Bareville Pilsner
Intercourse Brewing Company, LLC

Bareville PilsnerBareville Pilsner
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From:
Intercourse Brewing Company, LLC
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
American Lager
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
72
Avg:
2.88 | pDev: 18.75%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
33
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 10, 2014
Added:
Jun 11, 2008
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Rated: 4 by wrightst from Maryland

Aug 10, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Travcofarms from Pennsylvania

Nov 08, 2013
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Reviewed by wvsabbath from West Virginia

2.58/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Servign Type - Bottle

Appearance - Golden tan/yellow, not much of a head or lacing.

Smell - Pislner malts, yeasts, minor hops, spices, a little grainy, yeasty.

Taste - Malts and yeasts at first drink. Much along the lines of a budweiser with its grainy flavor and low hop profile. Minor spices and a yeasty sweetness.

Mouthfeel - Malts and grains coat tounge, palate gets more of the same. The aftertaste is grainy, sour and yeasty.

Overall - A setup up from a bud or coors, but a step below any craft beer. Not very good, would be something a bud drinker would enjoy. Not worth drinking again, or even finishing.
Mar 01, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by Sipchue from Pennsylvania

Dec 29, 2012
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Reviewed by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania

3.18/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
This beer is okay. It's just too sweet for me personally. No real complexity, as the overall sweet character dominates. This is a good beer for the masses. Catchy name. Etc., etc. (Though, seriously...not very mature and rather crass.) But for my tastes, I'll be moving on to the next.
Aug 20, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by nitter from Ohio

Jun 26, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hyhat from Ohio

Apr 20, 2012
 
Rated: 2 by cynical1027 from Ohio

Feb 22, 2012
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Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania

2.79/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12oz brown screw cap bottle with no identifiable indication of freshness. Poured into a shaped pint glass, this brew appears a perfectly clear light yellow color. A finger and a half of white froth sits atop the brew supported by constantly streaming bubbles of carbonation. Some small patches of lace stick to the glass.

The smell of this brew is quite sweet smelling almost like candy moreso than grain. It has a bit of a pink bubblegum quality about it that has a very faint indication of straw-like grain and another faintest touch of grassy herbal hops. There is not much difference between this intercourse offering and their mount joy light pilsner. Once warm, a light touch of sulfur comes forward.

The taste has as much grainy sweetness as you would expect based off of the aroma. It has a faint cereal grain aspect but primarily hits with a sweetness that is seemingly artificial with a pink bubble gum quality. The sweetness lasts throughout the profile with hardly any other flavoring to analyze. No hop inclusion to be found, no alcohol, no contrasting bitterness. This is a one-trick pony and it doesn't feel like a good ride.

This is a medium to light bodied brew with a modest level of carbonation that at times is a bit prickly and lively on the tongue. The residual sweetness sticks to the tongue and coats it a bit which interferes with the expected crispness to the finish. Instead it is long and drawn out with this sweetness that is borderline unbearable. This brew looks the part and mostly feels the part of what it was going for. However, the flavor and aroma are not worth going back for more.
Oct 19, 2011
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Reviewed by OWSLEY069 from Pennsylvania

3.77/5  rDev +30.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a clean yellow color with a white head. In the aroma, standard lager like with some banana like notes. In the taste, dry banana with notes of a nice Czech hop. A small bite and medium to lighter bodied mouthfeel, with a dry banana like aftertaste. Like a mix of wheat and lager, decent nonetheless.
Sep 14, 2011
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Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio

3.12/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into my pokal, this beer is a completely clear golden yellow color, actually quite a pretty color more like a polished gold bar. It appears spritzy on the pour and the head forms like it would on a soda, with barely even a foam remaining when all's said and done. Vigorous bubbly activity never ceases.
The aroma is light and clean, but with a lightly sulfuric, barely noticeable corn element. Other than that, simple with a light grassiness and grains. It is a little too light to get as much as I'd like out of it, even for the style.
The flavor is, as the aroma suggests, likewise light and clean. Malts seem to toe the line between crackery and biscuity, with a light hops addition for balance that a macro drinker wouldn't find offensive. Grassy and earthy are key notes. At first I don't find this sour or vegetal at all, though I've gotten mixed reviews including the like from others. As it warms, though, a sour flavor develops and lingers in the finish.
Just a note: This, to me, is the reason the APL category had to be created; it's sort of a variation of a Czech pils with enough of a difference to warrant it.
The mouthfeel isn't as spritzy as the appearance would lead me to believe; carbonation is on the higher side of moderate without going too far. As such, each sip begins with a nice, crisp bite that carries all the way through, and a smoothness that keeps coming in and out with it to the finish. Given its cleanliness and its depth considering the lightness of the body, the mouthfeel is really well done for the style until a bit of graininess kicks in.
Not quite a pils, this is a decent little light beer that fits the profile. It may be more for the macro crowd than the hardcore beer crowd, but I think it fits in the gap.
Jun 21, 2011
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Reviewed by sixerofelixir from Ohio

2.53/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
12 oz bottle. Julian code on the back of the neck. I'm one for a dirty joke from time to time, but the name of this brewery and their beers is just idiotic, IMO.

Pours a super clear, lite golden-yellow. Lots of carb trailers but no head after a short while. Smells toasty, sorta sweet, and a little burnt, almost "fumish." Taste is mild sour fruitiness with a touch of cracker. Finishes sour. And this does not taste like a pilsner AT ALL - I'd guess it to be an adjunct lager.. and a mediocre one at that.
Jun 17, 2011
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Reviewed by Ryan011235 from Ohio

2.05/5  rDev -28.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Poured into a Samuel Smith pint glass on 5/24/11

Clear and golden in color. Lots of bubbles clinging to the inside of the glass. Poofy cap of white foam; just over a finger's worth. Much thinner retention. Essentially no lace.

Simple, grainy aroma with some hints of grassiness. Smells crisp enough, though it seems to lean in favor of corn and such. Less pleasant as it warms, think steamed veggies. The grains are diminished in terms of taste and notions of vegetables carries over. Marginally hopped. Artificial, almost aluminum-like finish. Gets worse as it warms. Light in body though it doesn't live up to the initial crispness of the nose. Carbonation seems appropriate.

Starts off pretty bad and gets right cozy with terrible in a hurry. Well over half the glass went down the drain.
May 25, 2011
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Reviewed by IIKaRuII from Ohio

2.81/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Arnolds carry out allowed me to mix and match a 6 pack from these guys. Allowing me to try at least one of each.

A- Label is kinda blan with lots of colors. Hey sex sells i guess right? plane jane cap which saddens me deeply. Pours a typical clear straw yellow. head dissipates as fast as i could pour it. light to no lacing. slight bubbles escaping to the top. The only pretty thing really about the appearance.

S- bready, grainy is the first thing that catches the nose. slight rice smell.

T- malted grains, I taste rice just like the smell. slight yeast taste building up on the back of the tongue..

M- light bodied, smooth with wonderful carbonation. goes down very easy, and is actually pleasant to drink.

O- really this is nothing that special about this. But however it does drink and taste better then many lagers out there. I suppose i could drink something like this again. this is a drinkable pilsner and against its competitors will make for a good competitor
May 08, 2011
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Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia

1.71/5  rDev -40.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
I can forsee just by looking at the label that this isn't much different than Lionshead Pilsner, brewed at the Lion Brewery in Wilkes Barre, PA. Intercourse is the new PA brewed contracted label with names like Bareville and Blueball, why not? The craft brewing revolution has room for everyone right? Pours a fizzy deep yellow golden color with bright white fleeting head, leaves behind a thin layer of lacing around the sides of my mug. Aroma is pretty unassuming, a touch of cooked veggies with a slight metallic/medicinal twang. Flavor has cooked vegetables, light cereal malts, a slightly tart apple note going on, not exactly a clean drinking experience. These are the people that literally screwed the Penn Brewing recipes or at least brewed horrible versions of some of my favorite beers. Mouthfeel is pretty pathetic thin fizzy carbonation going on with a cloying messy lager experience. Overall quality is poor a beer I wouldn't ever choose to drink, just like the Lionshead Pilsner.
May 01, 2011
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Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -30.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
This pilsner was at least better than some out there. I found myself able to put this one down rather quickly. This is a yellow colored brew with a little white head. This beer was light bodies and pretty refreshing. It's still got a little bit of that grassy flavor to it but it suddle enough that I could look passed it.
Apr 04, 2011
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.7/5  rDev +28.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Review from BeerAdvocate magazine Vol. III Issue I:

(The brothers pump their fists in the air as they get ready to taste another lager and then talk about how the US is deprived of small-batch lagers in a big way.)

Pours a crackling white head that drops patchy lacing on the glass. Bright and clear, pale golden-yellow color. A bit of breadiness and creamed corn (DMS) in the nose; other than that, quite clean. Light bodied and very crisp. Both malt and hops are mellow. Hint of doughy biscuit from the malt and a clean sharpness from the hop bitterness to even the malt out. Very clean palate throughout with only a smidgen of cooked corn character in the middle. Finishes very dry with some lingering graininess.

This one will give the Retro Lagers a run for their money. A very clean lager--basic, refreshing and tasty.
Sep 20, 2010
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Reviewed by thecarster1 from Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
a- bottle poured into a tasting glass, small head leaving behind a bit of lacing, light golden coloring.

s- sweet grain, with a slight bit of fruity hops.

t- not a really complex taste here, grainy, with a bit of sweetness and smoothness in there. very little hops.

m- light and smooth.

d- okay, glad to have tried this but probably wouldn't drink this again.
Sep 12, 2010
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Reviewed by Seanibus from California

2.7/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Not shameful, but not anything particularly inspiring either, particularly considering the all-star tradition of Pilsners in Pennsylvania.

Pours clear with a lively carbonation and a medium white head that fizzes away quickly. The aroma is malty with a little whiff of sulfur. The flavor is light, fairly sprightly, with a little sulfur and a slight metallic tang. There is very little hop character, though it does finish relatively clean. The mouthfeel is thin.
Mar 17, 2010
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Reviewed by BeerSquid from Pennsylvania

2.22/5  rDev -22.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with this one. I find it just lacks anything special.
Poured from 12oz bottle into pint glass.

A- Golden-yellow, pours with no head and no lacing as its drunk.

S- Nothing special, minerals.

T- Its okay.. just nothing really notable. Barley.

M- Carbonation is good, holds what little flavour the is well.

D- I wouldnt get it again. Thats about it.
Feb 25, 2010
Bareville Pilsner from Intercourse Brewing Company, LLC
Beer rating: 72 out of 100 with 33 ratings