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Perfect Drift
4 Noses Brewing Company
- From:
- 4 Noses Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #35 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,827 - Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 5.6%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 28, 2023
- Added:
- May 20, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
In honor of our friend Mitch, an avid fly fisherman, Perfect Drift is a smooth and easy drinking twist on a German Style Pilsner. The German malts and lager yeast lend a bready, crisp and mildly sweet flavor of a traditional Pilsner. But, we cast off on our own with a heavy hand of American Cascade hops, generating a citrusy aroma and hop flavor to brighten up this thirst crushing lager.
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Reviewed by Olesjm from Kansas
4.13/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From a can. Pours a crystal clear yellow with a finger of white foam that lasts several minutes while slowly fading down. Leaves a nice lace on the glass. The nose is sweet and herbal. Sweet malt flavor fades to some herbal hops, although less than the nose, and finishes cleanly. The body is soft and medium bodied. Overall a way to easy drinking beer. I could make some mistakes with this one.
Feb 02, 2023Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
4.02/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pale yellow color, slight haze. Medium-sized white head with plenty of lace.
Floral, grassy aroma. Some bread.
Taste of white bread, floral hops.
Light in the mouth, crisp.
More, please.
Jan 28, 2023Floral, grassy aroma. Some bread.
Taste of white bread, floral hops.
Light in the mouth, crisp.
More, please.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
4.18/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From Beer Drop. Canned December 15th 2022.
It pours a clear straw gold with a finger of foam with some good lacing.
Smell is floral and spicy hops, with a note of biscuit.
The taste is lovely spicy hops balanced by biscuit malt that are very vibrant and fresh. It finishes with that hoppy goodness. It seems very Germanic to me.
Good mouthfeel for the low abv.
It's a hit with me.
Jan 25, 2023It pours a clear straw gold with a finger of foam with some good lacing.
Smell is floral and spicy hops, with a note of biscuit.
The taste is lovely spicy hops balanced by biscuit malt that are very vibrant and fresh. It finishes with that hoppy goodness. It seems very Germanic to me.
Good mouthfeel for the low abv.
It's a hit with me.
Reviewed by erosier from Connecticut
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a clear clean golden color with a nice white head that takes a while to fade to a slight layer on top of the beer. The smell is excellent, crisp toasted malt, light hops, slight lemony aroma. Taste is just as excellent, sweet clean malt, light hops and a light lemon finish. Crisp, clean, light, refreshing, excellent feel to complete it.
May 14, 2021Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was excellent I thought, very light and crisp and hits all the spots. Definitely an excellent and crushable pilsner, I've had some that are probably as good but I'll definitely be excited to have this again
Apr 08, 2021Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz canned 6-23-20. Opened 7-24-20.
2 finger white head. Very good retention, slowly falls by half and holds steady at a thick cap. Full lacing.
Deep golden-straw colored pilsner with good clarity.
Perfumed and floral hop spice aroma with cracker pilsner malt and a light hint of sulfur.
Deeply flavored pilsner, cracker/biscuit, floral, spice...very tasty.
Medium bodied pilsner, medium-high carbonation. Medium-length, moderately hoppy and dry finish.
A definite crusher.
Very Good.
Jul 24, 20202 finger white head. Very good retention, slowly falls by half and holds steady at a thick cap. Full lacing.
Deep golden-straw colored pilsner with good clarity.
Perfumed and floral hop spice aroma with cracker pilsner malt and a light hint of sulfur.
Deeply flavored pilsner, cracker/biscuit, floral, spice...very tasty.
Medium bodied pilsner, medium-high carbonation. Medium-length, moderately hoppy and dry finish.
A definite crusher.
Very Good.
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours a clear straw yellow with a fizzy medium yellow head and no lacing on the glass.
S: An inviting smelling German style pils, baked bread, floral noble hops, a touch of lemon and orange from the Cascade hops.
T: Super easy drinking lager, baked bread, floral hops, a touch of lemon and orange.
F: light crisp and clean, very drinkable.
O: This is a very pleasant drinkable pils.
Apr 04, 2020S: An inviting smelling German style pils, baked bread, floral noble hops, a touch of lemon and orange from the Cascade hops.
T: Super easy drinking lager, baked bread, floral hops, a touch of lemon and orange.
F: light crisp and clean, very drinkable.
O: This is a very pleasant drinkable pils.
Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado
4.03/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This was a pretty decent pilsner, if maybe a tad on the heavy side. The 4.5% ABV is appropriate for the style, but it had a little something extra to it that I couldn't pinpoint, and it's not bitterness. You get the light crispness of a pilsner, and then a bit of hops, just like the description says, but I feel like there was also something else going on there. I guess it's just the hops that they used.
Sep 17, 2019Reviewed by Ahypercube from California
4.48/5 rDev +9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This is probably my favorite pilsener I have tried yet in Colorado, second only to Propaganda by Berryessa. 4 Noses always delivers the goods.
L: What an insane amount of sudsy white head on this puppy. You can tell from that alone that this has a bit more weight than your average lager. The body is a transparent straw yellow, and definitely medium-bodied from the viscosity. Thick bands of lacing stick to the glass. Never seen a pilsener look better. Nice sky blue can with a fishing graphic too.
S: A gentle yeasty pizza dough aroma emanates from the glass. Going deeper, I get light hoppy aromas of lime, dandelion, white pepper, and maybe a hint of white peach.
T: As with the aroma, the doughy malt base dominates the flavor as well. Floral bitterness of dandelion greens and a clean grassy noble hop come up next, fading before the bread does. A peppery spice to the hops keeps it zesty.
F: The feel is in the medium-light range, which is a little heavy for a pilsener. It's almost as full-bodied as the Lagunitas Czech Style Pilsener, despite having only 75% as much alcohol by volume.
O: Easily the best lager brewed in Colorado that I have had yet. Thanks to 4 Noses for making such a tasty Pilsner.
Jun 17, 2019L: What an insane amount of sudsy white head on this puppy. You can tell from that alone that this has a bit more weight than your average lager. The body is a transparent straw yellow, and definitely medium-bodied from the viscosity. Thick bands of lacing stick to the glass. Never seen a pilsener look better. Nice sky blue can with a fishing graphic too.
S: A gentle yeasty pizza dough aroma emanates from the glass. Going deeper, I get light hoppy aromas of lime, dandelion, white pepper, and maybe a hint of white peach.
T: As with the aroma, the doughy malt base dominates the flavor as well. Floral bitterness of dandelion greens and a clean grassy noble hop come up next, fading before the bread does. A peppery spice to the hops keeps it zesty.
F: The feel is in the medium-light range, which is a little heavy for a pilsener. It's almost as full-bodied as the Lagunitas Czech Style Pilsener, despite having only 75% as much alcohol by volume.
O: Easily the best lager brewed in Colorado that I have had yet. Thanks to 4 Noses for making such a tasty Pilsner.
Perfect Drift from 4 Noses Brewing Company
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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