Feel No Way
Hudson Valley Brewery

 

16 oz can, purchased at the brewery

pours clear light yellow color, with foamy white head. aroma leans more modern hops - a bit of white grape. crackery malt with a touch of fruitiness. finish could be drier for my preference . thinner bodied.

 

 

This lager really gets it done.

Look is typical pilz with a hint of haze and a nicely sized head. Great pilsner notes on the nose, Noble hops. Bread. The taste is absolutely phenomenal. Lightly spicy. Crackery, bready malt. Bitter hop finish. It's an experience of a beer. The mouthfeel is thin, perhaps the thin side of medium.

I'm really blown away by the taste of this pilsner. It's the real deal. HV is famous for its sours, but this is a nice alternative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drank from a 16 fluid ounces can purchased at Craft Beer Cellar, Belmont, MA
Served in a Willi Becher

The beer poured a brilliantly clear, pale golden hue when decanted and later turned a hazy, straw yellow color when the yeast was poured in. A fluffy, inch-tall, bright white crown topped the liquid and dropped to a lasting, soapy looking collar. Impressive lacing. A thin blanket coated the back portion of the glass and multiple streaks stuck along the front.

The nose was outstanding. Really crisp and bright. Lemon notes came through big time. Some lime peel as well. There was a dry, powdery yeasty quality that dissipated as the head receded. Crackery malt notes were also apparent. Nice grassy hop character. Touch of fruity hops too.

The flavor profile was very similar to the nose and just as impressive. Big lemon-lime presence up front. Pleasantly tart. Lots of fresh hay too. Grassy hops appeared as the beer moved along the palate. The hops turned more spicy and peppery on the back end and the finish. There was a subtle, lingering hop bitterness after the swallow.

Excellent soft, fluffy mouthfeel. Full bodied for the style. The liquid contained a medium bubbled, fairly zippy effervescence that turned creamy, slick and smooth on the palate.

Decanted, Feel No Way drinks like a clean and bright German pils, but with the yeast poured in, this beer is more akin to a full-bodied, hop-forward Kellerbier. If there ever was a pilsner designed for your typical hazeboi, this would be it.

 

No can date
Pours a large frothy foamy 2+ finger head with moderate retention, soapy sticky lacing, semi hazy light pale color (looks kinda like a Kellerbier)

Nose brings cereal grain, grainy-sweet pilsner malt, little straw, hint of corn, bready, with light herbal hops, touch of

Taste brings fair pilsner malt, light straw and bread dough, with a grainy cereal note, hops ramp up and dominate quickly, med bitterness, with herbal spicy flavor, then increasing again on the crisp spicy hop finish that ends med-high bitterness, a little fruity in the middle as well and a strange tangy character

Mouth is med bod, very higher frothy carb

Overall not that great, seems a lot more like a Kellerbier than pilsner, with the haze, the random fruity characters, the overall malt being a bit light, the bitterness on the finish also ramps a bit too much but probably due to lack of malt support. It's not a terrible beer, but definitely some flaws, and no idea on the age.

draught
A tiny bit cloudy, light golden straw color. Slightly tart, floral and a bit spicy, on the nose, with a bit of funk, to the aroma. A touch bitter at first, then a slight grassy, spiced flavor comes out, though the bitterness persists.

 

 

Moderately hazy body with a nice, fluffy, lace-producing head. Nose is herbal and grassy, with aspects of grain. Unfortunately, to me, the grain isn't showing as bready in any fashion. There's also a little bit of a pungent note that evokes wet grass a day after being cut.

The taste initially reminds me a little bit of a local Pilsner, Sunnyside Dweller. The bitterness in Hudson Valley's beer is a notch or two higher. A soft water feel along with the drawn out bitterness seem to run a little contrary to the cleaner feel of many pilsners. Dirt and hay open the flavors, with a grassy, lightly vegetal bitterness rolling in pretty soon after. There's a bit of of a musty farm house vibe in there as well. Lingering chlorophyll notes draw out the bitterness. With a little time on the cans, the notes turn a little sulphuric.

I think overall, this is running a little bit out-of-balance to the bitter end, especially with the part that lingers. The dryness is refreshing, and I think a cleaner cutoff of the hop notes would make this beer a bit more enjoyable overall.