NZ Pils
Hetty Alice
- From:
- Hetty Alice
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.94 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 19, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 19, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
2.94/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.94/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
16-ounce can purchased at John's Marketplace in Beaverton, OR. Enjoyed in a John's-branded pint glass. Date stamp reads "06/12/23 KIWI JUICE!"
Look:
Pale yellow-gold and slightly hazy, with a short-lived cap of foam that recedes to a thin ring and leaves minimal lacing.
Smell:
Gently fruity: green grapes, honeydew melon, gooseberry jam, a drop of buttery chardonnay, a twist of lemon. Mildly grainy with a hint of sulfur.
Taste:
Closely follows the nose, with grapes and gooseberries up front and nice cool honeydew prominent in the finish. Through the middle there's doughy malt with some tangerine on the breath. The finish shows toasted malt, dry white wine, the aforementioned honeydew, and a delicate anise-flavored herbal bitterness. There's a tiny bit of butter at the tail end of the aftertaste. Not diacetyl, but not welcome either.
Feel:
Light-to-medium body with finely-textured carbonation which seems a little low to me.
Overall:
Hetty Alice NZ Pils is a rather confounding beer which ultimately lives up to its name. It does a good job of showing off the Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka hops, but these are not the hops I want in a Pilsner. I didn't enjoy it, but it might be just the thing for fans of New Zealand hops.
Jun 19, 2023Look:
Pale yellow-gold and slightly hazy, with a short-lived cap of foam that recedes to a thin ring and leaves minimal lacing.
Smell:
Gently fruity: green grapes, honeydew melon, gooseberry jam, a drop of buttery chardonnay, a twist of lemon. Mildly grainy with a hint of sulfur.
Taste:
Closely follows the nose, with grapes and gooseberries up front and nice cool honeydew prominent in the finish. Through the middle there's doughy malt with some tangerine on the breath. The finish shows toasted malt, dry white wine, the aforementioned honeydew, and a delicate anise-flavored herbal bitterness. There's a tiny bit of butter at the tail end of the aftertaste. Not diacetyl, but not welcome either.
Feel:
Light-to-medium body with finely-textured carbonation which seems a little low to me.
Overall:
Hetty Alice NZ Pils is a rather confounding beer which ultimately lives up to its name. It does a good job of showing off the Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka hops, but these are not the hops I want in a Pilsner. I didn't enjoy it, but it might be just the thing for fans of New Zealand hops.
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