Tonight's beer: Samuel Adams Double Pilsner
Citrus, backed by flowers and grass and pine: A *lot* of bitterness, really. Some pale bread and a touch of caramel, nowhere near enough sweetness for balance. Maybe some traces of nuts, toffee, spice. Wraps up sharply dry.
A bit thicker than medium-bodied, cently carbonated. Chewy and a little sticky. Tenting toward drying and refreshing; gradually cleansing. Minimal alcohol presence.
Yum. It's been years since I've had a double Pilsner from the Samuel Adams folks, and it's clear my palate has evolves a lot—way back then, the beer was at my limit for bitterness; now, it's tasty. Nicely poised, impressively intense; surprisingly complex: for a single-hop beer, there's a lot going on. Impressively drinkable. I'm always happy to see one of craft beer's Great Old Ones try something a little fringy—push their limits—when they really don't have to. They did good work, here.
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| Samuel Adams Double Pilsner |
Citrus, backed by flowers and grass and pine: A *lot* of bitterness, really. Some pale bread and a touch of caramel, nowhere near enough sweetness for balance. Maybe some traces of nuts, toffee, spice. Wraps up sharply dry.
A bit thicker than medium-bodied, cently carbonated. Chewy and a little sticky. Tenting toward drying and refreshing; gradually cleansing. Minimal alcohol presence.
Yum. It's been years since I've had a double Pilsner from the Samuel Adams folks, and it's clear my palate has evolves a lot—way back then, the beer was at my limit for bitterness; now, it's tasty. Nicely poised, impressively intense; surprisingly complex: for a single-hop beer, there's a lot going on. Impressively drinkable. I'm always happy to see one of craft beer's Great Old Ones try something a little fringy—push their limits—when they really don't have to. They did good work, here.
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