Kross Pilsner - Kross Microbrew Beer (Southern Brewing Company)

5thOhio

South Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle I received from my son & his wife after their visit to Chile. I just finished mowing, and a cold pilsner can't be beat after getting hot and sweaty.


Lovely golden color, seemed a little dark for a pilsner, but well within the style range. Not much head or lacing, but that might have been my pour. Delicate fruity-flowery-malty odor, that says "pilsner" to me.

Taste is crisp with decent balance of hops and malt. The hops come first and then the malt gives a slightly sweet aftertaste. Mouthfeel is solid with lots of carbonation, not watery like some pilsners.

Overall, as good as many other pilsners I've had, definitely a little short of the best. Certainly worth seeking out when you're in Chile, far & above the other Central & South American adjunct lagers, and good enough that I wouldn't turn one down if offered here in the states.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2012 23:23:32 | More by 5thOhio

warnerry

Michigan

3.05/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Bottle 25 Oct 2011

A - Pours a clear straw color with one finger of white head. Head has decent retention and leaves some lacing.

S - Smell is actually somewhat sweet, with only a faint pils malt aroma and even more faint hop presence.

T - A subtle spicy hop bite is quickly overcome with bread and a bit of caramel malt. Only slight hop bitterness on the finish.

M - Mouthfeel is a bit heavy for the style, lacking the light crispness that I prefer.

O - Not a bad beer, but not a oood representation of the style.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2012 03:50:44 | More by warnerry

laituegonflable

Australia

2.58/5  rDev -24.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a golden amber, pretty pale and metallic. Head is off-white, retains a thin film with nice cradle of dense lace. Steady bead; looks like a decent pils.

Smell is malty more than anything. Lots of custardy caramel malt with brown sugar and that dour, cardboardy character behind the sweetness. Slight citric hop, but not enough. Pretty blah.

Taste starts fairly blandly, with gentle caramel malt and slight nutty edge for the most part of the front palate. Develops buttery sweet notes midway, not really pleasant, with a saccharine edge to it. Just fades out on the palate with not a lot of bitterness to cleanse it. A bit cloying on the yeast there, and is really wanting on the pilsnery hops.

Decently full, but to the point of maybe being too full; even sticky. With the lack of hop bitterness, some more fizz would go a long way to cutting through the malt.

Not a great pilsener; lacking in key areas and just too sweet.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2011 00:34:22 | More by laituegonflable

ADZA

Australia

3.35/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This beer pours a golden straw colour perfect for a pilsner and looks well carbonated,the smell of this beer isnt the greatest it just smells like wet grass no really hop smell at all quite an unusual smell i must admit,the taste is quite pleasant and very smooth but def not a pure pilsner it has a slightly more watery finish then i like for a pilsner and the after hop taste is lacking it definately doesnt taste like it has saaz hops in it so i say they must of used a different sort of hop in it but neverless not a bad beer but definately not a world beater.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2009 11:40:50 | More by ADZA