Ardent Pilsner
Ardent Craft Ales

 

A crisp, clean Pilsner that leans malt mainly due to the light herbal, leafy noble hopping leaving plenty of bready, ever so slightly sweet pils maltiness. Enjoyable and easy drinking with light body and even carbonation.

Drank 9/4/25 at brewery
Pour is crystal clear golden straw yellow. Moderate fluffy white cap of foam with poor retention and lacing.
Nose is bready, cracker malt. Lightly grasssy hop character.
Taste is bready malt. Cracker, biscuit. Hop

Overall a bit heavy for a pils and missing some hop balance, but not awful.

 

 

 

 

This guy noses like a standard macro lager. All I got was the sweet grainy smell of Pabst and ‘Gansett. It surprised me to find it generously hopped. Excellent floral bitterness slightly out-balances the strong malt presence. It’s bubbly and effervescent. And there’s a little tart sourness weaving its way between the primary flavors and filling in the gaps so that nothing overpowers anything else.

I wouldn’t call this a delicate beer but the construction of flavors speaks to careful crafting. Excellent beer.

 

 

 

Pours a very nice clear golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has pleasant hop and floral hints
The taste follows the nose with very well balanced hop and floral flavors
A light bodied well carbonated crisp beer
A good Pilsner

From the can, it pours a clear golden yellow color with a nicely sized white head that slowly reduces. A bit of spotty lacing. In the nose, it is grainy and maybe a bit floral. In the mouth, it is pilsner bitter up front with malt behind. Nice!

 

 

L: hazy golden yellow a bit on the stew side
S: light floral upfront with spicy backend
T: follows smell pretty much
F: light bodied and smooth
O: refreshing, balanced and drinakable

This is a solid go to Pilsner. The malt is prominent on the start with the traditional German hops coming through on the finish. Very quaffable.

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a Pilsner glass.
L - Pours a light yellow color with a minimal white head.
S - Smells of bready malts.
T - Tastes malty with a slight citrus flavor.
F - Medium body and highly carbonated.
O - Easy drinking Pilsner.

Just had one that I picked up at the brewery. Pours nicely and has a golden hue. Classic Pilsner smell. Soft mouth feel with a smooth taste. Excellent beer for a warm day in RVA.