Lolager Session Pilsner
Howling Henry's Brewery
- From:
- Howling Henry's Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Light Lager
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2017
- Wants:
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- Gots:
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This pilsner is to celebrate my families [sic] and brewery's new addition. Lola is a young dog and we thought a session pilsner would reflect her youth the best. Lola was rescued from SOS Beagle.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
This next horizontal as part of the eradication of The Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody is going to be fun, if nothing else. I first met co-owner & brewer Greg Schertzer at the Annual Capital City Invitational Beer Festival, held at Appalachian B.C. in Harrisburg several years ago & continuing. He seemed to be a passionate sort, but I wondered as to his sustainability. I no longer doubt in his longevity & he even came to The FGBS recently for a tasting of his wares. Howling Henry is his beagle, who sits in on every brew day & howls. Ha!
From the bottle: "Crafting Beer Without Rules".
I Pop!ped the cap & performed a VERY gentle pour as this one is a lager. An in-glass swirl raised a brief two fingers of foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with moderate retention. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 -5). Nose had a pronounced malty sweetness, which to me, bespeaks German-style Pilsner. The brewer calls it a "session lager", so I did not know whether to build it as an unknown, untasted Pilsner or simply as a Light Lager. It can always be changed/updated as necessary. Mouthfeel was kind of thin & watery, but in the style, that is not terrible. The taste was rather light, slightly malty with an underlying Noble hops grassiness. If anything else, it might be a GER Pils, but it is going to fare better as a Light Lager. Finish was semi-dry, definitely a clean lager, but given its designation as "Session", it should be thought of as such first & a Pilsner second, IMHO. Time will tell.
Jun 29, 2017From the bottle: "Crafting Beer Without Rules".
I Pop!ped the cap & performed a VERY gentle pour as this one is a lager. An in-glass swirl raised a brief two fingers of foamy, rocky, eggshell-white head with moderate retention. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 -5). Nose had a pronounced malty sweetness, which to me, bespeaks German-style Pilsner. The brewer calls it a "session lager", so I did not know whether to build it as an unknown, untasted Pilsner or simply as a Light Lager. It can always be changed/updated as necessary. Mouthfeel was kind of thin & watery, but in the style, that is not terrible. The taste was rather light, slightly malty with an underlying Noble hops grassiness. If anything else, it might be a GER Pils, but it is going to fare better as a Light Lager. Finish was semi-dry, definitely a clean lager, but given its designation as "Session", it should be thought of as such first & a Pilsner second, IMHO. Time will tell.
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