On tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, musky moderate-bodied flagship pilsner brings gluey cardboard-like pale malting to raw-honeyed sour lemon putridity. Lusty carbolic citric spritz negates musty vegetal herbage that wispily seeps into roughhewn bruised orange finish.
Crisp mountain-watered golden-hazed German-styled pils (not to be confused with Alpine Glacier American Lager) betters its similar-named predecessor. Honeyed cereal graining backs up grassy-hopped citric zest. Lemony briskness brightens the overall mood as sourdough, baguette, white rice and sweet corn dalliances overwhelm any metallic solvency.
Modest hybridized fruit-forward Czech pilsner (circa 2013) brings white pear tea and fermented pear juicing to toned down Saaz hop earthiness. Complacent Bosc and Chinese pear subtleties flutter across herbal-nipped florality, leaving sweet ‘n sour lemony grapefruit-orange spritz to contrast depleted husked corn astringency as well as barren chamomile-green tea nuances. It’s like a laid-back pear cider.
Drab spring-watered light pilsner compromises cotton-candied caramel sugaring, sweet corn incentive and soft-toned grassy hop crisping with raw-honeyed mineral grain astringency. Beneath, murky lemon-soured spritz contrasts doughy white bread sweetness. Passive blue-collar fare for indiscriminate tastes.
Commonplace moderate Dutch pils relegates musky grain-husked minerality to pungent hop-embittered skunking. Not far removed from Heineken, only lighter and less evolved taste-wise, its white-breaded pale malt spine dissolves quickly.
Stylistically aggressive dry-bodied Czech pils brings raw-honeyed fruiting to delicate grassy hop spicing. Light lemon-seeded bittering recedes at doughy baguette bottom. Easygoing summer lager for indiscriminate tastes.
On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, mellow yellow-paled light pilsner offers dry-hopped citric influence to grass-stained florality. Soft white wheat spine fades in the distance. Plain, approachable, easygoing and sessionable.
Soft-toned Belgian pilsner brings lemon-salted Saaz hop prickle to sweet orange peel zest, satisfying lighter thirsts with lower expectations. Delicately crisp mineral water soothe proves relaxingly invigorating. But clay-hopped herbal respite and sweet corn alacrity cannot fill the gaping hole minimizing the fragile citric finish.
Musky German-styled pilsner loads astingent dry-hopped bittering atop pungent grain-husked earthiness and brisk lemon tartness for robust quencher. Sturdy toasted rye backbone picks up resinous hardwood grit and wispy perfumed snip. Serve to Czech lager lovers as nifty bohemian alternative.
Sessionable Czech pils (a.k.a. Fizzy Yellow Beer) offers gruff mineral graining and raw-honeyed wheat husk to lemony wood-dried Saaz hops. Skunked yeast bittering scours rustic straw-hay-barnyard parch as herbal nuances wisp by the mild biscuit-y spine.
On tap at Proletariat, refreshing straw-paled dry-hopped light body is tribute to famed wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Musky rye breading and orange-oiled herbal notions outfit the freshly-picked Saaz hops, picking up grassy barnyard acridity by the husked grain finish. Serve to Extra Special Bitter fans as well as discriminate hop heads.
