Weekend At Bert's
Harland Brewing Company

lovely beer, on tap at berts, very regal and refined, and so obviously loaded with new zealand hops, which is awesome, great nose on this, still recognizable as a pils, but the hops are the point of this, and its well made and well taken. pretty yellow brew, rather clear and definitely glowing in the glass under an airy wispy two inches of white head, looks very nice, very active. the nose is a lot of new zealand fruity goodness from ripe green melon to green papaya and kiwi fruit to white coconut and springy white wine, but it also has a little green onion thing, weedy almost fuel dankness, and some pils malt and minerality happening, along with a clean lager yeast element, still pils, low bitterness, but highly hopped, very fresh and modern, very west coast as it has come to be. the flavor is great too, although maybe just a tad less great than the nose on account of some late skunk from the hops, not stale or anything, just like kind of stinky, its late and its subtle and its a hop thing, but it works against the fruity early vibe a little bit, maybe being too critical, but its there. i love that its still a pils though, through and through, obviously a lager, pils malt has some personality too, a lot of these dont, so credit for that, and the new zealand hops really are killer in this, kiwi and pineapple and honeydew to me, turned up pretty bold, but never too bitter either. its a lot of hops and it warms up increasingly intensive, yet the beer stays light and dry and easy drinking (for a hophead anyway), the high carbonation is ideal, and overall, once again, the quality from berts is next level, although i think this may have been made at harland? either way, nice work team! ill drink this one until its gone, great take on a tricky style!

Taster flight at Bert's. Clear golden pour, moderate head Rich hoppy aroma, dank notes. Taste comes in hoppy, oily feel, more dank flavors. Probably the dankest lager I've had.