Pilsner
Highland Brewing

Poured from a 12 oz. can into a Goose Island Willi Becher Glass

The beer pours crystal clear golden straw color with about three fingers worth of frothy white head that recedes slowly, leaving behind very little lacing.

The aroma is quite nice and inviting; lightly hoppy, mildly bready, with just the slightest lemony citrus

The flavor is smaller and less impressive; with a grainy sweetness and grassy hop character. it is fairly clean and pleasant, but lacks complexity. Medium/light bodied with a nice level of carbonation.

Overall, this is a decent beer, and is very drinkable, but leaves me wanting something more.

 

12oz can, tulip, canned 3/4/22.

The color is what I’d call blonde, it’s a lighter beautiful gold that seems to have a touch of haze. The head is poofy and white, made up of larger and smaller bubbles, with decent retention.

Crackery with a hint of lemon and minerals, the aroma is effervescent. It’s dry as a bone.

Its as effervescent as promised by the aroma, beginning with a rush of bubbles and light pilsner malt notes before giving the gifts of cut grass, lemon zest hops and a staunch, crisp bitterness.

It’s almost puckeringly dry and the carbonation is delightfully high.

This is a very enjoyable, dry, and flavorful Pilsner.

 

 

 

12 oz. can pours a pale straw clear body with nice full white head that slowly fades down, minimal lacing
smells are fresh crisp pale malt and German hops; much more than the typical bargain pils typically has.
Classic pils flavors, with a touch more complex hops bill that provides a nice little bitter edge. Not quite Urquell, but this is a German style pilsner, and a damn good one. Not perfect, but very good.
Feels great and crushable, clean finishing 5.5 abv local lager that is a solid go to when you just want the hopped traditional pilsner . Makes a great black n tan with their oatmeal porter. A Ballsy killer pilsner for years . Tons of flavor for a pilsner, and consistently a go to if you like German Pilsner. more complex and bodied than others. I love Warsteiner, and this comes in right next to that in terms of body, flavor, character....

 

 

 

On tap. Pours golden with white head. Body is light and crisp. Taste is of grassy, piney hops and biscuit malt. Long dry finish. Nice brew.

Poured from a can (19May2020) into a pint glass

L: pours a perfectly clear very light straw gold (srm ~1-2) with a thick, dense white head. Sticks around for a couple minutes, leaves chunky thick lacing

S: nice, classic lighter pilsner nose. Malt leads, getting fresh bread, biscuit, graham cracker. Slightly sweet. Followed closely by nice noble hop character, floral, herbal, slightly spicy

T: delivers the nose, with the hops and malt coming across almost simultaneously and very well. Bittering noble hop character, earthy and somewhat spicy, playing off of the nice graham cracker/bread malt flavor. Less of that sweet character that I got from the nose. Medium/long finish, slightly drying

F: medium carbonation, light body, moderately drying, crisp, drinkable

O: delicious, full flavored pilsner with great hop and malt character. Drinkable and refreshing

 

 

 

12oz. can poured Into pilsner glass
looks the part - straw gold, clear, bible rising.. nice white head fades out , Lacing is present around the sides...
Aromas are faint today, but wait til the end....Highland always leaves a nice malty aroma in the empty glass.
Classic Pilsner taste, with a crisp, dry body with substance, and peppery hop presence. Almost a touch fuller/smoother than a typical Pils? Very drinkable! This is a real good versatile beer, folks! One of the best US pils I've had yet.
4.25 being "Repeatable, many times". Easily.

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appears Golden yellow, nice lacing and white head that dropped quickly.
Smells lightly bready, floral, lemony.
Taste follows the nose.
Mouth feel is light medium for the style. Nice amount of carbonation.
Overall, a good beer for the style.

Very good pilsner, just a bit shy of outstanding. Pours a pale yellow with full head. Aroma is grassy and malty. Taste follows with a hint of citrus and lime. Light mouthfeel and a crisp, clean, dry finish.

 

 

12 oz can
Pale straw, healthy two fingers head, full lacing
Grassy, malt aromas
Pleasant hop flavors, biscuit, light citrus,
Light and refreshing but full of flavor
My favorite from Highland.

Poured from 12 oz can into schooner glass. A sudsy, thick white head drops slowly with plenty of lacing. Color is clear pale straw. Aroma of grain and grassy hops. Mouthfeel is light and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors: cracker, lightly toasted malt, lemon and grassy hops. Overall: a worthy pilsner.

 

 

 

Appearance - Pours very clear yellow with thick foamy white head that lasts quite a while. Spotty lacing all around the glass.

Aroma - Floral hops, grassy, little sweet malt, some cracker.

Taste - Grassy up front, very mild smooth floral hops, toasted biscuit, little citrus.

Feel - Super light bodied crisp clean.

Overall - Excellent pilsner great flavors so well balanced easy drinking.

 

Very pale, almost clear. A little citrus, a little bready malt, a little pepper perhaps, a grassy/herbal note, and a decent hop finish; it's all there, but very understated, in a good way. A very well balanced, easy drinking pilsner. A clear step above macro brews, and perfect for summer, or when you want good beer but don't want to be beat over the head with it.

Great crisp refreshing beer

 

 

Filled 05/16/18

L- The beer pours a beautiful clear straw with a full four fingers of pure white foam. The head recedes to a thin ring leaving modest lacing.
S- The nose is light both with spicy and earthy hop tones. There is just the slightest hint of sulfur in the backround.
T- Like the nose the hops hit you up front with spicy and earthy tones. The malt is light, but the bitterness I perceived is likewise light overall and it comes across as a balanced beer.
F- Overall mouthfeel is light. Carbonation is only moderate which takes away from the lightness a bit. All in all, it's still an easy drinking beer.
O- A good pilsener overall. It lacks a bit in bitterness and carbonation, but those are my only nitpicks. I'll have no problem finishing the 6 pack. Worth the money if your looking for an American pilsener.

I've had this a couple of times on tap at local restaurants and bars. It is a really good example of the style, though I probably inflate my taste scores by a quarter point when beers are on tap and tasty. I should look for this pilsener in cans because I enjoy the crisp refreshment in the summer.

12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/20/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, peach, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, peach, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a very nice German pilsener. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Really great clean pils malt showcase, with nice earthy hop balance. A bit of fruitiness from the hops; but this is really traditional tasting, spot on stuff for the style. A very enjoyable offering.

 

 

Not worth the time or money. Awful for a pilsner. No hops at all. Highland could do much better. I was very disappointed, tasted bland and very plain.