Precious Pils
Amnesia Brewing

This was originally set to be Amnesia’s flagship beer though with months and months of delay, it’s unclear whether Precious Pils now serves that purpose. Amnesia is a dark bar – not the kind of place you could read a book, and not very accommodating towards observing the visual details of the house beer. As best I could tell, Precious appeared to be pale gold, perhaps with a measure of copper. The head and lace were marginal.

Precious starts with good intentions. There is initially a dry malty flavor along Bohemian lines with a grainy, slightly sulfury smell. But the bittering can be a bit drab and the finish is downright unappealing. The intricacies of the style’s deceptive simplicity are not at all present. Something here is definitely pointing in the right direction -- without actually going there. But the aftertaste just kills it. Honestly, this beer leaves a bad taste in my mouth; one that is meaty, sulfury, and foul. Pass.