50cc
Topa Topa Brewing
- From:
- Topa Topa Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 7.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 28, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Ciao, amici! Sure you could wreck your palate with that fancy sports car of an IPA, but sometimes life is better enjoyed when you slow down, stop, and smell the terroir-ses... Capisci? 50cc is our take on a hoppy, crisp Italian-style Pilsner. What makes it Italian, you say? Well, this 50cc rolls with aromatic Italian Eraclea malt and a delicate union of super-Euro hops: French Strisselspalt, German Saphir, and Czech Saaz. Some hoppy beers roar like a V12, but some casually cruise with nuance and style. So grab a 50cc and hop on this zippy little scooter brew for those effortlessly elegant, sprezzatura vibes. Cin cin!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BucannonXC5 from California
3.84/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Type: 16-oz. can
Reviewed as: Italian Pilsner
Glass: Clear 16-oz. Bruges beer glass
Price: $3.49
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: July 11, 2021
Consumed: July 17, 2021
Misc.: Canned on June 3, 2021
Grabbed a can of this and some other stuff while looking for some North Park cans at Windmill Farms. This was interesting to me as it seemed like a hoppy pilsner. Online description for this beer was “Ciao, amici! Sure you could wreck your palate with that fancy sports car of an IPA, but sometimes life is better enjoyed when you slow down, stop, and smell the terroir-ses... Capisci? 50cc is our take on a hoppy, crisp Italian-style Pilsner. What makes it Italian, you say? Well, this 50cc rolls with aromatic Italian Eraclea malt and a delicate union of super-Euro hops: French Strisselspalt, German Saphir, and Czech Saaz. Some hoppy beers roar like a V12, but some casually cruise with nuance and style. So grab a 50cc and hop on this zippy little scooter brew for those effortlessly elegant, sprezzatura vibes. Cin cin!”
Poured a medium yellow clear color with 2-to-3 fingers of rocky-to-frothy white head. Could see some bubbles creeping up along the sides of the glass. Excellent foggy lacing. Good retention. (Sight - 4.25)
Lots of interesting things going on with the nose. Got Noble hop, black pepper, pear, lemon zest, apple, mint, herbal, menthol, green vegetable, lightly-toasted grain and pilsner malt. Even better out of the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Taste wasn’t quite as good as the nose. In order got Noble hop, mint, pear, apple, grass, herbal, menthol, black pepper, lemon zest, green vegetable, lightly-toasted grain and earthy pilsner malt. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium-to-light body. Oily texture. Lively carbonation. Abrupt finish. (Feel - 3.75)
An interesting pilsner. Glad I got to try it. (Overall - 3.75)
3.84 | 86 | B+
Nov 28, 2022Reviewed as: Italian Pilsner
Glass: Clear 16-oz. Bruges beer glass
Price: $3.49
From: Windmill Farms in Del Cerro (San Diego), Calif.
Purchased: July 11, 2021
Consumed: July 17, 2021
Misc.: Canned on June 3, 2021
Grabbed a can of this and some other stuff while looking for some North Park cans at Windmill Farms. This was interesting to me as it seemed like a hoppy pilsner. Online description for this beer was “Ciao, amici! Sure you could wreck your palate with that fancy sports car of an IPA, but sometimes life is better enjoyed when you slow down, stop, and smell the terroir-ses... Capisci? 50cc is our take on a hoppy, crisp Italian-style Pilsner. What makes it Italian, you say? Well, this 50cc rolls with aromatic Italian Eraclea malt and a delicate union of super-Euro hops: French Strisselspalt, German Saphir, and Czech Saaz. Some hoppy beers roar like a V12, but some casually cruise with nuance and style. So grab a 50cc and hop on this zippy little scooter brew for those effortlessly elegant, sprezzatura vibes. Cin cin!”
Poured a medium yellow clear color with 2-to-3 fingers of rocky-to-frothy white head. Could see some bubbles creeping up along the sides of the glass. Excellent foggy lacing. Good retention. (Sight - 4.25)
Lots of interesting things going on with the nose. Got Noble hop, black pepper, pear, lemon zest, apple, mint, herbal, menthol, green vegetable, lightly-toasted grain and pilsner malt. Even better out of the can. (Smell - 4.00)
Taste wasn’t quite as good as the nose. In order got Noble hop, mint, pear, apple, grass, herbal, menthol, black pepper, lemon zest, green vegetable, lightly-toasted grain and earthy pilsner malt. (Taste - 3.75)
Medium-to-light body. Oily texture. Lively carbonation. Abrupt finish. (Feel - 3.75)
An interesting pilsner. Glad I got to try it. (Overall - 3.75)
3.84 | 86 | B+
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
4.46/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
At 5.5%, Raul is feeling fine. And he agrees with the lil story on the can that supports that sometimes it’s just better to chill low and slow. I see so many dummies on the freeway zooming away in their muscle cars or wannabe race cars that sound like a lawnmower. Why be in such a hurry? Yeah, a lot of the time it’s best to just chill, take everything in, and realize the beauty that is. And right here with 50cc, Raul is gonna do that.
Peace.
Jun 24, 2021Peace.
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