Exhausted Nihilist
Braindead Brewing
- From:
- Braindead Brewing
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 14.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 04, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.83/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.83/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On-draught @ the brewery.
Pours clean and clear. Dull yellow colour. Off-white head colour. ~1 minute head retention.
Aroma is grassy and floral, but the hop profile doesn't seem Noble. Not the spicy Saaz aroma or fresh grassy hallertau mittelfruh aroma one would expect in a pilsner. The bartender tells me Polish hops are used...I'd describe the hop aroma as somewhat creamy (if you'll forgive the bullshittery implicit in that phrasing.) Aromatic intensity is average.
Taste is odd for a pilsner, and the texture is actually a biteen dry - though it's not unrefreshing. Hop profile isn't classic Noble...creamy, slightly floral, a bit grassy but not on par with Saaz or Hallertau(er). I'd bet on German yeast.
Drinks more like a Euro pale lager (if you'll allow that catch-all category to be valid) than a pilsner.
Water is soft. Mouthfeel is creamy and approachable as a result. Well-carbonated. Smooth. Light-bodied.
It's a drinkable brew. I always applaud experimentation, and using Polish hops in a pilsner is certainly going out on a limb... unfortunately the figurative limb snapped from the weight of that key conceit. I wouldn't suggest just switching to German or Czech hops and calling it a day, though; maybe instead, they should steer into the skid and just use smoked malt in pursuit of a grodziskie. I'm down with the Polish influence, but commit more.
C / AVERAGE
Oct 25, 2017Pours clean and clear. Dull yellow colour. Off-white head colour. ~1 minute head retention.
Aroma is grassy and floral, but the hop profile doesn't seem Noble. Not the spicy Saaz aroma or fresh grassy hallertau mittelfruh aroma one would expect in a pilsner. The bartender tells me Polish hops are used...I'd describe the hop aroma as somewhat creamy (if you'll forgive the bullshittery implicit in that phrasing.) Aromatic intensity is average.
Taste is odd for a pilsner, and the texture is actually a biteen dry - though it's not unrefreshing. Hop profile isn't classic Noble...creamy, slightly floral, a bit grassy but not on par with Saaz or Hallertau(er). I'd bet on German yeast.
Drinks more like a Euro pale lager (if you'll allow that catch-all category to be valid) than a pilsner.
Water is soft. Mouthfeel is creamy and approachable as a result. Well-carbonated. Smooth. Light-bodied.
It's a drinkable brew. I always applaud experimentation, and using Polish hops in a pilsner is certainly going out on a limb... unfortunately the figurative limb snapped from the weight of that key conceit. I wouldn't suggest just switching to German or Czech hops and calling it a day, though; maybe instead, they should steer into the skid and just use smoked malt in pursuit of a grodziskie. I'm down with the Polish influence, but commit more.
C / AVERAGE
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