Czech Pilsner
Saskatoon Brewery

 

16oz glass at the Underground.

This beer appears a crystal clear, pale golden yellow colour, with one finger of loosely foamy, and weakly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves a bit of stringy cloud lace around the glass as things seep away.

It smells of biscuity, doughy pale malt, a touch of caramel, benign lemon juice, and peppy leafy, grassy hops. The taste is rather full and rounded in its bready, doughy, and crackery pale malt, alongside a prominent flinty stoniness, earthy yeast, reduced lemon fruitiness, a touch of black pepper, and still heady grassy, leafy hops.

The carbonation is somewhat tight in its otherwise pleasant frothiness, the body a sturdy medium weight, and fairly smooth, the hops doing well by us all, and minding their own beeswax. It finishes off-dry, in the most balanced sense - crackery, bready malt still jousting with the sassy noble hops.

Too many so-called 'pilseners' made in this country have apparently not familiarized themselves with the real Bohemian deal. Leave it to a brewpub in Saskabush to get it right, straight away. I could drink this all freaking afternoon - were that this place had a patio.