4 Noses Beer Project: Wild Provisions

I'm psyched for this place. It might as well be a million miles from me, but I need to go.

 

Premium Pale Lager (PPL) delights the palette. Pours a gorgeous pale gold. A three finger white fluffy head retains itself well. Pleasant, but faint, bread smell. The almost watery mouthfeel is given some perceived fullness from the natural carbonation. This is a clean beer; The water at the base of the beer is dialed in. A Saaz flavor showcase: earthy, herbal, and spicy. I can't speak to the authenticity, as I've never been to Czechia (whatever you call it). All I know is that I likey very much. So yeah, I'll be drinking this on the reg.

 

I very slowly drink another Premium Pale Lager (PPL) this afternoon. Most of the can threatened toward room temperature by the time I got my act together. It turned out to be kismet: PPL is a good slow sipper. Without question, I like my lagers cold; as they raise in temperature, my level of drinking pleasure goes down, but not with PPL. The beer's body is enriched by a slightly warmer temperature and the malts shine through with tasty cereal notes.

 

are these cans available down here in Denver or am I driving to Wild Provisions?

 

I ordered them to go from the brewery. I live on the north side of Denver, so it's not too bad of a drive (about 30 min). Given the ubiquity of 4Noses, it seems reasonable that Wild Provisions will make it around town, but I'm not sure. It's worth the trek if you have a free day.

 

With traffic being reduced (at least for now), I think I'm going to brave that trek in the next week or two. You simply don't encounter open fermented lagers very often outside the old world. It's not even that common there. I've only seen it at smaller places in Germany and Austria. For that matter, you don't even really encounter Czech beers much outside of that country. We're fortunate to have Seedstock, but this seems like a whole other level from a technical standpoint.
It looks like Upslope is literally across the street, so there's an option to grab some cans there, too.

 

Huge fan of 4 Noses!

Can’t wait to get there or find some cans. Love the concept and feel like its an actual progression from a technical standpoint as well...

combine this with cerebral’s foeder lagers and the host of other great lagers being made on the front range, and you gotta happy manbear

 

does anybody know if they're selling them at the original 4 Noses?

EDIT: Sheesh, I guess I could just call tomorrow. Can't believe how lazy I am.

 

I made it on Saturday and left impressed. We only tried the Tmave and Premium/Pils, but both were fantastic. So much so that my wife and I each tried both and snagged a pair of 4-packs. We didn't even really consider the sours after the first couple sips. Seems like that's what most other people were drinking, though. They had a whole bunch of 4 Noses beers some folks were drinking, too. Those lagers are all about the depth of flavor and texture. Simple stuff (at least in theory), but executed wonderfully. I've never been to Czech before, but the beers were on par with the Czech and Czech-style beers I've tried elsewhere...including next door in Germany.
The pils is hoppier than Urquell, Staropramen, and Zatec, but it isn't bitter or punchy. They mentioned a couple tweaks they were planning for authenticity, and I bet they dial the saaz back a hair. It's still less hoppy than like 90% of American takes as-is.

Anyway, I give Wild Provisions a major thumbs up on the lager front. No clue about the other stuff. Oh yeah - not only is Upslope close, Uhl's is, too.

 

I saw Uhl’s Vienna lager on a shelf at my local the other day and almost got a single of it, but I’d never heard of them before, so I decided not to. Sounds like you’d recommend them?

 

So, all I've ever had from them have been hoppy beers and a big, spiced stout. They've been good. The brewer/owner has been part of the CO beer scene for a long time, too. I dunno about much else, but I'd trust 'em for new school stuff.