Lager Of The Lakes
Bell's Brewery - Eccentric Café & General Store

Pours an orange-yellow with a fog to the translucency. Head is three fingers of white foam with good retention. Aroma is biscuits, wafers, and crackers for dry malty base. Grass and herbal hops add some zest and texture. Flavor profile is back to dry malts - biscuits, crackers, wafers, and bread. Not as dry or crispy as the nose, but still good. Grass and herbal hops mingle with lightly sticky hops to round out the flavor profile. Mouth feel is medium-thin. Texture is crispy with a soft, fuzzy side. Overall, kinda hoppy, crispy lager.

Served in a 15.5oz Spiegelau tulip from a 12oz can. Reviewed from notes.

Lager for the Lakes

Bell's Brewery

Pilsner - Czech / Bohemian

Pilsner has to have that light crispness and a perfect balance of malt/hop/yeast ratio. This one is fairly crisp, very clean, with a smooth finish. The malt is a tad sweet like honey bread. The hops are pretty herbal but a bit low on that peppery bite.

 

 

 

Clear, straw-colored pour with a loose head that dissipates fairly quickly. Mild crackers-and-grass aroma. Hops prevail over malt in the taste, but neither make that much of a statement. Finish is brief and dry. Mouthfeel on the thin side.
I've been sampling some fine craft pilsners lately. This one doesn't quite measure up to the best of them. It's a good lawnmower beer but I'd look elsewhere for a drink with food.

Edit: looking at prior reviews, it seems that Bell's orginally labeled this as a Bohemian pilsner. My can's label describes it as an American pilsner. This brew is definitely superior to Coors Banquet and Bud, but that's a low bar to clear.

July 2023. Hartwell. How appropriate to be drinking logger for the lakes at Lake Hartwell that itself ups the ante. Overall nothing super special but would definitely try it again.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 12oz can.

Look: pale straw color. Minimal head and lacing
Smell: light yeast
Taste: pretty light on flavor. Little bit of malt
Feel: short finish. crisp and smooth.
Overall: Definitely drinkable, but not anything to write home about.

 

12oz can pkgd 10/03/22 into a tall pilsner glass.
L: Pours transparent light yellow gold w a light yeast haze, a 3/4" eggshell white head, decent retention, good carbo, random spotty lacing.
S: Caramel malts, grains, lightly floral.
T: Lightly bready, caramelized malts, lightly toasted grains, a hint of field grass, a touch of wild onion, lightly pale, resinous hops, yeast, a very light aftertaste. Hops saturate the back 1/2 of each drink.
F: Low-ish carbo feel and smooth which goes against its look, but it is indeed crisp and lighter in body w a clean med-length finish that is very lightly drying.
O: Perhaps a bit over-priced for the style but it is very easy drinking, very fresh, and its taste is simple and quite refreshing. Nice feel and a clean finish. It is excellent in its style.