Samuel Adams Big Z Pilsner
Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company)
- From:
- Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 0.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 17, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 14, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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"Big Z Pilsner is crisp, clean, and commanding, brewed in the spirit of a towering presence who led by example. Straw-gold and brilliantly clear, it balances subtle malty sweetness with delicate floral and herbal hop notes. Light-bodied with a fast, dry finish, it’s smooth, steady, and built for legends. "
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by Velivolus1:
Rated by Velivolus1 from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 09, 2026
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 09, 2026
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a deep golden honey color with a one finger head of fluffy white foam. The head fades rather fast, leaving a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heavy o fa grainy smell mixed with notes of herbal and earthy hop. Along with these smells comes a little bit of caramel and a touch of lemon.
Taste – the taste begins with a grainy cracker malt flavor mixed with some of the herb and earth that were in the nose. The sweetness is very light, with just a touch of caramel and honey, along with a hint of orange citrus. As the taste advances the grainy gets even more intense, all while the sweet fades even more. A touch of hay and must come on at the very end, combining with the rest and leaving one with a grainy and moderately hopped (at least for a pilsner) taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel- The body is crisp with a more moderate carbonation level.
Overall – A pretty nice pilsner with a moderately dank nature. Pretty good overall.
Apr 14, 2026Appearance – The beer pours a deep golden honey color with a one finger head of fluffy white foam. The head fades rather fast, leaving a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heavy o fa grainy smell mixed with notes of herbal and earthy hop. Along with these smells comes a little bit of caramel and a touch of lemon.
Taste – the taste begins with a grainy cracker malt flavor mixed with some of the herb and earth that were in the nose. The sweetness is very light, with just a touch of caramel and honey, along with a hint of orange citrus. As the taste advances the grainy gets even more intense, all while the sweet fades even more. A touch of hay and must come on at the very end, combining with the rest and leaving one with a grainy and moderately hopped (at least for a pilsner) taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel- The body is crisp with a more moderate carbonation level.
Overall – A pretty nice pilsner with a moderately dank nature. Pretty good overall.
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