Saranac Bavarian Pils
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery

Looks normal, nothing special in the visual category, smell is of pledge lemons, hay, rotten fruit, taste is not bad, a little hoppy for my taste, but not overly bitter, a little sweet in front, tastes heavily of lemons, So-So

 

12oz bottle into Perfect Pint
Bb 12/31/17
L- dark gold, clear, thin white head great retention
S- sweet doughy aroma, floral hops as well
T- sweet bready malt, that is followed by nice floral notes, and goes down in a spicy finish
F- medium-bodied, crisp carbonation
Overall I was pleasantly surprised by this full-flavored and smooth drinking pils

10/6/17...pours clear matted gold, just a few touches of white foam layer on top. Subtle pils nose, light bitter. Grainy. Smooth crisp german pils taste. Cereals, breads, light citrus. Clean fruit finish. Tasty.

Saranac Bavarian Pils 12 oz botlle at 50F poured into a beer glass.

Good looking beer with healthy head and full golden color. There is good lacing. Nice fresh malty and hoppy aroma.

Flavor features fruity, tropical hops inconsistent with either bavarian or pils. Malty body is probably pretty good, but the lasting impression is slight perfume.

OK beer but not what I was looking for. How about some Saaz or Hallertau, or even Mosaic hops?

 

 

 

 

 

 

This pours a clear clean golden tan with a bright white cap of foam that quickly disappears. Lightly hopped aroma and some bready notes. Beer is crisp with a soft and rounded character. All in all not unpleasant and no complains especially for the price.

Pours a clear bright yellow color with a frothy white head, plenty of carbonation as well. The smell is only slightly hoppy. Initial taste is crisp, but full of flavor, with only a slight hop finish, can feel the carbonation in the back of your throat. Overall, this is a great brew, especially on a warm day

 

 

This beer pours a crystal clear bright yellow golden color with a one finger, soapy white head and lots of active carbonation. Retention is moderate and there are whispy webs of lacing left all over the glass.

The smell is bright orange and tangerine. There is also some dough and a green herbalness in the background, but the citrus is front and center.

Taste is the same. Bright orange flavors up front with a bit of dough trying and ultimately failing to balance it out. There is some grassiness midsip and then there is the green herbalness on the finish making it a bit bitter for the style.

Feel is light and crisp with a tingly dry finish.

Overall this is a solid beer. The huge orange hop flavor seems out of place, overly aggressive and not really to style. I am definitely a traditionalist when it comes to pilsners, but don't get me wrong, this is still an enjoyable beer.

 

L: Clear orange with a thin white head. Moderate retention, spotty lacing.

S: Marijuana?!?? Dank, sweet, and grassy. Some orange peel, orange blossom, and biscuit malt as well.

T: Some orange blossom and peel, graininess, minerality, biscuit, floral and grassy finish.

F: Medium-light, well carbonated, dry and chalky finish.

 

Pours perfectly clear, golden yellow with a foamy bone white head. Smells of sweet and simple cracked grain and earthy floral hops. I was expecting a bit more of citrus from the Mandarina Bavaria, but was unable to detect it in the aroma. The citrus does show itself in the flavor a bit, and compliments the sweet bready malt well, and there still is that nice earthy and floral finish you'd expect from a pilsner. Very dry, crisp, clean. Well rounded and balanced. Overall, this is a good pilsner, but not one to replace space in the fridge for the classics. Prost!