Gorlami
Equal Parts Brewing
- From:
- Equal Parts Brewing
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Italian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 8.63%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 22, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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It’s one thing to go masquerading as an Italian stuntman at a German movie premiere. It’s quite another to be an Italian brewer attempting a German Pils and birthing a glorious new beer style instead. What are we even talking about?
You guessed it. Gorlami, our crisp and smooth dry-hopped pilsner with a delightfully debonair finish. It’s brewed with German Pilsner malt, German Hops, German yeast, American water, and then dry hopped with more German Hops. But do you know the origin story of the Italian Pilsner? It’s pretty cool and pretty recent.
In the mid 90s, a rad Italian brewer named Agostino Arioli ventured to craft a German Pilsner and stumbled into a delicious mistake. “I was ignorant about beer—but I’m happy to be ignorant because I’m more free to do whatever I like. I thought this is fucking interesting. I love this way to use the hop. I didn’t know about this thing, and I am very curious. So I combined this typical English system (of dry hopping ales) with a typical German beer.”
Failing to brew what he considered a real German pils (dry hopping was not permitted by the Reinheitsgebot at the time), Arioli drifted into new waters. The result wasn’t exactly a German Pils, nor any other kind of Pils. It was a type of Pils. And thus the ‘Tipopils’ (Italian Pils) was born.
Arioli says it was a beer guided by his senses. He took traditions from elsewhere and made them his own- and now there are many ‘tipo’ Tipopils all over. We like to think Arioli is our tipo people.
Come raise a glass of Gorlami to Arioli in our taproom or take it home and learn a new language with 6-packs to go
You guessed it. Gorlami, our crisp and smooth dry-hopped pilsner with a delightfully debonair finish. It’s brewed with German Pilsner malt, German Hops, German yeast, American water, and then dry hopped with more German Hops. But do you know the origin story of the Italian Pilsner? It’s pretty cool and pretty recent.
In the mid 90s, a rad Italian brewer named Agostino Arioli ventured to craft a German Pilsner and stumbled into a delicious mistake. “I was ignorant about beer—but I’m happy to be ignorant because I’m more free to do whatever I like. I thought this is fucking interesting. I love this way to use the hop. I didn’t know about this thing, and I am very curious. So I combined this typical English system (of dry hopping ales) with a typical German beer.”
Failing to brew what he considered a real German pils (dry hopping was not permitted by the Reinheitsgebot at the time), Arioli drifted into new waters. The result wasn’t exactly a German Pils, nor any other kind of Pils. It was a type of Pils. And thus the ‘Tipopils’ (Italian Pils) was born.
Arioli says it was a beer guided by his senses. He took traditions from elsewhere and made them his own- and now there are many ‘tipo’ Tipopils all over. We like to think Arioli is our tipo people.
Come raise a glass of Gorlami to Arioli in our taproom or take it home and learn a new language with 6-packs to go
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.6/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Sep 22, 2025
Reviewed by ilikebeer03 from Texas
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Drank 4/24/24. Best by: 8/18/24.
Pour is a slightly cloudy pale straw yellow with a dense cap of chalk white foam. Excellent retention and lacing.
Nose is spicy, grassy noble hops. bready cracker malt
Taste is a hit of lightly lemony, grassy hops. Not as hop forward as the nose would suggest. Kind of light flavor...not like light beer. just...light. maybe a bit watery?
Easy drinking, but something about the profile doesn't scream "take another sip" like many pils do.
Apr 25, 2024Pour is a slightly cloudy pale straw yellow with a dense cap of chalk white foam. Excellent retention and lacing.
Nose is spicy, grassy noble hops. bready cracker malt
Taste is a hit of lightly lemony, grassy hops. Not as hop forward as the nose would suggest. Kind of light flavor...not like light beer. just...light. maybe a bit watery?
Easy drinking, but something about the profile doesn't scream "take another sip" like many pils do.
Reviewed by kflorence from California
3.98/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This beer is mis-labeled here as a Bohemian style pilsner, but this is Italian style, which is quite different.
Pours a crystal clear, pale, golden in color with an inch of foamy head atop. A bit of lacing on the glass as you drink. Quite aromatic. White wine, butter, grass, a hint of lemon and a fair amount of earthy, herbalness. A bit soapy, and quite floral, but it hints at complexity. Flavor is similar to the aroma. Buttery malts up front with a hint of white wine, climaxing with grassy, lemony hops towards the swallow. A lot of dry-hopping, which is traditional for the style, but the focus isn't entirely on the hops, which I've seen with a lot of the American-style Italian pilsners. Finishes crisp and dry with a lingering white wine hoppiness. For such a light beer, there is a good amount of complexity here, especially as it warms. Definitely light bodied with zesty, but not overpowering carbonation. I was concerned on the pour that it might be a little too seltzer-like, but it didn't come off that way. It was quite velvety and soft on the tongue. There's a hint of chewiness/oiliness here, but it's pretty thin overall, as to be expected for the style.
Overall, another great offering from Equal Parts. A classic Italian-style pilsner is dry-hopped with a soft, zesty mouthfeel and a good amount of complexity and balance. It's not as bitter or hop-forward as the German/American pilsners, and it generally lacks the buttery-ness, being on the lighter side. This is a great example. It's complex, yet restrained. Very drinkable, but lends itself to savoring if you want to dive into the tasting notes. Cheers!
Nov 07, 2021Pours a crystal clear, pale, golden in color with an inch of foamy head atop. A bit of lacing on the glass as you drink. Quite aromatic. White wine, butter, grass, a hint of lemon and a fair amount of earthy, herbalness. A bit soapy, and quite floral, but it hints at complexity. Flavor is similar to the aroma. Buttery malts up front with a hint of white wine, climaxing with grassy, lemony hops towards the swallow. A lot of dry-hopping, which is traditional for the style, but the focus isn't entirely on the hops, which I've seen with a lot of the American-style Italian pilsners. Finishes crisp and dry with a lingering white wine hoppiness. For such a light beer, there is a good amount of complexity here, especially as it warms. Definitely light bodied with zesty, but not overpowering carbonation. I was concerned on the pour that it might be a little too seltzer-like, but it didn't come off that way. It was quite velvety and soft on the tongue. There's a hint of chewiness/oiliness here, but it's pretty thin overall, as to be expected for the style.
Overall, another great offering from Equal Parts. A classic Italian-style pilsner is dry-hopped with a soft, zesty mouthfeel and a good amount of complexity and balance. It's not as bitter or hop-forward as the German/American pilsners, and it generally lacks the buttery-ness, being on the lighter side. This is a great example. It's complex, yet restrained. Very drinkable, but lends itself to savoring if you want to dive into the tasting notes. Cheers!
Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
3.1/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.1/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Hay Merchant in Houston.
A: Pours a clear pale yellow color. A one finger white head forms and recedes with some lace left behind.
S: Not much in aromatics. Fairly neutral overall. Some grains, some generic fruit hops. I can't really pick much else out.
T: Like the nose, its fairly neutral. With some grains, generic fruity hops and sweetness. Light lingering bitterness builds after a while, but I can't stress how "light" that is.
M/O: A light to medium body. Moderate carbonation with a somewhat slick and oily feel. Not hard to drink, though not something I'm coming back to a lot.
This brewery has done way better lagers. I might give it a try next time I'm at the brewery, but there really isn't much here for me.
Sep 29, 2021A: Pours a clear pale yellow color. A one finger white head forms and recedes with some lace left behind.
S: Not much in aromatics. Fairly neutral overall. Some grains, some generic fruit hops. I can't really pick much else out.
T: Like the nose, its fairly neutral. With some grains, generic fruity hops and sweetness. Light lingering bitterness builds after a while, but I can't stress how "light" that is.
M/O: A light to medium body. Moderate carbonation with a somewhat slick and oily feel. Not hard to drink, though not something I'm coming back to a lot.
This brewery has done way better lagers. I might give it a try next time I'm at the brewery, but there really isn't much here for me.
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