Bell Bottling Company Goldfinch Strong Premium Beer

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I toured Banjul, a city in The Gambia. Towards the end of the tour, we stopped at a local resort restaurant for a beverage. They had the local Bell Bottling Company Goldfinch. This is a 5% ABV premium strong beer. I drank this Goldfinch straight from the bottle. This Pilsner beer is golden in color with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet and malty. The flavor has a strong malt-sweet taste. This has a medium-bodied mouthfeel. This beer then comes to a strong malt finish. The aftertaste is sweet but a little less sweet. Overall all I enjoyed Goldfinch. I give this one an A- and would recommend this beer if you are in The Gambia. It has a nice malty backbone with just the right amount of sweetness. Refreshing too. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Koninklijke Grolsch Premium Lager

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This 5 % ABV Lager beer from Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands is Grolsch Premium Lager. This beer comes in a green glass bottle with a rubber swingtop. Grolsch is a traditional pilsner that has been dry-hopped. This pilsner pours golden with a one-finger foamy head of white. The aroma is a little sweet with tiny biscuit notes. The flavor is also sweet and warm. The flavor is smooth and clean. This is an easy-drinking beer. The beer has a light-bodied feeling in the mouth. Then it finishes clean with a little warmth and sweetness. There is not much on the aftertaste but a fading warmth. This is a decent beer with an interesting bottle. Grolsch Premium Lager is a low B-. I found nothing offensive with this pilsner. But I have had better ones and yet I would recommend Grolsch. You can have three or more. It’s not bad. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sierra Nevada Premium Pils Craft Lager

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I have heard that Sierra Nevada was going to make a Pilsner beer. I kept my eye out for Sierra Nevada Premium Pils Craft Lager. I found this at my local Harris Teeter grocery store, along with another Sierra Nevada beer (stay tuned for that). This beer has a 4.7% ABV and comes in 8.4-ounce cans. This beer is packaged in eight packs. This Pilsner is more akin to a German Pilsner. Traditionally, in Germany, they would serve a pilsner in a smaller glass to keep it cold and preserve its great taste. Pilsner malts, Sapphire, Crystal, and Lupulin hops are used. They also use Lager yeast. This pilsner pours gold with an almost two-finger white head. The aroma is slightly bitter, citrusy, and light on hop aroma. The flavor is slight hoppiness, crisp citrusy notes, and some sweet notes. This has a light-bodied mouthfeel. The finish of this pilsner is lightly fruity with some bitterness, but it is a cleaner finish. Then you come to an aftertaste that is less bitter than the finish, with some citrusy notes. This is a delicious Pilsner beer, which I give an A. I have had more flavorful and bolder Pilsners, but those are more of an “American” style of Pilsners. Most “American Pilsners originated from German or Czech Pils. I do recommend this Premium Pils from Sierra Nevada. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Contrition Pilsner

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Contrition Pilsner from Burial Beer is a 4.8% ABV beer with 100% German Pilsner Malt, hopped with Grugiest, Saaz, and Hallertau Blanc hops. Burial Beer is in Asheville, North Carolina (Burialbeer.com). I am seeing a little uptick in the amount of Pilsner beer on store shelves. This beer came from Total Wine (totalwine.com). This Pilsner pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is clean and crisp. It also has some bready and malty notes. The taste is clean and crisp. There are light, sweet notes, bread, and malt notes. This beer is light in the mouth. Then this Pilsner finishes with a nice crispness that is clean with light malt notes. The aftertaste is more of the finish, but it trails off and doesn’t linger. This beer is a good, refreshing German-style pilsner that gets a B+. The overall flavor of this Pilsner does not jump at your taste buds. It tastes good. I would recommend Contrition Pilsner from Burial Beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

king Canary Brewing Co. Under The Toucan Sun Italian Pilsner

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I’ve been seeing more and more Italian Pilsners around. Italian Pilsners are gaining popularity, and perhaps that is because the majority of the craft beer industry has focused on IPAs. Italian Pilsners are dry-hopped pilsners that use German noble hops. These hops aren’t very bitter, but when they are dry-hopped, they release a small amount of hop bitterness. This style originated in Italy. Well, Under The Toucan Sun didn’t originate in Italy, but in Mooresville, North Carolina, from King Canary Brewing Co (www.kingcanarybrewing.com). This beer is 5.1% ABV and made with Adriatic Pilsner Malt and a blend of noble and American hops. I bought this beer from Reid’s Fine Foods at Southpark Mall (www.reids.com). This beer pours bright yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is a little bitter, with crisp and floral notes. The flavor has a lemon-like note, with some bitterness. It is crisp, clean, and herbal, too. This Pilsner finishes with some bitterness, and it has a floral, herbal, and light lemon aftertaste. This beer is good, but it is a little more bitter than some Italian Pilsners. This beer was still good, and it’s a B-. Yes, you should be drinking this Italian Pilsner. I recommend it! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer X Halfway Crooks Beer Sturdy Belgian-Style Pilsner

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This Belgian-Style Pilsner, Sturdy, is a collaboration between Burial Beer (Charlotte, NC) and Halfway Crooks Beer (Atlanta, GA) for Burial’s 12th anniversary. This beer is 5.5% ABV, brewed with Belgian Pilsner malt from Dingemans in Belgium. This Pilsner is hopped with Brewers Gold. I went down to South Carolina and purchased this from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). They have a good selection of beer/craft beer. I recommend shopping there. This Pilsner pours a golden color with a two-finger, slow-rising white head. The aroma is dry, crisp, herbal, and biscuity. The taste is crisp, dry, herbal, and biscuity. It has a very light bitterness. The herbal flavor comes from the Belgian Pilsen malt and the hops. That is a good flavor. This beer has a light mouthfeel. This beer has a light herbal dry finish with a delightful dry note. The aftertaste is crisp yet dry and biscuity. This beer is interesting, and I give an A. A different take on a Pilsner. It is one that you should have. So get Sturdy Belgian-Style Pilsner. Please stay safe, be kind to one another, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Divine Barrel Brewing Czech Pils Czech-Style Pils

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Brewed in Charlotte, North Carolina, by Divine Barrel Brewing, Czech Pils is a Czech-style pils or Bohemian Pilsner that comes in at 5.2% ABV, available in a summer release (divinebarrel.com). I found this pilsner locally at Total Wine (totalwine.com). This Pilsner pours a yellow color with a two-finger, sticky white head that leaves behind beautiful, thick, foamy lacing. The aroma has a bitterness to the nose and is malty, biscuity, and crisp. The flavor is light on bitterness, sweet, biscuity, clean, and with mild carbonation. This has a light feel in the mouth. Then it finishes with a light, bitter yet sweet flavor. The aftertaste is light sweetness, biscuity, and clean. This is a good beer. I am not a fan of the light bitter note. I give this Czech Pils a C+. You can go and get this one, but I would not rush out for it. I will say it’s good for a hot day, it’s refreshing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibility! Cheers!

Hopfly Brewing Co. Blender Series Bootleg Fireworks

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Saturday, I found a new bottle shop Frank’s Beer Shop (Franksbeershop.com) in Charlotte, North Carolina. They don’t have big draft selections. But they do have a good selection and single cans to enjoy there. They also have packaged beer to go. I bought Hopfly Brewing Co. Bootleg Fireworks. This is a Blender series fruited sour beer. This beer is 6.5% ABV. This beer has Key lime, lemon, raspberry, and cherry. This beer pours a deep red and has a one-finger deep pink head. This beer pours slightly thick. The aroma is of cherry, lime, and lemon fruit. It is tart and sour-smelling as well. The taste is of lime, cherry, lemon, and raspberries. The flavor is also sweet, sour, and tart. This beer finishes the same way it starts. The aftertaste is tart/sour fruit that lingers. This is a good fruited sour beer that I give an A+. I recommended it too. It has good fruit sour flavors that aren’t too strong. It was delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Divine Barrel Brewing Kellerpils

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Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing (https://divinebarrel.com) in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 5% German-style Kellerpils Lager. Keller means cellar in German. Kellerpils is a Cellared Pilsner that is unfiltered and unpasteurized. I bought this beer from the local Whole Foods Market. This beer pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a one-finger, steady fading white head. The aroma is lemony, sweet, and crisp. The taste is sweet, crisp, with a faint hoppy note. Some light lemon flavor also grows and lingers a bit on the aftertaste. It’s not a strong lemon flavor. The aftertaste is crisp and slightly yeasty/sweet. This is a delicious Kellerpils. I give this an A. It is close to real German Kellerpils, just not as bold. I would not pass up the opportunity to drink this Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Co. Bohemian Pilsner

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Bohemian Pilsner from Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina (https://burialbeer.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqJOrM9CbYCxpAdNizGO9TiC4ofYyJeIzBK9laNMvKWXqztqEa9) is a Czech-inspired Pilsner. This 4.9% ABV Pilsner has Bohemian Pilsner and a touch of Vienna malts. It is hopped with Saaz, HBC-1334, before cold conditioning in lager tanks. This beer pours yellow with a two-finger pillowy white head. This head doesn’t seem to fade and leaves behind beautiful lacing throughout the Pilsner glass. The aroma is sourdough bread, with a light sweetness, and clean. The flavor is also of sourdough bread, with some sweet notes, and a clean finish. The finish is also semi-sweet, but that fades pretty quickly. The aftertaste is faded bread notes that do linger for a moment. This is a delicious Pilsner. It is an A+. This is a beer you can have a few of. It is a good sessionable Pilsner that I highly recommend. You can find this at Southern Spirits (https://www.southernspirits.com) and Total Wine (totalwine.com). Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!