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Lagunitas: Pils (Czech Style Pilsner)

This Bohemian pilsner is/was brewed by Lagunitas in Petaluma, California, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 60.2%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 6.20%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

(bottle) Pours a clear light yellow/gold with just a light amount of splotchy white constituting the head. Aroma is bready, but it also smells like green olive brine which was a little bit odd. Taste is also strongly bready and grainy, with a decent amount of hop bitterness in the finish to balance against the bread. Gets sweeter as it warms. T
Experienced on tap in a shaker glass. The beer pours a lightish amber color, with a low white head. The nose shows a touch of traditional bready malt character, but lacks the floral hop aroma found in classic examples of the style. Instead, the aroma almost resembles a macro-brew, rather than a traditional Czech pilsner. The palate is malt-forw
(bottle) Pours a clear light yellow/gold with just a light amount of splotchy white constituting the head. Aroma is bready, but it also smells like green olive brine which was a little bit odd. Taste is also strongly bready and grainy, with a decent amount of hop bitterness in the finish to balance against the bread. Gets sweeter as it warms. T
Experienced on tap in a shaker glass. The beer pours a lightish amber color, with a low white head. The nose shows a touch of traditional bready malt character, but lacks the floral hop aroma found in classic examples of the style. Instead, the aroma almost resembles a macro-brew, rather than a traditional Czech pilsner. The palate is malt-forw
Clean, floral hop aroma. Excellent combination of light but discernible malt flavor and hoppy bitterness. A little dilute on the aftertaste. More bitter than your garden-variety pils but thats the California fashion.
Clean, floral hop aroma. Excellent combination of light but discernible malt flavor and hoppy bitterness. A little dilute on the aftertaste. More bitter than your garden-variety pils but thats the California fashion.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
6th Jul 2014 at 7:20 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 6.20 medium golden and slightly cloudy Taste: 90.59%
Head: 80%
Aroma: 68%
Ease: 82.22%
Clarity: 70%
 60.195% biscuity-caramel 538

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Other Beers (etc.) by Lagunitas

Apart from Pils (Czech Style Pilsner), Hop Horizons lists 20 others by Lagunitas. These are:
12th of Never Ale
A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
A Little Sumpin' Wild Ale
Brown Shugga'
Day Time Ale
High West-ified Imperial Coffee Stout
Hop Stoopid Ale
India Pale Ale (5.7% version)
India Pale Ale (6.2% version)
Lucky 13
Maximus
Mothers
Olde Gnarly Wine
Petaluma Fuzz
Scare City 4 - Imperial Wheat Wine
Sucks Brown Shugga' Substitute
The Censored Rich Copper Ale
The Waldos' Special Ale
Undercover Shutdown
Wilco Tango Foxtrot

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