Tooth & Claw
Off Color Brewing

Appearance: Pours a completely clear, light and golden color with a strong white head. SRM of 6. (4.00)

Aroma: Strong aromas of pale malts, grains, bread malt. Then a grassy and oaky aroma underneath. (4.00)

Flavor: Strong flavors of pale bread malts, grains. Somewhat buttery in the middle. A grassy and oaky flavor underneath. (4.00)

Feel: Medium-bodied, strong carbonation. Soft and dry. (4.25)

Compared to Modist Just You Wait 3/2023: Pours slightly darker, stronger aromas. More oaky and grassy notes. Less pale bread malt. Similar body and dryness.

Overall: A pretty good Czech Pilsner here. Off Color always seems to have a trick up their sleeve with their beers, but this one drinks to the Czech style without any surprises. Bready flavors, a bit of earth and maybe even oak, but pretty darn good and standard for the style. (Rating: 4.03)

16 oz can into a pint glass. Crystal clear light golden color with a 2-finger sudsy white head. Smells of hay, green apple, faint lemon citrus, almost like a cider. Toasty, bready malt flavor with a good amount of spice and lemon acidity. Bitterness might be a little high for the style but not overwhelming. Crisp, dry finish.

 

 

Pours a clear light golden yellow color with a nice white head , Smell has lemon spritzes ,pale malts grassy herbal notes . Taste follows the nose with lemon splash, light situs ,herbal grassy notes ,very nice . Mouth feel is dry but with a floral sweetness ,crisp very tasty …loved it

A - Pours a superbly clear pale gold body, short white head, lines of rocky lacing.

S - Quiet note of grass, apple, and a honeyed dough malt note.

T - Lovely open of lemony freshness, followed by a slight middle suggesting bread and floral tea, and a more angular, spicy, bitter bite in the finish.

M - An aggressive carbonation and a light weight, followed by a prickly dry close.

O - This is an extraordinarily pleasant, drinkable Pils. Not my favorite style, this one delivers on the things I like best. Highly drinkable, this Pils is clear and easy without being muted or boring. Solid work.

 

 

2021 vintage; drank 10/28/21 @ the Yarchives.

See-through pale yellow appearance.

A violent pour yielded a huge, noisy white head; a thick curtain of tree-rung lace.

Fresh flowers, roasted corn & faint peach notes in the nose.

Thin mouthfeel.

Roasted corn, fresh flowers & mild peach flavors.

A bit odd, but interesting. Certainly worth trying.

 

 

Poured a beautiful golden color with a thick head that dissipated to a thin ribbon that held until the end. Purchased within 6 weeks of package date in a 16 oz. can. Delicate aroma that is perhaps more reminiscent of a German rather than a Czech pilsner. A nicely balanced flavor from the aroma and bittering hops with crackery notes that shine through. The beer has a medium body and finishes dry on the palate. Overall, this is a fine pilsner that will undoubtedly quench the thirst on a sunny day. Highly recommend. 

Look: Pours a dull, drabby yellow color with a very sparse, rocky head of thin foam. Head fizzles away quickly leaving no lacing. Lots of sediment and floaters from the bottom of the bottle. Not very appeitizing to look at honestly.

Aroma: Malted, slightly toasted grains. Wet hay and caramel, a bit of white grape. Toast. Somewhat medicinal with undertones of honey. Vague cellophane / packing plastic note.

Taste: Toasted grains + caramel candy with undertones of white grape must and grassy, musky hay. Bitter lemon peel and a touch of waxy, fruit rind. Not really typical for the style, that white grape tang and wet hay funk is a flaw in my opinion.

Feel: Lightweight feel but with a slick and somewhat palate coating sugary aspect to it. Very little carbonation. Almost flat.

Overall: Personally, I find it to be a little too "funky" for my taste in pilsners, but some people might like that aspect of it. This one missed the mark for me.

 

Pours out the bottle one of those golden colors that looks like the big boys of adjunct lagers made it, right down to the high grade clarity on it. The aroma is of that familiar noble/saaz kind of crisp floral herbalness. Right away the appearance and the aroma firmly plant this beer in lager country.

Taste is right in line with being smack dab in the middle of lager country, nice pilsner malt, light, airy, the hersbrucker(?) hops provide the bright crisp lemon meets dandelion grass kind of vibe. Its got a solid bitterness, Herkules hops baby, German bred for a German style lager, fits the bill, right down to the little hit of black pepper going on, nicely done. I think it is the one driving the firm lager bitterness around 40ibu.

Kind of wish I drank this on a hot day instead of a cold spring one in April. Perhaps its not the most exciting or imperialized beer, but its a nice banger when you just wanna bang beers and not think or drink 1oz at a time.

 

 

 

Gold in color with vibrant carbonation bubbles. There’s a fingernail of off white on top. I smell corn and grassy hops. I’m tasting grassy hops and well water yeast. The mouth is dry, crisp, and refreshing.

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal clear pale gold body with plumes and plumes of steady rising carbonation (tiny bubbles). A surprisingly robust bright white head with excellent retention and pretty solid soapy lacing. Gorgeous presentation.

Per category definition, the nose is slightly sweet with a pronounced toasted and bready malt profile. A little light yeast, lemongrass and citrus rind, with a familiar noble hop personality. Pretty standard (but solid) nose.

The flavor profile is category-honest (so pretty mild and straight forward) but there's something about it that strikes just the right cord. Certainly bready and malty, with grassy notes and a faint lemon zest. But the sweetness is just right and comes off as quite floral and a little nutty (kudos to the grain profile), versus the horrendous corn-infused quality many (most?) American lagers offer. It's extremely clean and highly refreshing, with the dry-hopping presenting a little citrus personality that is highly additive. Certainly not going to knock your socks off, but quite good relative to the rest of the light pils universe.

Feel is soft and medium-light, with pretty perfect carbonation. Goes done so easy.

I'm just not a pilsner and light lager guy, but this is a wonderful, clean, crisp, and refreshing beer. A really pleasant surprise that opens my mind (a little) to what light lagers can offer.

 

 

12oz bottle. Cool label.

Pretty old but still good. Great malt taste for a lager, drinking this while it's a little warm is like chewing on a bowl of "Cream O' Wheat". The hops blend into the background providing a base for the wheat and alcohol presence. Seems higher than 5%, but I'm not complaining.

I wouldn't mind having more of this around.

12 ounce bottle , dated as Enjoy by 13Mar19. Poured into a tulip.
Pours a crystal clear pale yellow. Smaller head, but great retention. Small amounts of lacing but a light, white cap of foam during the whole drink.
Aromas of lemon, lemongrass, cracker and dough.
Not complex and similar profile as the aroma. Crackers, lemon, light, small skunky finish.
Light, crisp, bubbly body.
Very drinkable, refreshing.

 

Taste: super crisp and refreshing, Caramel malt, some hops. Same with the nose. Pale gold, crystal clear,big foamy white head, some lace. Medium light body. Easy drinker. 35 IBUs

 

Brewed for the Field Museum and her famous dinosaur, this brew is crystal clear, with a slim head. It looks clearer than a typical macro lager, although the aroma is spicy and pungent. The taste is lightly malty and flavorful. Medium body. Nice.

Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass at Beer Head Pub in Schaumburg, IL. The appearance is a clear gold color with a small white head. The aroma is malt, hops and corn. The taste is floral hops, grass and grain.

 

Pours a crystal clear light yellow with a decent white head that recedes rapidly leaving marginal lacing. Aroma is grassy and slight corn with a touch of biscuit. Flavor is sweet corn and grass. Not as much hop bite as I was expecting from a dry hopped beer. Feel is nice enough, crisp and well carbonated. Nice beer.