Dry Hopped Prima Pils
Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown

 

This is an example of a beer where the dry hopping process makes it worse. Not that it's a bad beer. Quite the opposite, but the dry hopping adds an element of aroma that detracts from the wonderful balance of the original version. Glad I tried it but I will stick with the non-dry hopped one.

Tastes like a Citra-heavy pale ale (e.g. Pseudo Sue), with a lot of citrus and fruit flavors and little else. Does not drink like a German or Czech pilsner, which has crisp and grassy notes, like the original. Definitely not disappointed, just surprised at the difference considering there is a completely different hop base. Drinks smooth and refreshing, just not in the way you can expect from its predecessor.

 

 

This one pours a mostly clear golden orange color, with a fluffy head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like bready malt, grassy and spicy hops, peach, and white grape.

This is a pretty nice update on a classic American pilsner. The dry hopping adds some bitter hop spice, plus some unique notes of grape and peach. There’s still a very solid grainy and bready malt backbone underneath the escalated hop character.

This is light bodied, crisp, clean, and super drinkable.

I wasn’t sure how this would work out, as Victory has kind of fallen off the map lately. I’m happy to report it’s quite nice.

Pours a pale yellow. Thick foam. Light hop aroma. Big bright hop body. Light sweetness with citrus flavors. Crisp and refreshing. Not usually a pilsner fan but this one is excellent.

 

 

 

Victory Brewing Co. "Dry Hopped Prima Pils"
16 fl. oz. can "BEST BY SEP 03 22 DTW 22062 1209 FL". Sampled on JUN 12 22.
$3.79 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: I've always wondered why the Dry Hopped Prima Pils doesn't use the same hops as the original Prima Pils. These are all New Zealand hops (Moteuka, Vic Secret, Galaxy) while the original are all German (Tettnang, Hallertau, Spalt, Saaz). It's still a good beer it's just a bit odd in my opinion. It pours a hazy gold body beneath a finger's width of white foam. The aroma is really not that bright considering that it's dry hopped but it's OK. It's resinous, citrusy with some lemon/lime, and otherwise tropical. On to the taste... the malt is grainy and grassy, and the hops suggest lemon/lime, passionfruit, earthiness, pine, and nectarine. The fruit notes bring it a refershing quality. A firm bitterness backs it and it finishes dry with some fruitiness and dusty earthiness lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied on the lighter end and gently crisp. The head holds up fairly well but not nearly as well as I recall the Prima Pils of years ago doing, and as usual, the lacing follows that. It's an interesting and refeshing beer that's perfect for almost any occasion in my opinion.
Review #8,058

Best by 9/2/22 - I'm going to assume that means it was canned in early March, but who knows anymore.

Bony white head rests atop a a slightly cloudy but mostly typical pils body. Bubbles are tiny at the bottom but the head gets more craggy up top, for whatever that's worth. Yeah, uh, it looks the part (I really need to stop reviewing for awhile - I have absolutely nothing to say) Hoppy aromas kind of jump outta the glass which isn't typical of a pils, but it sure is pleasant. Hops lean towards the fruity (I'm getting grape in particular), but don't dominate. There's a malty grain core in there as well. Smells nice. Tastes pretty much exactly as it smells. Pilsner with a little vino floated on top. Wait, that sounds disgusting and this absolutely isn't, but I think you get what I'm trying to say. Medium-bodied but doesn't finish heavy thanks to a crisp carbonation. Yeah, this is a nice beer. It's been a minute since I've had regular Prima Pils, but I'm pretty sure I like it just a touch better; this, however, is a very nice diversion.

 

 

Poured into a grip shaped goblet: color is light straw, very light haze, head is bright white and presents 1 finger deep, head then dissipates to nothing but slight ring along glass sides.

Smell is herbal, minty, light citrus, floral, with slightly toasted malt.

Taste is herbal, minty, flora hop forward then toasted and biscuity malt with a crisp hop/malt finish.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, low sweetness, moderate bitterness, dry crispness.

Overall an excellent pilsner amped up with a dry hopping - really induces the herbal, minty, floral notes in the aroma and flavor with the a citrus note following. Very drinkable but also enough bite to slow your tasting.

 

Hazy golden straw color with a sudsy white head that provides significant lacing, the haze takes this away from German pilsner territory, IMHO. The nose features lemon, passion fruit, and a bit of bready malt.

Those are the flavors as well, with the passion fruit most prominent, and very tasty. The mouthfeel is fairly crisp per the style, but this beer really presents more as an IPL, which is very crushable, but not necessarily in the “classic” German pilsner style.

 

Didn't know this was a thing, but was very happy to find it... A finger and a half worth of crisp bone white colored froth... Pale completely translucent straw gold color... Nose is clean and crisp with the the dry-hopping adding much depth and complexity... Biscuit and cereal grains lead with a subtle earth dankness on the finish... Perhaps some lemon zest notes as well... Medium bodied and uber crisp... Simple, straight forward and quite effectdive...