Serpent's Kiss
The Grifter Brewing Co.
- From:
- The Grifter Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 16.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 16, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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“WATERMELON??!?!? IN A BEER?!?! GET OUT, REALLY?” *sips beer* “FUCK ME DEAD YOU CAN ACTUALLY TASTE THE WATERMELON! OI ROBBO COME OVER HERE TRY THIS” *Robbo has a sip* “PHWOOAR YOU REALLY CAN TASTE IT!! AND IT’S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD!”
Absolutely every conversation at the bar after someone tries this beer for the first time...
Absolutely every conversation at the bar after someone tries this beer for the first time...
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Nath91 from Australia
2.94/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.94/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Serpents kiss is a pilsner from The Grifter. Haven't seen it on tap in ages.
Vessel: 425ml Schooner at the Shakespear Hotel, Surry Hills Sydney.
Appearance: Pale Golden colour. Darker than a Pale European lager, more on point with a classic Australian adjunct lager.
Smell:
Pale malt, Cereal grain. I detect a hint of something odd, I can't put my finger on it. (Edit: it's Watermelon, completely didn't see that coming).
Taste: Watermelon was not a flavour I was expecting at all. A real different flavour. Once you get past the Watermelon, it's sweet malt. No hops, no bitterness.
Feel: It's thin and watery. Kinda like Watermelon juice. Highly carbonated.
Overall: before I took a sip, I had no idea this was a Watermelon flavoured beer. Negatives, it is thin, and aside from the Watermelon there's not a whole lot going on. Positives, it's thirst quenching and the Watermelon does provide a refreshing aspect like Watermelon should.
I went into this blind (and a bit tipsy) but the Watermelon was a shock. It's very refreshing I'll give you that, but Watermelon in a pilsner. I dunno man.
#️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
Dec 23, 2023Vessel: 425ml Schooner at the Shakespear Hotel, Surry Hills Sydney.
Appearance: Pale Golden colour. Darker than a Pale European lager, more on point with a classic Australian adjunct lager.
Smell:
Pale malt, Cereal grain. I detect a hint of something odd, I can't put my finger on it. (Edit: it's Watermelon, completely didn't see that coming).
Taste: Watermelon was not a flavour I was expecting at all. A real different flavour. Once you get past the Watermelon, it's sweet malt. No hops, no bitterness.
Feel: It's thin and watery. Kinda like Watermelon juice. Highly carbonated.
Overall: before I took a sip, I had no idea this was a Watermelon flavoured beer. Negatives, it is thin, and aside from the Watermelon there's not a whole lot going on. Positives, it's thirst quenching and the Watermelon does provide a refreshing aspect like Watermelon should.
I went into this blind (and a bit tipsy) but the Watermelon was a shock. It's very refreshing I'll give you that, but Watermelon in a pilsner. I dunno man.
#️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.88/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
$7 AUD per middy at the brewery. "Watermelon pilsner."
The watermelon flavour cheapens it, making it feel like a beer some shitty American brewery should put out in 6x330ml can format instead of a pilsner proper. More mediocre fruited lager than pilsner, but drinkable for what it is - though nowhere near as refreshing as one would hope given the beer's premise.
C / AVERAGE
Jan 28, 2023The watermelon flavour cheapens it, making it feel like a beer some shitty American brewery should put out in 6x330ml can format instead of a pilsner proper. More mediocre fruited lager than pilsner, but drinkable for what it is - though nowhere near as refreshing as one would hope given the beer's premise.
C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.99/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From the Boozebud Canvent Calendar 2022, day 21. Drunk on 25 December 2022.
L: Hazy, golden yellow. No head. Vibrant carbonation.
S: The smell is watermelon. All. Day. Long.
T: The taste is also watermelon with crisp, light malts.
M: Lightly carbonated, smooth, and matching the beer well.
O: I didn't know this was a watermelon beer when I began drinking it, and was straight away hit by intense watermelon notes, leaving me in no doubt about its makeup. A nice beer to end my Christmas day consumption.
Cheers!
#170
Jan 11, 2023L: Hazy, golden yellow. No head. Vibrant carbonation.
S: The smell is watermelon. All. Day. Long.
T: The taste is also watermelon with crisp, light malts.
M: Lightly carbonated, smooth, and matching the beer well.
O: I didn't know this was a watermelon beer when I began drinking it, and was straight away hit by intense watermelon notes, leaving me in no doubt about its makeup. A nice beer to end my Christmas day consumption.
Cheers!
#170
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
3.64/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Well, the label says a watermelon Pilsner and that's just what you get.
Staid looking pour, and the beer then indeed does smell and taste like 'standard beer' with a watermelon add. It actually tastes more like watermelon juice.... Having said that it's not too sweet which is a plus.
Worth a go, I suppose.
Tick
Jan 07, 2017Staid looking pour, and the beer then indeed does smell and taste like 'standard beer' with a watermelon add. It actually tastes more like watermelon juice.... Having said that it's not too sweet which is a plus.
Worth a go, I suppose.
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