Pilsner
Bomber Brewing

 

 

 

 

Good and fresh taste. Worth the buy

 

Have to admit that I don't get the near-universal adoration for this brew: I've tried it on a few different occasions, and I find it one-dimensional and pretty bland--looks nice (gold, orange-ish hues; the head is always gone by the time it reaches me at the table), but I find the taste is just dominated by the biscuit/cracker flavour and some strange yeasty notes, to the total absence of anything that I would consider "pilsner-y", hop-wise. Maybe some vague herbal or vegetal character, but this feels very . . . English (I guess?) in profile. Perhaps it's the yeast; I'm not certain.

355ml can poured into pilsner glass 2/5/16

A bright golden yellow with three fingers of loose soapy foam fed by roughly the most bubbles you could fit in the glass, great retention, a couple rings followed by some thick, chunky lace, looks amazing

S floral and grassy noble hops, slightly metallic, honey and lemon, sweet bread, and a hint of spice, about what I expect from the style

T slightly more spice and citrus but thankfully it mimics the smell fairly well

M light, mild bitter bite, bubbles soften it up, slick on the palate, grassy finish lingers for a while

O a nice fresh, hopped up Czech Pil, well made and they hit the style bang on, super drinkable on this hot Summer day

I'll admit I'm in the mood for pilsner today and this random buy didn't disappoint, I'm going to have no problem finishing the 6er while sitting it the Sun today.

 

 

 

Pint at Craft Beer Market.

Pours a clear pale yellow with a thin cap of bone white head that leaves distant mountaintop lace as it recedes.

Smells of bready pale malt, bright citrus and leafy grassy hops.

Tastes of more mild grainy malt, citrus peel and nobel hop bitterness.

Feels light and frothy. Light bodied with playful carbonation. Finishes dry.

Verdict: Highly recommended. Here's a thirst quencher.

 

 

 

355ml can, the second of two offerings from Bomber to show up recently on yer better Alberta bottleshop shelves. Wow, 20th Had, and I'm the first to review - what's that about?

This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and mildly bubbly off-white head, which leaves some dissipating cloudy lace around the glass as it slowly and lazily recedes.

It smells of biscuity and grainy pale malt, a touch of zesty lemon peel, and prominent leafy, floral, and grassy Saaz hop bitters. The taste is gritty, grainy, and lightly crackery pale pilsener malt, a small hard water flintiness, faded lemon citrus notes, and a still peppy and sassy leafy, herbal, floral, and fresh grassy hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly structured in its supportive and occasionally flirtatious frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and mostly smooth, just a bit of that hop overflow finding no convenient parking lot here. It finishes off-dry, the base malt shaking off those dowdy glasses and pulling down its hair, while the heretofore cool girl hops dig in their heels, sniffling in their impressed laser stares.

Yeah, this is one fun-ass beer to drink and write about - it reminds me oh so well why I loved this style so much upon first contact in the Czech Republic a few decades ago now. Sturdy, robust malt, and a zingy hoppiness that predates any West Coast claim to such a thing. Oh - and it comes in cans, with a more than reasonable shelf tag - I could go on, but I don't think I need to.