Little Creatures Pilsener
Little Creatures Brewing Company

Great beer, tried at little creatures brewery in Fremantle.. Great with food and poors a great head. Full of flavour but not to harsh on the pallet. Recommend for a beer with dinner or even just a social after work drink.. Have tried in bottle form and beer is just as good as on tap.

Pours gold with a large diminishing head.
Nose shows lots of grassy Euro hops with some biscuity, bready malt underneath. Later on the grassy notes fade, revealing floral hops and some sweet light malt.
Flavours are more focussed towards the malt with a prominent bready character.
Body is light, fitting the style, but the carbonation is pretty damn high.

Well after having to consume my first middi of macro swill for ages i remembered why i drink MIRCO brews these days and i asked the barman to see his bottled beers on offer and to my suprise they had this one which really suprised me as they didnt have its better looking cousin that introduced to me the world of microbrews but was stoked to see some sense behind the buying powers of this bar as i havnt had this for ages i remembered when it came out after having tried their pale ale i thought this would be right up my alley and back then i was dissapointed but here goes its second chance,it pours a pale straw colour with nice carbonation that leaves a one finger bubbling head that leaves average lacing,the smell is very grainy,skunky with some slight floral hops on nose aswell right at the end,it has a syrupy start on the mouthfeel which finishes quite light with hardly any dominant taste being present but on saying that its far from well balanced by any means and unfortunately this brew is how i remembered a big dissapointment with big tastes of watery grain finished with a feint hop taste and would avoid and definately try its better looking cousin the beer that started micro brewing in Australia LC's Pale Ale.

Pours a pale gold colour - almost looked silvery coming out of the bottle. Head is sparse fuzz and also sort of not a head but rather a thin film of bubbles. Slow carbonation, little lace. Looks like a dull impersonation of beer.

Nose is pungent, rather adjuncty, really. Strong whiff of some breakfast cereal grain, along with some corn aroma and a slight hoppy twang, kind of citrusy, but not very strong. It's OK balanced, but doesn't have much character to it.

Tastes OK, a lot of grain throughout, with a bran flavour on the front blending with some sweet corn for the mid and onto the back, which is sweet with honeyed notes. Hops are apparent but never really the driving force, mostly phenolic with medicinal notes on the mid and on the hang which is left after the finish. Bitterness hits at the wrong time on the mid, and doesn't clean up the palate, leaves a harsh astringency trailing behind the mostly sweet back palate.

Mouthfeel is decent, fair amount of zing from the bubbles, not full but certainly not thin. Sticky, if anything.

I have to admit to being slightly disappointed with this. Given the brilliance of their pale ale I'd think that Little Creatures could handle hopping a bit better. In this they just bite the wrong parts of the palate and send the whole flavour profile off kilter. It does have a fair punch though, for which I should be grateful. Still, not the best of the LC selection.

A - Pour a light golden colour, got a lot of head at the start but it faded to almost nothing.

S - Not entirely unpleasant, just I can't quite figure out what I'm smelling.

T - Crisp clean pilsener. Nothing daring, just drinkable beer.

M - Loads of carbonation, cleansing.

D - Very drinkable, wouldn't stand up to most meals though.

Firstly, I wouldn't call this a Czech Pils but anyway...Pours with a weak head, a bright gold body. A floral, hoppy nose with some sulphur in the background. Pretty typical of German style pils. Decent weight in the body with soft bitterness on the back. Undoubtedly the weakest link in the LC chain but a decent beer.

It pours a bright golden with a good head. Something weird on the nose - cut grass? and some floral hops. Some nice pils crispness in there and it is light bodied. There is something just not quite right with this beer. Not unpleasant but just a bit disconcerting. Can't put my finger on it.

Had it on tap at the brewery itself.

Appearance - A bit darker than say a European Pils but not overly dark. Not as carbonated as I expected it with a very thin head that disappeared quickly and left very little lacing.

Smell - Bland. Some hops in there and a bit citrusy. Nothing really to write home about.

Taste - Dominated by the hops. A slight citrus/lemon flavour from the smell was present. Even the hops were one-dimensional. Dry finish with that distinct aftertaste of LC brews. Not inspiring.

Mouthfeel - Thin and watery but less carbonated than a macro.

Drinkability - I'd get bored of this too easily. Just not enough character. Hopped beers like a pils should have some sort of complexity in the flavour and this beer doesn't have that. Its definitely geared towards a macro lager drinking crowd.

Clean clear looking Pils...average head retention with little lacing...
Not a very exciting brew...I was hoping the taste would have improved on the smell but nope.
Little fruity & citrus in both aroma & taste, also as expected a hit of bitter, but really all in all not too tasty. Little to thin, watery & too carbonated in mouthfeel. We backed this up against a Pilsner Urquall - maybe a bad move in hindsight! Very average on all accounts!
So much character from Little Creatures, yet this lacked big time...

It pains me to say this (given i love the pale ale), but the pilsner really disappoints on tap at the brewery in Freo.

Very one dimensional, no Czech hop character whatsoever, a rough grassy profile, and very little to distinquish it from macro lagers. In fact there are some macros I would much rather have.

Maybe LC is trying to cater for the crowd that likes poor/bland tasting lagers?

A - Pours a bright golden colour with a couple of centimetres of white head that dissipates rather quickly.
S - Some grainy notes and a vauge touch of grassy, slightly floral hops.
T - Like the smell there is some grainy malt along with some grassy & floral hops.
M - Crisp carbonation & fairly light bodied.
D - Nothing wrong with this, just not very interesting. Could technically put a few away but I'd rather drink something with a bit more character.

Poured fairly flat from the bottle, head didn't last very long at all, and was flat as a tack within a minute or so.
Aroma was dominated by DMS, I guess that's probably ok, but was a little overpowering.
colour was straw yellow and perfectly bright.
I think I like this much better on tap, ice cold and foaming. I hadn't had a bottle for a while and was a little disappointed by this one

Appearance - 3.5
An attractive pale golden colour, with what looks like a high level of carbonation. The fizzy white head poured one finger, which quickly reduced to a thin layer.

Smell - 2.0
On the plus side, there is no skunkiness whatsoever (perhaps thanks to the brown bottle). Unfortunately, there is also close to no smell whatsoever, apart from a little hops and maybe a whisper of malt.

Taste - 2.5
Crisp, dry and refreshing, as a pilsener should be. Very little flavour unfront, followed by a vague taste of grains, and a moderately bitter, rather dry finish. Little aftertaste, but leaves a nice lingering bitterness. Not too big on flavour this one.

Mouthfeel - 2.5
Relatively high carbonation gives a sharpish mouthfeel. Quite light in the mouth, but not watery.

Drinkability - 3.5
If you like your beers dry and flavourless, then this is highly drinkable. Personally I would get bored of this quickly. I usually have one pint when drinking at Little Creatures, but always move onto the other (better) beers.

OVERALL - 2.7
I used to enjoy this beer, but that was before I got onto drinking beers with real taste. As it stands, this is better than most of the dry mainstream lagers, but it is also vastly more expensive. At the same price as the brilliant Pale Ale, this is very poor value, and really doesn't qualify as a premium beer in my book.

Pours a light golden color with very little head, which fades away very quickly. Smells lightly yeasty and very faintly hoppy. Taste is pretty sweet, some hop flavor, very little bitterness. Finishes a little sour, but not too bad. Mouthfeel is a little watery, with some tongue scraping. It's drinkable, but nothing really special.

Tasted this at the Australian Beer Festival.

Compared to its stable mates, this one is disappointing. A bit too malt-driven for the style intended. I would like to to see a greater representation of the appropriate Czech Nobility...

Better examples going around in Australia at the moment, and as I've mentioned, better LC brands going around also.

Must try harder...

Ehh, it's OK. Take it or leave it, I guess.

This beer is nowhere near the kind of quality of the Pale Ale. I think this is an attempt to grab the taste buds (or lack thereof) of the average macro drinker. A clean, crisp beer but just no oomph. Little malt, barely any hops. It's not bad. It's not good. It's just there.

Try harder, guys, please!

Had this brew with Teaser, and it is still a sad reflection on what LCPA had going for it.

Poured a very pale yellow gold with a thick white foamy head, looking good.

Aroma: Citrusy/noble hops (Stirling?), followed by a light grainy maltiness. Very clean, almost German in character, apart from the hops.

Taste: Malty, with a lower bitterness than expected from the aroma. Creamy, with a slight carbonation bite on the tongue. Clean with a dry finish, that becomes grainy/corny as it warms. Sadly not a beer that I'll go out of my way to have again.

Had this at the BEERTOPIA beer show.

Don't know if it was because I was tired by the end or what. But I didn't think too much of this beer. If anything, I thought the hopiness of the beer kicked the crap outta me. NOT GOOD.

A = Pale Straw colour. No foam head.

S = HOP. HOP and yup more HOP.

T = See above.

M = Moderate carbonation made it go down ok. Too bad the HOP kick in the teeth made the beer a bit unpleasant.

D = Wouldn't be one I'd sought out.

Crystal clear light straw in colour, with a small white head that disappeared pretty quickly. Not much in the way of aroma, very slight skunk and a little flowery hops. Flavour is crisp, very subtle hints of hops, with a mildly bitter finish overlaid with I feel is a pleasant toasty malt character. Mouth is light and soft - quite complementary to the subtle flavours. Very easy to drink but probably a little light on in the flavour stake.

My expectations started high when this light golden beer poured with a pure white head and had plenty of carbonation.
The smell was somewhat bland with just a hint of pineapple.
The taste was faintly pineapple znd then a cloying biterness that could , depending on your mood , actually be unpleasant.
I swayed to thinking that it was ok , but I was not convinced.
Overall It was a beer that combined bitter and sour and not a great deal of refreshing attributes.
Pretty disappointing overall but given the quality of their Pale Ale it may deserve another try , come summer .