Pilsner
Forest & Main - The Brewery
- From:
- Forest & Main - The Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 17.03%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 15, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Pilsner - 5.1%.
Our very own Pilsner! Brewed with a decoction mash of Bavarian Pilsner malt, hopped with lots of Czech Saaz, fermented slow and cold with our Lager yeast, spunded at the end of fermentation to capture a lovely natural carbonation, and cold lagered for weeks.
Pilsner pours a straw yellow with a rocky white head, and has bright aromatic hop notes of classic Saaz florals and a doughy malt character. There’s a soft smoothness and a dialed malt/hop balance that really sets this one apart from our other lagers. Psyched to have a classic Pilsner in the lineup.
Our very own Pilsner! Brewed with a decoction mash of Bavarian Pilsner malt, hopped with lots of Czech Saaz, fermented slow and cold with our Lager yeast, spunded at the end of fermentation to capture a lovely natural carbonation, and cold lagered for weeks.
Pilsner pours a straw yellow with a rocky white head, and has bright aromatic hop notes of classic Saaz florals and a doughy malt character. There’s a soft smoothness and a dialed malt/hop balance that really sets this one apart from our other lagers. Psyched to have a classic Pilsner in the lineup.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois
2.14/5 rDev -41.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
2.14/5 rDev -41.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.75
10/4/25 - (Can - Home) (Chicago, IL) Can Notes: Purchased at Beer on the Wall at Park Ridge at store temperature for $4.55 including tax on September 12, 2025. Refrigerated upon returning home until opening this morning. 16 oz, no can date, distributed week ended 8/9/25. 5.1% Alcohol By Volume - Keep Cold - Drink Fresh. Pilsner Of The Highest Quality brewed with Bavarian Pilsner Malt and Czech Saaz Hops. Brewed and packaged by Forest & Main Brewing Company, 241 N. Main Street, Ambler, Pennsylvania.
Appearance: Poured about 8 oz into a tall slender Pilsner flute glass, yielding a slightly unfiltered golden yellow base, steady sustained carbonation, a creamy bubbly head which results in limited lacing but a creamy sustained 1/4 inch cover over the base. 3.75
Aroma: Heavy sulfur, light biscuit. What, what, in the nose?! 2.25
Taste: Sulfur and bitterness over any flavor aspect. Salty cracker after a few concentrated efforts to gleam that much. 2.0
Mouthfeel: Sustained prickly carbonation, watery light, drinks lighter than ABV, slightly dry, very bitter, sulfur start to disappointing finish. 2.25
Overall: Hard Pass, first very disappointing selection from this brewery after several enjoyable selections. Just sulfur and gas intake. 1.75
Oct 04, 2025Appearance: Poured about 8 oz into a tall slender Pilsner flute glass, yielding a slightly unfiltered golden yellow base, steady sustained carbonation, a creamy bubbly head which results in limited lacing but a creamy sustained 1/4 inch cover over the base. 3.75
Aroma: Heavy sulfur, light biscuit. What, what, in the nose?! 2.25
Taste: Sulfur and bitterness over any flavor aspect. Salty cracker after a few concentrated efforts to gleam that much. 2.0
Mouthfeel: Sustained prickly carbonation, watery light, drinks lighter than ABV, slightly dry, very bitter, sulfur start to disappointing finish. 2.25
Overall: Hard Pass, first very disappointing selection from this brewery after several enjoyable selections. Just sulfur and gas intake. 1.75
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I had this on draft 8/28/25 @ the Hopleaf.
Semi-opaque dull orange/yellow appearance.
Big bright white head; decent lacing remained.
Fresh corn & mild honey notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh corn & faint honey flavors.
This tasted more like a helles lager to me, but it was still enjoyable. I'd have another.
Aug 30, 2025Semi-opaque dull orange/yellow appearance.
Big bright white head; decent lacing remained.
Fresh corn & mild honey notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh corn & faint honey flavors.
This tasted more like a helles lager to me, but it was still enjoyable. I'd have another.
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