Vital Statistics
Type: Czech Pilsner
Release: Limited Rotating
ABV: 6%
Bitterness: 35 IBU
First released: December 2013
From the brewer
A Perry-Pils hybrid, Piercing Pils is a Czech Style Pilsner brewed with a White Pear Tea and Pear juice. Both the juice and the tea were added in the kettle during the whirlpool (after the boil) for maximum flavor and aroma contribution. The Pear fruit complexity pierces right through the spicy Czech Saaz hops beautifully, adding a gentle acidity to this pale lager that makes for a crisp refreshing sipper. Amarillo hops add nuanced citrus notes that meld perfectly with the fruit.
Average Scores
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Yeasty musty smell. Sweet spongy hoppy body with a musty sort of finish. Tastes like a pilsner.
Lots of funk fragrance, along with a hint of fruit cider. Flavor is all fruit and hop bitterness, almost to the point where I felt a bit like I was drinking soapy water. I mean, it was definitely okay, but it was weird.
Slight funky smell. Medium body malt with a high-bitter finish. After re-reading the label the bitterness is like that of tea tannins.
The aroma hints at pear fruit, which might fool one into thinking this is a Festina Peche, but the taste is all pilsner: light, clear with the right level of bitterness. It's much like those beers that shalt not be logged done right.