

The aromas are of lemon, orange, and orange zest as well as floral notes from the Sahpir, Perle, and Hersbrucker hops are fresh and light to the nose. This is a deliciously golden and crisp pilsner from Highland Brewing. Pours clear, drinks smooth, and finishes crisp. You’ll get a toasty, clean and bready malt, indicative of a Czsech pils, yet some hoppy floral notes from the Saaz hops. This is certainly an American style pilsner, with qualities that resemble a pale ale, but with the malty sweetness and clean finish of a true pilsner.Ī brewery known more for its hoppy ales, Lagunitas delivers surprisingly well on this pilsner.Ī little bit assertive with the noble hopes, and a bit unbalanced, this beer comes together as something very easy to drink nonetheless. This sweetness is balanced well with very present spice, lemony citrus, and grassy floral and herby flavor from the hops. The beer has a less than subtle corn sweetness that carries throughout and that I happen to love.

Polestar Pilsner is not short on character. Left Hand never fails to bring good stuff to the table. Overall, this beer has the classically easy to drink smoothness and crisp finish of a great pilsner. You’ll get a little bit of a unique funky aroma and aftertaste that’s a bit sulfury. Mild fruity flavors peek through, giving hints of grapes, apples, and banana, as well as peppery hops. You get some slight notes of cracker-like malts, and light floral and bitter tones from Noble hops. It’s a brilliantly clear, golden pilsner with a light, easy-drinking character. This beer is very smooth and easy drinking.Ī Czech classic, Pilsner Urquell was first brewed in 1842, in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It brings with it a nice sweetness and noticeable hop bitterness that balance each other out well and great hoppy floral notes that carry through. This beer is never filtered, and has a heavy carbonation and great biscuit-like, bready malt aromas. This very malt-forward pilsner from Burial Brewing, in Asheville North Carolina is very clean, effervescent and tasty.

These deliciously balanced beers pack a lot of good flavor and aromas in and finish smooth and crisp. Typically, pilsners use a pilsner malt and Noble hops. These beers are lagers, conditioned at low temperatures, with a stronger hop flavor. Originating from Pilsen, in what is now the Czech Republic, the Pilsner is popular style of beer on the American beer scene. Lifelong beer habitue and homebrew artisan
