Sticke Pilsner - Beer Camp #43 (Best Of Beer Camp: Imperial Pilsner) - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Maxwell

Massachusetts

3.78/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours the color of dehydrated piss and apple juice, yellow with faint hits of rose and brown. The body is quite clear with a large quantity of bubbles racing up from the bottom of the glass. The head pour fluffy white and rocky, with sloppy sticky lacing on the sides. The beer smells light and hoppy, with light citrus and earthy notes playing with each other. Hay-like malt and yeast are also present, but light. The smell is clean and simple, but light with only the barest hint of biscuity flavoring. The beer also tastes clean and simple. It begins with sweet citrus lemon before moving into light syrup sweet malts and then finally closing with heavier hops in the middle and ends of the taste, hinting at earthy and grassy tastes with fainter notes of citrus. Mouthfeel is properly thin, effervescent, and very clean, leaving a slight sticky dry-sweet feeling in the mouth and bitter lingering on the tongue from the hops. The beer is also highly drinkable, and at 5.6% I am left wondering why the hell they chose to call this an imperial pilsner… Overall this is an enjoyable sipper. I could have a few of these over the course of a day or meal and very pleased with myself. The hop character is a little strong for the style, and leads me to look at this as more of an American Pilsner or India Pale Lager than a German Pilsner, but it definitely is tasty and worthy of a try. Yet another fantastic offering from Beer Camp.

Serving type: bottle

10-15-2012 23:55:24 | More by Maxwell

gpogo

California

3.49/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

A- Clear golden yellow body and a white foam cap of head. Constant stream of bubbles.

A- Clean malt light grassy hops.

T- Grainy sweet malt with a light bitterness that comes through more and sticks around in the finish. Not much in the way of hop flavor.

M- Medium body and smooth with an appropriate level of carbonation.

D- It's not bad, but there are better pilsners out there.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 19:03:44 | More by gpogo

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

05-20-2013 16:05:01 | More by InspectorBob

mikeburd1128

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +5.8%

05-12-2013 17:15:01 | More by mikeburd1128

Iamstryker

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +5.8%

05-12-2013 03:26:05 | More by Iamstryker

cadaugherty

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

05-09-2013 00:05:05 | More by cadaugherty

blknikon

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

04-30-2013 19:51:37 | More by blknikon

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

04-29-2013 00:37:09 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

runlikeakenyan

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

04-28-2013 11:51:21 | More by runlikeakenyan

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.8%

04-09-2013 00:28:37 | More by randylangford

Cresant

Kentucky

3.7/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

Poured this 12 oz. into a Samuel Adams glass. 2012 Beer Camp release (from notes). The body was straw colored and clear. The head was thin and bright white.

The smell was grainy. Hay. Sulfur. Skunky in a good, noble hops way. Subtle aromas.

The taste was intense noble hops! bold and grainy. Really leafy and fresh.

The mouthfeel was medium bodied and carbonated. Very good.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2013 15:56:32 | More by Cresant

DMc8ride

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

03-28-2013 22:25:31 | More by DMc8ride

Chucker17

South Dakota

3.25/5  rDev -14%

03-19-2013 18:18:58 | More by Chucker17

Zachtheporter

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +5.8%

03-13-2013 05:38:28 | More by Zachtheporter

CEDAMA

California

4.5/5  rDev +19%

03-12-2013 01:55:11 | More by CEDAMA

His_Royal_Hoppiness

United Kingdom (England)

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

03-10-2013 21:50:37 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness

jamiecoppin

North Dakota

3/5  rDev -20.6%

03-10-2013 17:35:06 | More by jamiecoppin

SenorHops

Rhode Island

3.25/5  rDev -14%

03-06-2013 20:31:02 | More by SenorHops

bubseymour

Maryland

4/5  rDev +5.8%

03-01-2013 12:19:16 | More by bubseymour

Blanco

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.8%

02-19-2013 04:28:55 | More by Blanco

DIPAFAN

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

02-18-2013 20:45:18 | More by DIPAFAN

Thedrizzle

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

02-16-2013 00:46:56 | More by Thedrizzle

JohnnyFire44094

4/5  rDev +5.8%

02-15-2013 03:48:36 | More by JohnnyFire44094

tsco7

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +12.4%

02-13-2013 18:58:26 | More by tsco7

robertrunner

California

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

02-11-2013 03:27:35 | More by robertrunner