Chosen Family
Baileson Brewing Company

 

 

A: Pours a cloudy yellow color. With a two finger white head, good retention and plenty of lace.
S: Grassy hops, hay, and earthy tea like hops. There is a fruity ester quality going on here. Simple, and enjoyable, even though the esters remind me more of say something along the lines of a Kolsh.
T: Like the nose, that earthy, grassy, tea like hop character. Fruity esters, biscuit like malts that gives this a touch of sweetness. A light lingering bitterness which is nice.
M/O: A light to medium body. Crisp carbonation, and seems a bit "fuller" than the ABV would suggest. Which is a good thing. I can come back to this with easy.

This is a Pilsner that uses an Ale yeast strain. Which makes sense to me, as I get a more fruity ester like quality than I normally would. I know there are some older US craft breweries that would make a Pils, at least calling it that, and using an Ale yeast. I think Saint Arnold use to do that when they opened, and believe Sierra Nevada did that when Summer Pils first came out, so this isn't unheard of. Which, taken all together makes me think of Kolsh, and its enjoyable if thought of in that mode. Not exactly traditional for a Pils, but I still like it.