Nebo Pilsner
Fonta Flora Brewery

 

Canned 6/15/25; drank 10/19/25 @ the Yarchives.

See-through pale yellow appearance.

A rough pour yielded a big, noisy white head; frothy lacing remained.

Fresh corn, mild pine & faint cream notes in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Corn & dry pine flavors.

This smelled better than it tasted, but was enjoyable.

Draft at Another Round. Poured a clear, straw-yellow color with a small, white head of foam. it left sudsy lacing. It smelled of biscuity malt, caramel and floral notes. Sweet caramel taste with toasted bread and a light citrus kick.

Looking back on their heritage, Fonta Flora rolls out a working man's beer. Built properly with crisp pilsner malt and floral hops, this beer is a luxury among the drinking class.

Pale straw and nearly bright with clarity, Nebo Pilsner streams with bubbles and fuels a frothy cotton cap that hosts a fruity and friendly bouquet of floral arrangements, candied scents and a backbone of fresh bread. As its sweetness sprinkles on the tongue like powdered sugar, a notion of breadiness and sweetness lay a firm malty, grainy foundation. As the hops transition from floral to fruity, aspects of apple, lemon and orange carry on into a spicy bitterness of lemongrass, hay and a hint of mint.

Light, crisp and flavorful, the pilsner is a welcomed taste that's well crafted, fresh and floral for peak pils flavor.

16oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $4.50. Canned 11/25/24, so it's just over 4 months old. It's been kept in the fridge, so it should hold up just fine.

Look: Despite the marketing on the can that advertises an ice cream cone level of head, I was not able to achieve that kind of pour. It has a nice light gold color with excellent clarity and moderate to lively steady carbonation. There was a rocky head that dissipated pretty quickly. Now the head is nonexistent.

Smell: It has a very nice crackery malt aroma up front, along with inviting lemony and peppery notes. A bit grassy as well. Overall, it smells nice.

Taste: It's quite tasty. Very drinkable. Up front, it has a nice cereal-grain sweetness. The beer is definitely light-bodied, but it does have some heft for its weight class. The finish is significantly bitter with nice notes of lemon rind, pith, and pepper. I even get a bit of like petrol notes on the finish, which is interesting. Probably an earthy hop characteristic. This beer is a crusher.

Feel: It's light to medium bodied with appropriate carbonation. Very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink.

Overall: Solid pilsner beer. I just wish that it had a semblance of a head. Unfortunately, the head was nonexistent for me. This is just my second Fanta Flora beer. I like these guys, would like to try more of their stuff as it becomes available to me.

 

 

 

 

This beer talks a big game. On the can is this and that about this and that. And then they detail a special way to pour it... Yeah, sure, why not? So Raul thinks… And? Ok, like a volleyball player, I can dig it. It’s just well and good, and good and well. Nothing special like Anita Ekberg being photographed by a water fountain, but it’s still ok enough like that Sylvia Plath chick that sat next to you in your second year of bio who seemed a bit freaky.

At the end of the day, just drink it and drink it good!

meh... lemon? lacks/needs carbonation. NEEDS carbonation....

Can date missed the bottom of the can (I can see a tiny bit of it on the side)
Pours a med-smaller fizzy head with moderate retention, very clear slight chill haze and lots of bubbles on the sides straw-pilsner color

Nose is a bit off, some peppery phenol notes like actual green pepper and vegetal corn notes, some grainy-sweet pilsner malt, little floral grassy hop, but weird off characters for a pilsner

Taste brings more of the peppery phenol flavors, like black peppercorn and green pepper notes, a little corn and DMS from the pilsner malt as well, grainy-sweet pilsner malts, med bitterness with grassy floral hops getting herbal and spicy late, dry crisp finish, med bitterness lingering bordering astringent, and lots of pepper

Mouth med to lighter bod, med to lighter foamy carb as well, bordering astringent

Overall they didn't mention anything about adding pepper to the beer so I can only assume it came from the yeast or hops, which definitely doesn't belong. Even if they added it it doesn't belong. Plus the borderline astringent character, this was a poorly made beer.

Poured from a can (12Apr2020) into a pint glass

L: slightly turbid straw gold with a rich, thick white head. Light lacing, would have expected more

S: nice, slightly sweet pilsner nose. Corn, dough, grass. A little more “full” aroma than I expected but still pretty crisp

T: this delivers a bit more of that crisp, tea-like pilsner character. Lemon, tea, dough/flour. Full flavored pils but easy to drink, medium-long finish

F: medium carbonation, medium/light body, refreshing

O: solid pilsner I would have again - little more full in both body and flavor than I typically expect in a pils

042120 (I think) stamped across bottom and bottom rim of can. Poured (per the directions on the can) into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.

A: Slightly hazy straw yellow with 2-3 finger frothy white head which eventually settles but surprisingly leaves very little lacing.

S: Aroma is very grassy both from the pils malt and the noble hopping which also is slightly spicy.

T: I simply don’t care for this pilsner flavor profile — very grassy and haylike with a slightly nutty-peanut aspect to the maltiness. Medium bitterness that seems more due to the spare maltiness.

M: Light bodied and finishes very dry with high carbonation.

O: Just not up my alley for a pilsner - look for more crackery maltiness with spicy, somewhat herbal, floral hoppiness.

A: The beer is crystal clear straw yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that left a narrow collar around the edge fo the glass and delicate lacing covering the surface.
S: Moderate aromas of pilsener malts are present in the nose along with notes of noble hops.
T: The taste follows the smell, having lots of flavors of pilsener malts along with hints of noble hops, the latter of which mostly serve to contribute a moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and very clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The smell and taste of this pilsner is dominated by the malts, but it is easy to drink because there is a nice dose of bitterness.

Serving type: can