Quintessential
Brewery Silvaticus

 

 

Clear, golden color. Small lasting head but little lace.

Soft smell of pale fully malted barley.

The flavor is more biting with a sharper hop. Above average body with a higher carbonation level. Very dry overall.

 

 

 

 

Draft at the brewery
Big creamy frothy head with moderate retention, messy lacing, crystal clear pale straw color

Nose cereal grain, doughy grainy sweet pilsner malt, little bready, some malt complexity, fair herbal floral hop

Taste bring hops out front, herbal floral a little grassy and spicy, med bitterness, fair cereal grain, grainy sweet malt with more pilsner straw bread and faint corn, dry finish with nice crisp bitterness

Mouth is med bod, med higher frothy carb, soft crisp lager

Overall very good German pilsner

Consumed 2/25/21

Medium gold, clear, pours with a medium sized white head, retains a wispy cap and small collar
Pilsner malts, pale grains, light crackers, freshly baked bread, light hint of bread crust, noble hops with some minor grassy and herbal notes, hints of light fruit and lemon, light touch of honey, hint of minerality, super clean finish
On the light side of medium bodied, crisp, medium carbonation

I never actually had this on tap before trying the cans, but that may be because whenever Sovereign Pils is on tap, I order that. Quintessential is a well-rounded, decidedly refined pilsner. It's flavorful in a subtle way and clean, crisp, and easy drinking, as the style should be.

 

Poured from a growler, super clear and very pale and shiny yellow, notes as a some sulfur yeast notes and faint hops, nice clean malt like butter white toast. Clean crisp tasty , whish I lived closer or they started to can this