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Beer Review: Sam Adams Noble Pils
Mar. 28th, 2011 09:49 pmI'll admit: I erred. I served this at cellar temperature, and it really should have been chilled. The rest of these bottles are going into the fridge. I don't care how many noble hops are in this pilsner; pilsners should always be served cold.
But I did the right thing by pouring this into a pilsner glass. This is one gorgeous beer. Very pale yellow, but perfectly clear, with just enough effervescence to keep an aromatic head. And the aroma is quite complex, so you want the wider rim of the pilsner glass to let that out.
The foretaste is bitter, and the backtaste is bitter. This is one of those times when I wish my palate were able to distinguish more notes, because I could tell that the blend of hops was delivering more than I was getting. But the overall blend is quite good, in a bitter way. (I warned you about the bitters, right?)
This is the kind of late spring or early summer beer that would go great with just about any kind of appetizer or entrée.
But this is light-bodied, so if you were after a beer you could really chew, this ain't it.
I'd give it 7 out of 10, but I'm not really sure what my units are.
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But I did the right thing by pouring this into a pilsner glass. This is one gorgeous beer. Very pale yellow, but perfectly clear, with just enough effervescence to keep an aromatic head. And the aroma is quite complex, so you want the wider rim of the pilsner glass to let that out.
The foretaste is bitter, and the backtaste is bitter. This is one of those times when I wish my palate were able to distinguish more notes, because I could tell that the blend of hops was delivering more than I was getting. But the overall blend is quite good, in a bitter way. (I warned you about the bitters, right?)
This is the kind of late spring or early summer beer that would go great with just about any kind of appetizer or entrée.
But this is light-bodied, so if you were after a beer you could really chew, this ain't it.
I'd give it 7 out of 10, but I'm not really sure what my units are.
(Sponsor me in the BARCC walk.)
