Vodnik
Angry Chair Brewing

 

From a 16oz can, undated. IG shows 04/19/23 release date. Served in a willi becher pub glass.

Pours a crystalline super-pale lemon-yellow with two fingers of merengue-like fluffy head. Retention is excellent, leaving a chunky cap and slippery gobs of foamy lacing.

Nose is malty, fruity, flowery. Aroma of apple juice and thick perfume.

Taste is bready-yeasty and fruity-sweet. Tasting apple juice, malt syrup and white pepper and finishing with a mildly vegemite or marmite-like aftertaste.

Feel is doughy with a medium-hefty body and ample, prickly carbonation.

Overall, enjoyable. Think apple juice and Marmite. Nothing light, subtle or understated here - whatever the near-opposite of ‘crushable’ is. For when you want a bellyful of beer but don’t have a lot of time.

Appearance: Pours a completely clear, light pale yellow color with a massive white head. SRM of 5-6. (4.00)

Aroma: Strong aromas of lemon bread, German yeast, smooth bread malts. (4.25)

Flavor: Strong flavors of lemon citrus and bread malts. Some bread yeast in the middle and then it follows with some sweet lemon citrus, bread dough, and buttery yeast for a mild sweetness. (4.00)

Feel: Medium-bodied, strong carbonation. finishes mildly sweet. (4.00)

Compared to Utepils Pils 5/2023: Pours lighter, larger head. Stronger aromas. More lemon citrus. Less bread dough and yeast. Heavier and sweeter.

Overall: Pretty good Czech Pils here. Lemon bread flavor, strong carbonation and bready. Hints of butter, but more lemon. Standard and well-made all around. Slightly better than average. (Rating: 4.06)

Pours a clear lemon wheat color with a one finger head . Smell is lemon spritz with grassy herbal notes . Taste has citrus lemon notes with grain ,baked bread and pale malt . Mouth feel had medium carbonation not so crisp or hoppy to the style , Would not purchase again

 

 

Very pale body; fairly lively. Good head production; OK retention. Crystal clear and perfectly transparent.

Very soft aroma, bready with fragrant hops. Floral notes, along with a touch of mandarin orange, pine, earth, and pepper. Less spicy than other Czech Pils; really, "soft" is the operative word.

Similar on the palate, albeit with a bit more of a spicy bite. Really delicious, arguably up there with the best American craft brewers of German-style lagers. Supremely balanced, with a notable but restrained bitterness. Flavors are a wonderful interplay between hops and malt: pepper, white bread, rye, grass, pine, very light resin, wildflower honey, and a hint of grapefruit.

Smooth, almost creamy mouthfeel despite the overall light body. Crisp bite about the gums.

This is a shockingly good Pils for a brewery that is best known for over-the-top pastry stouts. Really remarkable.

Weak, thin, and skunky.

No canning date; consumed on 1/8/21

Pours a crystal-clear pale golden straw body topped with over two fingers of fluffy, soapy, white foam; solid head retention leaves a slight, bubbly cap, an expansive, frothy collar, and limited array of webby, soapy lacing clinging temporarily to the walls of the glass.

Aroma features pale yeast esters and doughy bread cut with semi-sweet cereal grain and a touch of honeysuckle upfront; a plush minerality courses throughout the bouquet as slightly more refined notes of straw and tinges of grassy hops come to form into the finish.

Taste offers lightly honeyed cereal grain and a delicate pilsner malt presence to start, slowly phasing into doughy yeast and more developed white bread on the mid-palate; bread crust and light toast brings a shred of nuance to back end as grassy hops become more prevalent on the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a light body and full carbonation drying quickly to crispness as it dissipates; clean and bright, the prevalent texture glides across the mid-palate while a more compact, spritzy dryness leaves a hint of grit and minutiae of bitterness to the finish.

Definitively light and comprehensively basic, this take on the style seems just a light pilsner malt base from impressing more of an adjunct lager complexion; fortunately, a composed quenchability and tentative balance to the flavor profile keep this one an easy, if entirely simple and safe, approach to a Czech pilsner.

Very pale straw yellow body; lively, small bubble carbonation; thick and frothy white head. Heavenly pilsner aroma; mild and soft malt notes; spicy and grassy hop elements. Light cracker malt base taste; outstanding herbal and freshly cut grass notes with the hops, excellent bitterness expertly complementing the light malt sweetness. Light, delicate body with a crisp edge; a kiss of sweetness adds subtle contrast to the overall dryness of the beer.

This beer speaks tremendous praises for the art of Czech-style pilsners. It is unbelievably balanced and nuanced. Complex and subtle, undeniably tasty.

 

 

 

I'm a bit confused by some of the low scores that this one has gotten...

Dead spot on for the style. Super clean and crisp and very drinkable. Hits all of the marks for a terrific Pilsner. I love a lot of their other stuff but I always find myself coming back to this particular beer every time I visit.

If you like pilsners do not miss out on this one if you get a chance.

 

 

 

Rock solid as to style. Well done !