Noble Prize
Boulevard Brewing Co.
- From:
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pilsner
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 8.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 34
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 30, 2018
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2017
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Inspired by our very first collaboration project, Noble Prize Imperial Pilsner is brewed using a starkly simple recipe combined with a painstakingly complex brewing process resulting in an imperial pilsner of subtle elegance and delicately balanced contrasts. A grain bill composed of 100% Pilsner malt makes a clear, yet restrained statement, answered by Saaz hop bitterness, echoes of which linger in the dry, crisp finish.
Pouring brilliant golden in color, Noble Prize opens with aromas of bready, honey-like malt sweetness with subtle floral and black pepper notes from the use of Saaz and Mandarina Bavaria hops. With the flavor of freshly baked bread, the 100% pilsner malt base provides a crisp platform to showcase spicy herbal and earthy noble hop tones provided by first wort and end of boil hopping. The delicate, simple malt bill and cooler than normal fermentation temperature, 49 F as opposed to 55 F for KC Pils, result in an incredibly balanced, complex beer born from an amazingly simple recipe.
32 IBU
Pouring brilliant golden in color, Noble Prize opens with aromas of bready, honey-like malt sweetness with subtle floral and black pepper notes from the use of Saaz and Mandarina Bavaria hops. With the flavor of freshly baked bread, the 100% pilsner malt base provides a crisp platform to showcase spicy herbal and earthy noble hop tones provided by first wort and end of boil hopping. The delicate, simple malt bill and cooler than normal fermentation temperature, 49 F as opposed to 55 F for KC Pils, result in an incredibly balanced, complex beer born from an amazingly simple recipe.
32 IBU
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Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
3.99/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Pours a slightly hazy lemon straw yellow with a small white head and some thin lacing on the glass.
S:. Sweet cereal malt and grain, nice floral hops.
T: Sweet cereal malt and grain, some bitter floral hops in the back end.
F: Clean and crisp medium to heavy body.
O:. This is a pretty solid pills.
Sep 30, 2018S:. Sweet cereal malt and grain, nice floral hops.
T: Sweet cereal malt and grain, some bitter floral hops in the back end.
F: Clean and crisp medium to heavy body.
O:. This is a pretty solid pills.
Reviewed by beercam from Colorado
4.92/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.92/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
A creamy, seltzery, champagne like brew. Peppery but balanced, crisp but very deep. A really cool direction for a strong pilsner. A small leap from incorporating some Belgian tasting notes.
Nimble, elegant, pleasant grain,
with a very relatable, reliable pilsner malt flowing through and through.
One to impress. Cheers !
Mar 07, 2018Nimble, elegant, pleasant grain,
with a very relatable, reliable pilsner malt flowing through and through.
One to impress. Cheers !
Reviewed by Strix from Wisconsin
4.09/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Clear yellow with monster head and gobs of lace
Pretty standard pilsnery smell
Crisp bready notes, with lemon and black pepper. Lacking the somewhat grassy off-notes that often turn me off in pilsners.
Medium dense mouthfeel, highly carbonated
This was quite enjoyable. Clean but complex.
Feb 24, 2018Pretty standard pilsnery smell
Crisp bready notes, with lemon and black pepper. Lacking the somewhat grassy off-notes that often turn me off in pilsners.
Medium dense mouthfeel, highly carbonated
This was quite enjoyable. Clean but complex.
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.19/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12oz bottle into glass. Date of '24NOV2017' is stamped on the bottle neck.
Pale gold colored body, cloudy. Long lasting creamy white head. Some spots of lacing.
Aroma of bready and sweet malts, with floral and peppery hops.
Sweet bread taste, along with spicy and floral hops. Very well balanced.
Enjoyable, medium mouth feel. Allows full expression of tastes.
The brewery description is on point. Well done all around. A beer to seek out again.
Jan 14, 2018Pale gold colored body, cloudy. Long lasting creamy white head. Some spots of lacing.
Aroma of bready and sweet malts, with floral and peppery hops.
Sweet bread taste, along with spicy and floral hops. Very well balanced.
Enjoyable, medium mouth feel. Allows full expression of tastes.
The brewery description is on point. Well done all around. A beer to seek out again.
Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado
3.82/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I enjoyed this one, but not as much as other Smokestack Series offerings. It's good, not great. The ABV is only 7.5%, fitting the lighter style of a pilsner, but I wish they'd bumped it up a bit with the imperial part of things. It's certainly crisp, as the description indicates, just not quite as flavorful as it could be in my view. I also had quite a bit of sediment in my two bottles, though I swirled thoroughly before drinking - I'm not sure if that's supposed to be there or not, but it didn't really affect the taste.
Jan 02, 2018
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4.17/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12 oz. Bottle
Best By: 02FEB2018
Poured into a Trillium glass a pretty nice hazy golden yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/foamy two-finger white head, which also leaves some nice creamy sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, hoppy, yeasty, some lemon, bready, slight pepper. The taste is pretty nice, malty, hoppy, yeasty, with a nice touch of lemon, bready, nice little touch of pepper. Medium body, ABV hidden very nicely, slight dry/bitter finish. Overall, this one surprised me, very nice brew.
Nov 13, 2017Best By: 02FEB2018
Poured into a Trillium glass a pretty nice hazy golden yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/foamy two-finger white head, which also leaves some nice creamy sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, hoppy, yeasty, some lemon, bready, slight pepper. The taste is pretty nice, malty, hoppy, yeasty, with a nice touch of lemon, bready, nice little touch of pepper. Medium body, ABV hidden very nicely, slight dry/bitter finish. Overall, this one surprised me, very nice brew.
Reviewed by DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Clear golden yellow with a 1/2 inch of foam that sticks around for quite a bit. Smell is quite good cracker malts, subtle fruity hops and a nice husky corn like body. Taste is very IPA mirror very smooth hoppy bitterness meets a subtle malt presence. No weird skunky aftertaste very clean with a smooth medium body.
Overall I am floored I never seen this before and as not a huge pilsner fan this is one of my favorites!
Oct 26, 2017Overall I am floored I never seen this before and as not a huge pilsner fan this is one of my favorites!
Reviewed by JamieDuncan from Maryland
4.3/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I am going to start by saying that I am not anywhere close to a pilsner person. This caught me off guard. Hazy golden pour with a nice cracker aroma, even a touch of citrus hop. Very nice flavor, well balanced, tasty without to much bitter. Very clean. Then, as I am entering this I realize that it is an imperial Pils. End of the day, I am pretty sure this is my favorite pilsner and a beer I will look for, a first for me with a pils. Nice job Boulevard.
Oct 03, 2017
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