Mosaic Pils
Castle Island Brewing Co.
- From:
- Castle Island Brewing Co.
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 8.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 11, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Formerly Mo' Pils
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Reviewed by FFFjunkie from Illinois
3.96/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Let me preface this review by saying i generally do not like pilsners and lagers. Not my jam. So here is the first pilsner review I've ever done.
Look is clear and golden like a normal pilsner.
Aroma is sweet hops with some dough in the background (not a traditional pilsner aroma).
Taste follows nose with sweet hops leading the way and some bready characteristics. Does not have that typical skunked or lager flavor to it. (Thank God)!...
Feel is clean and crisp like a pilsner is supposed to be.
Overall this is honestly this first pilsner that I would actually drink again. Well done!
Jun 22, 2017Look is clear and golden like a normal pilsner.
Aroma is sweet hops with some dough in the background (not a traditional pilsner aroma).
Taste follows nose with sweet hops leading the way and some bready characteristics. Does not have that typical skunked or lager flavor to it. (Thank God)!...
Feel is clean and crisp like a pilsner is supposed to be.
Overall this is honestly this first pilsner that I would actually drink again. Well done!
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours clear, gold in color with ¼ inch head. Taste is dough, grass, with a nice honey/white grape juice sweetness on the finish. Medium-light bodied, moderate carbonation, crisp and sweet. Makes for an interesting and tasty summer sessionable beer. I could have several of these. Really liking what Castle Island has been producing.
May 22, 2017
Rated by dogleg_left from North Carolina
4.16/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hops on the nose, sweet malt, a little grassy. Crisp.
Apr 26, 2017
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.84/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Castle Island has been doing pretty damn well for themselves of late, with a lot of high-quality new beers and an expansion at their Norwood home facility. This beer is one I bought a four pack of last month but somehow never got around to reviewing. Gonna fix that right now, however. Mo' Pils is a Mosaic-hopped pilsner beer clocking in at 4.7% ABV.
Pours a medium golden color with straw-yellow highlights and a rocky, uneven head formed of bumpy, white foam bubbles. Lacing is kind of on the spotty side, though it's consistent in that it shows around the edges of the glass pretty uniformly. Languid carbonation rises slowly but evenly from the bottom of my glass. Not amazing looking but also not bad at all.
Nose is floral, catty and slightly funky like any good Mosaic-hopped, pilsner-base beer would be. I get slight notes of tropical fruit (guava and pineapple, mainly) plus some grassy and herbal qualities now and then. Mostly, this smells kind of dank and almost melon-like with some honeydew notes here and there. Slight berry as expected from Mosaic as well, but not as much as some beers with a darker malt complexion. Kind of goes all over the place at times. The light nature of the base beer definitely brings out Mosaic's herbal and floral elements, however. That is probably the best part about this beer; it doesn't use Noble hops, but it still somehow smacks of them, at least in a tangential sense.
Flavor is a little more biased towards the malt side of the flavor spectrum, with some crackery grain flavors and a little bit of herbal and dank hop towards the finish. A bit more boring on the palate than expected. A tad bitter on the back of the tongue with some slight gooseberry, guava and white grape flavors. The swallow is punctuated by grassy hoppiness and slightly toasted malt character.
Crisp and solid carbonation builds atop a decent base beer that could probably use a little more definition. The malt flavor is pretty plain; it's pretty clear this is trying to be a vehicle for the Mosaic, but it just seems to buckle under the weight, and presents more favorably in the nose than on the tongue. Though it's a fun drink and plenty refreshing, I'd like to see it with some deeper flavors. Then again, Mosaic just isn't my favorite hop to use by itself. It feels unfocused here and doesn't feel supported by the base as well as it could be.
Mar 17, 2017Pours a medium golden color with straw-yellow highlights and a rocky, uneven head formed of bumpy, white foam bubbles. Lacing is kind of on the spotty side, though it's consistent in that it shows around the edges of the glass pretty uniformly. Languid carbonation rises slowly but evenly from the bottom of my glass. Not amazing looking but also not bad at all.
Nose is floral, catty and slightly funky like any good Mosaic-hopped, pilsner-base beer would be. I get slight notes of tropical fruit (guava and pineapple, mainly) plus some grassy and herbal qualities now and then. Mostly, this smells kind of dank and almost melon-like with some honeydew notes here and there. Slight berry as expected from Mosaic as well, but not as much as some beers with a darker malt complexion. Kind of goes all over the place at times. The light nature of the base beer definitely brings out Mosaic's herbal and floral elements, however. That is probably the best part about this beer; it doesn't use Noble hops, but it still somehow smacks of them, at least in a tangential sense.
Flavor is a little more biased towards the malt side of the flavor spectrum, with some crackery grain flavors and a little bit of herbal and dank hop towards the finish. A bit more boring on the palate than expected. A tad bitter on the back of the tongue with some slight gooseberry, guava and white grape flavors. The swallow is punctuated by grassy hoppiness and slightly toasted malt character.
Crisp and solid carbonation builds atop a decent base beer that could probably use a little more definition. The malt flavor is pretty plain; it's pretty clear this is trying to be a vehicle for the Mosaic, but it just seems to buckle under the weight, and presents more favorably in the nose than on the tongue. Though it's a fun drink and plenty refreshing, I'd like to see it with some deeper flavors. Then again, Mosaic just isn't my favorite hop to use by itself. It feels unfocused here and doesn't feel supported by the base as well as it could be.
Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap 3/16/2016 at Flynn’s in Mansfield, MA, served in a tapered pint glass.
A: The beer is a light gold color, with a short white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains lager yeast, citrus, caramelized malts and some hops.
T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of lager yeast and a hearty but not too heavy malt character. Then a strong hops bitterness for the style comes in. Some mildly sweet flavors of citrus and caramel bring a good balance. The after-taste is slightly hoppy and slightly bready.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while.
Mar 16, 2017A: The beer is a light gold color, with a short white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains lager yeast, citrus, caramelized malts and some hops.
T: The taste starts out bready with flavors of lager yeast and a hearty but not too heavy malt character. Then a strong hops bitterness for the style comes in. Some mildly sweet flavors of citrus and caramel bring a good balance. The after-taste is slightly hoppy and slightly bready.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style, this is a solid beer to drink for a while.
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