Nebo Pilsner
Fonta Flora Brewery

Nebo PilsnerNebo Pilsner
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From:
Fonta Flora Brewery
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
German Pilsner
Ranked #376
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
85
Ranked #20,793
Avg:
3.7 | pDev: 12.43%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
14
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 05, 2023
Added:
Feb 06, 2019
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Pouring homage to the history of the farmhouse pastures we now call home, Nebo Pilsner helps to immortalize Whippoorwill Farm. As a working dairy farm in the early 1900s, they as many dairies did turned to crafting and selling ice cream as a monetary necessity and very important added-value product. The illustration on this can reflects on those early Nebo dairy-blazers while simultaneously referencing how we as brewers prefer to have our pilsners poured.
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Ratings by RochefortChris:
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Rated by RochefortChris from North Carolina

4/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Apr 08, 2019
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Rated: 4.25 by cryptichead from Illinois

Sep 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.92 by SFNC from North Carolina

Jun 07, 2021
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

4/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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? 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 liking chick that seemed a little freaky that sat next to you in your second year of bio.

At the end of the day, just drink it and drink it good!
Jan 12, 2021
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Rated by pkalix from California

3.45/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
meh... lemon? lacks/needs carbonation. NEEDS carbonation....
Nov 14, 2020
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

2.96/5  rDev -20%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
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.
Sep 16, 2020
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Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York

3.85/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
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
Jun 26, 2020
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Reviewed by argock from Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
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.
Jun 19, 2020
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.86/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
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
Feb 15, 2020
 
Rated: 3.87 by baklo from North Carolina

Nov 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.46 by acurtis from New Jersey

Jul 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.03 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Mar 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by MephistosCafe from North Carolina

Feb 08, 2019
Nebo Pilsner from Fonta Flora Brewery
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 14 ratings