Kills
Third Moon Brewing

 

Appearance: Poured with two fingers of head that made maple lacing. The body is a cloudy, translucent albiet sickly pale yellow with that does show steady carbonation.

Smell: Needed quite a bit of warming to offer grass and floral hops with a bit of biscuit malt in the background. Nothing wrong with it, just tame.

Taste: Starts with mild biscuit malt with a touch of honey that turns to a mix of grass, floral and earth hops. It's solid, although I wouldn't call it groundbreaking.

Mouthfeel: The hops kind of cling a bit with a bit too much, but it doesn't get out of control. The carbonations is good and the transitioning is ok.

Drinkability: Light bodied, which is kind of surprising given the ABV, easy enough to drink, although not as pilsner crisp as I would like it to be. That said, it's refreshing a more interesting than a more common lager.

Final Thoughts: It's a solid pilsner, but nothing that I'd write home about. The hops used I think may be the culprit as to causing that cling. I will say this drinks like a far lighter offering than 5.8%, so I'd be careful having more than a few of these.

Good clean looking beer. Sharp clear straw gold, a short head that surrenders to a partial film, lots of lace on the way down. Nicely balanced nose of sweet malts and grassy hops. Sweet up front on the palate with short bitterness on the back end. Taste balance shifts maybe just a tad too far to the sweet malt side. Easy drinking decent beer overall. But premium priced in a very small can. Hmpf.