Captain James Jack Pilsner - The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

dvmin98

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

10-19-2012 17:02:59 | More by dvmin98

smithj4

New York

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

06-02-2013 01:02:17 | More by smithj4

metter98

New York

3.99/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Carolina Beer Company, Charlotte Airport Terminal D

A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has a slight amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a thin bright white head that died down and left a patch of bubbles on the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderae aromas of bready and cracker malts are present in the nose along with faint hints of floral hops.
T: Like the smell, the taste is a bit malty and a little sweet. The cracker malts stand out in particular. Hints of yeast and spices are present.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and a little clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This is a nice pilsner. The cracker malts make it unique when compared to the bready malt flavors that dominate the style.

Serving type: on-tap

05-26-2013 13:47:29 | More by metter98

Cylinsier

Pennsylvania

3.96/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Tap at the brewery.

Pours a light gold with a white head that dissipates to a lacing.

Light citrus and grassy malt aroma.

Flavor of citrus, grassy malts, and lemongrass.

Light body with mild carbonation on the tongue.

Solid, flavorful pils, very sessionable, definitely worth having.

Serving type: on-tap

04-15-2013 23:14:26 | More by Cylinsier

n2185

North Carolina

4.04/5  rDev +2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: pours a clear yellow with two fingers of white head that fades into a thin ring with little lacing.

S: pilsner and crstal malts on the nose with sweet bread and biscuit aromas. Slight piny hop aromas well.

T: pilsner malts with sweet breads and biscuity flavors. Piny hop flavors bring up a clean finish.

M: light body with medium carbonation, this beer is light, crisp, and refreshing.

O: a good pilsner overall. Clean, tasty, and refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 21:49:15 | More by n2185

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at the brewery. Served in a Pils glass. Pour a clear gold, with a sudsy bright-white cap that leaves back a healthy amount of rich lacing down the sides. Smells fresh, leafy and spicy, with a zesty citrus presence that is mostly lemon. The taste has a tight and zesty citric bitterness that zips the tongue. An equally tight malt backbone works with that citrus, giving this tanginess across the back. Spice lingers in the finish. The feel is medium and lively in the mouth with a fair amount of sharpness to the carbonation. I think that the hoppiness of this style of Pils holds back the overall drinkability of this for me a bit but there is no doubt that this is extremely well made for what it is. Another very solid beer here from the OMB.

Serving type: on-tap

03-12-2013 17:11:22 | More by Kegatron

B33R

5/5  rDev +26.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Love It!  
                                                                          

Serving type: on-tap

02-09-2013 00:32:10 | More by B33R

jorrx003

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

01-13-2013 22:05:15 | More by jorrx003

Todd

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +7.3%

01-12-2013 06:06:48 | More by Todd

VncentLIFE

North Carolina

4.28/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Ive heard so many good things about this beer, and now I finally get to try it! Bottled on Nov. 16.

Nice clear yellow body. Initially, it had a soda pop fizz (hell it even sounded like pop), now theres a shell of the once 3/4 inch bright white head and a small amount carbonation.

Slick, grainy malt dominate the smell. Slight earthy hops and malt round out what is a light, slick, drinkable German Pilsner.

Earthy malt dominates the taste exactly like it should. Earthy, spicy noble hops just come and go intermittently, and i love it. Very slick taste and feel, which nicely balances out the super earthy characteristic from the malt and spicy, herbal hops.

This is a very good German Pilsner, and precisely what Ive come to expect from Olde Mecklenburg. Well done, guys!

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2012 18:50:12 | More by VncentLIFE

TheInfamousElGuapo

4/5  rDev +1%

11-24-2012 19:42:31 | More by TheInfamousElGuapo

wedge

North Carolina

3.9/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

@ Olde Mecklenburg

Served in a tall pilsner glass, appears pure gold with a small, frothy white head on top. Nice drippy lacing. Aromas of flowers, light spice, cereal grain, and biscuits. Fresh, crisp floral hop flavor over some light crackery grain and dough. Light bodied and very crisp. Another quite authentic take on a classic German style from these guys. Super drinkable and refreshing.

Serving type: on-tap

11-05-2012 17:08:55 | More by wedge

GFish

Virginia

4/5  rDev +1%

11-03-2012 21:27:46 | More by GFish

steveh

Illinois

4.28/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

More from the East Coast -- the typical Olde Meck 19 ounce bomber, bottled on 8.21.12.

A -- Pours a brilliant, clear gold with a firm, creamy and long-lasting, off-white head.

S -- Mellow bready malts with light DMS back. Maybe the vaguest of citrus hops in the finish.

T -- Fresh, bready malts up front with a mild tinge of spicy to lightly citrus hops in the middle, finishing with a smooth cracker character and lightly bitter hops in the aftertaste.

M -- Mouthfeel is soft and smooth with a light body and lightly dry finish.

O -- A very nice brew in a style that's difficult to recreate away from the source. The lingering, but not overpowering bitterness in the aftertaste along with the dry finish -- on top of the great malt breadiness, make this a very nice German-style Pilsner. This is a great, afternoon in the beer garden sort of beer. Nothing vying for your attention but the easy-to-drink characters.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 20:59:42 | More by steveh

buckyp

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

09-26-2012 10:17:40 | More by buckyp

Lob

North Carolina

1.25/5  rDev -68.4%

09-04-2012 13:04:34 | More by Lob

arparker89

4/5  rDev +1%

09-01-2012 01:32:20 | More by arparker89

AnalogReigns

North Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

OK, I admit, I'm friends with the employees and owner of Olde Meck... but this really is a superior Pilsner.

REAL Pilsner--in the brewer world--really is, as a large American-originated (but now foreign owned) brewery calls it's caricature of it, "the champagne of beers." Unlike that excuse of a beer...a solid good pilsner...is the ultimate of the brewer's art.

For some reason...the American craft-beer revolution--has been all about EXTREMES. Extremely hoppy...extremely dark....extremely (imperially) stout... Whatever the style is, craft-brewers in the USA, HAVE to be over the top....

Even the big guys, AB/Miller/Coors/PBR etc. are EXTREMELY...bland, mild & tasteless.

TRUE Pilsner, however, as the Germans & Czechs invented it...is extremely...refined, balanced...and un-extreme. Hence the irony, how in the world does one become EXTREME in perfection?

Enough philosophy: This beer is an EXCELLENT example--in AMERICA no less...of what German & Czech tastes consider the finest permutation of beer.

It is incredibly well balanced--one can simultaneously taste the noble hops and the fine German malt--and has a terrific aroma, and light bread aftertaste. Drinking this beer is a trip to Germany.

If you DON'T like it (and many craft-beer aficionados have a hop-&-other-extremes-burned-out palate....)--than you really should consider yourself NOT one who understands fine beer, period.

Prost!!!

Serving type: on-tap

08-03-2012 17:06:53 | More by AnalogReigns

Reagan1984

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

07-29-2012 23:11:26 | More by Reagan1984

PhillyStyle

Georgia

4/5  rDev +1%

07-28-2012 14:58:42 | More by PhillyStyle

KerMUDGEon

North Carolina

3/5  rDev -24.2%

07-22-2012 03:41:19 | More by KerMUDGEon

trevorpost

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -17.9%

07-13-2012 01:23:27 | More by trevorpost

jbarbou9

5/5  rDev +26.3%

07-10-2012 23:51:09 | More by jbarbou9

jak

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +1%

07-08-2012 22:46:01 | More by jak

swh1972

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -5.3%

05-31-2012 21:58:20 | More by swh1972