beer, Hops & Robbers Unfiltered Pils isn't too exciting - but as a pale lager, I think I prefer it over many of the other readily-available domestic pale lagers in this market. I find this recipe to be a bit better than their old Prison Break Pils, but the difference in quality isn't major - they're both serviceable lagers, and honestly the differences are so slight that I'm not sure this one will do a whole lot better than its predecessor. If you appreciate Euro lagers, this is a pretty safe pick-up, on par with many of the middle-tier German/Czech exports.
Aug 09, 2017Pours a clouded, translucent golden-yellow colour, topped off with nearly an inch of smooth, foamy white head that steadily dissipates over the course of the next several minutes. A thick, creamy collar survives in place, ringing a thin cap and adorned by an inelaborate stripe of lace. Grainy pale malts characterize the nose, along with a few hints of silage and wet grass; I'm also getting a very weak suggestion of canned peas.
A respectable pils. Coarse grains, crackery wheat and bready sweetness supply most of the flavours on the front end, with continental hops filling out the remainder. Notes of grassy hay, leafy hops and the slightest suggestion of lemon zest come through towards the finish, with a lightly spicy bitterness preceding an abrupt, relatively dry aftertaste. Light in body, with zippy carbonation that produces a good, crisp bite on the palate, resulting in a lively, refreshing mouthfeel. Nothing wrong with this one.
Final Grade: 3.74, a B grade. As a beer, Hops & Robbers Unfiltered Pils isn't too exciting - but as a pale lager, I think I prefer it over many of the other readily-available domestic pale lagers in this market. I find this recipe to be a bit better than their old Prison Break Pils, but the difference in quality isn't major - they're both serviceable lagers, and honestly the differences are so slight that I'm not sure this one will do a whole lot better than its predecessor. If you appreciate Euro lagers, this is a pretty safe pick-up, on par with many of the middle-tier German/Czech exports.
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