Skillet Creek
Baraboo Brewing Company

 

Wow, what a winner here. Appears clear and golden with light head which doesn't stick around long. Smells a bit grassy with touches of honey and crackers. Taste falls into line with smell which ends with a little hops. Medium body and a real winner in the way of balance between price and taste.

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a Shaker pint glass, there is no "best by" date that I can find.

Appearance: pours a clear light golden color with less than one finger white head that slowly dissipated until a thin, broken layer of small bubbles remained, higher than average carbonation, there is some lacing on the glass.

SMELL: sweet honey, bread, crackers, grassy.

TASTE: the taste follows the nose, initially sweet honey, bread and crackers, then a very pleasant hop bite that lingered around a while, in a pleasant way.

PALATE: medium body and higher than average carbonation.

OVERALL: this is a really good Czech Pilsner and reasonably priced, it's authentic tasting and not just an "Americanized" version of a traditional style, I will buy this again for sure and would recommend to anyone who enjoys the style.

 

 

 

 

 

Very clean and tasty Czech-Style Pilsner.

 

 

HyVee private label beer, brewed by Point. Not sure where Nebraska comes from, HyVee HQ is in Iowa.

Pours a pale gold with a flurry of bubbles. Large head of white foam that rises above the rim of the glass, leaving concentric rings of lacing as it slowly settles.

Aroma is grassy with a dominant lager yeast aroma, mild cracker of Pilsner malt behind that. Taste has much of the same elements, a slight grassy hop bitterness, dry finish. Clean and crisp, can't really complain.

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden-yellow color with a very small, white head of foam. It smelled floral with toasted caramel and hints of citrus. Sweet toasted caramel taste with a grassy bitterness.

 

 

Sampled last night on 9/28/14. A brand new brew that came out this month actually. Bought a single one to try. From the Baraboo Brewing Company, n Stevens Point, Wisconsin. They don't list the alcohol content on their label, going to guess in the 4.8% to 5.5% range. Bought a single bottle of 'Make your own 6" for $8.99 at the local Hy-Vee. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a flute glass.

Pours a golden yellow in color with a thin white head that settles down to just the sides of the glass. Some spotty lacing is seen. On the label it says "Traditional Czech-style Pilsner made with authentic Pilsen malt and Saaz hops". The aroma is really nothing special, just some grains and hops. Pretty much the same for the taste also with a bitter finish that lasted more than I like for sure. Medium bodied and medium carbonation also. Overall, nothing special.