Today's beer is a
pilsner kindly sent by
@Leon103...
Aroma
A sweet and pleasant graininess, the hop aroma is herby and earthy, a hint of DMS on the nose but personally I don't mind that in a lager.
Appearance
Very pale straw colour, a little haze (could be because I served it a touch cold), poured with a great head which lasted very well.
Flavour
Very hop led up front with an assertive spicy/woody/earthy flavour and rather prominent but smooth bitterness. Otherwise very crisp, clean, and refreshing. The finish is dry which leaves a very pleasant thirst-quenching effect. The light grainy malt comes through right at the end.
Overall Impression
Getting a light lager right is a tough thing, because there has to be a good balance of what are often relatively subtle flavours. For my taste I think the hop flavour has rather dominated a bit which masks the beautiful bready pils malt flavour that we all know and love. I could be way off here, but to me this drinks more like a pale ale than a pilsner and I'm wondering if this is maybe a pseudo-lager, and I'm also curious about your hop choice. I'm not getting the delicate, floral, noble hop flavour that's typical of the style and I'm wondering if that's down to a large 60 min addition of a low AA hop, or if maybe you've used something less traditional (I'm getting an "English" hop impression), or something else entirely? Anyway these were just my general wonderings as I drank it, and it went down really nicely. I found it very easy to drink, the sort of beer that would be very welcome on a summer day, and even though it's about as far from a summer day as it's possible to get I still enjoyed it, so thanks for sending this mate :hat: