Plzeň | Brouwerij 't IJ
Brewed by:
Brouwerij 't IJ
Netherlands
brouwerijhetij.nl
Style: English Pale Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
Plzeň goes to show that a beer doesn’t need a lot of alcohol to be special. With its fine, hoppy flavour, this 5% blond beer can certainly hold its own against the stronger beers. Brewed only from pale barley malt, this is a floral beer with delightful, hoppy aromas of hay and fresh grass. Deliciously dry, with a long-lasting aftertaste. We named the beer after the Czech town of Plzeň, from which Pilsner beers originate. Despite that, our Plzeň is not a Pilsner; it is a refreshing, bitter, top-fermented beer.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 02-19-2002
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Ratings: 47 | Reviews: 19
4.14/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.9/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.31/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.59/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.25/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.79/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: pale yellow colour, thin but dense head, lots of bubbles rising up
S: grassy hops, hints of malt
T: clean, just grassy hops, nice bitter finish
M: enough body for a lager, nice carbonation
O: clean crisp lager, nice hoppy finish, good drinkability
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: pale yellow colour, thin but dense head, lots of bubbles rising up
S: grassy hops, hints of malt
T: clean, just grassy hops, nice bitter finish
M: enough body for a lager, nice carbonation
O: clean crisp lager, nice hoppy finish, good drinkability
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3.6/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Brouwerij 't Ij, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A: The beer is clear light yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high white head that died down, leaving a thin head covering the surface and lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of grassy and herbal hops are present in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste has flavors of herbal and grassy hops along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: it feels nearly medium-bodied on the palate and has a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is quite hoppy for the style and the grassiness is unique but it goes down rather easily.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at Brouwerij 't Ij, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A: The beer is clear light yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high white head that died down, leaving a thin head covering the surface and lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of grassy and herbal hops are present in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste has flavors of herbal and grassy hops along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: it feels nearly medium-bodied on the palate and has a low to moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is quite hoppy for the style and the grassiness is unique but it goes down rather easily.
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Plzeň from Brouwerij 't IJ
3.52
out of 5
based on 47 ratings.
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4