Peregrine Pilsner - Mendocino Brewing Company

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.96/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle - $1.49 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a clear, darkish gold body with a tall, airy, white head. Fairly good head retention.

Smell: Scantly grainy accent to the pilsner malt with a sweetish cereal hint to it. Lightly spicy, lightly herbaceous hop character.

Taste: Pils malt with touches of cereal sweetness and (light) graininess. Very soft citrus, bits of hopsice and dried herb from the noble hops. Medium-light bitterness. Gradually, gently drying on the back half and into the crisp finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus, active carbonation.

Overall: Over the years, I've never really found a Mendocino that hit the spot, but this pilsner is quite good. A nice surprise.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2013 01:08:35 | More by ChainGangGuy

Uncle_Jimmy

California

2.53/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.75

Appearance- lotsa head whoa! hazy yellow color and about 4 fingers of white foam. It lingers like merengue . Lots of lacing.

Aroma- bubblegum melon banana some musty yeast.

taste- big carb bite. then kind of a bitter almost burnt grain flavor and then real piney hops. Slightly metalic, maybe oxidised ? I dont know that this should taste the way it does. Even after it has warmed some there still seems to be some off flavors. maybe even slightly out of balance hops to grain. Even a little plastic-y

Mouthfeel- Lotsa Gas, little else

Overall- meh! I dunno maybe I got a bad bottle. I wouldn't pursue this again

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2013 02:33:18 | More by Uncle_Jimmy

UCLABrewN84

California

3.9/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a murky light orange with a foamy bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Thick foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and some grassy and herbal aromas. Taste is much the same with a medium herbal hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp but somewhat medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a good beer but I think it tastes better than it smells.

Serving type: bottle

11-09-2012 05:10:12 | More by UCLABrewN84

Halcyondays

California

4.3/5  rDev +21.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12 oz. bottle,

A: Pours yellow with a medium white head. Extensive lace and good head retention.

S: Sweet note of sour malt, grass, dandelion greens.

T: Solid malt profile, big bready notes, with a nice attacking Saaz play. Grassy, earthy hops, quite good, almost like an Impy pils.

M: Medium-bodied, crisp, firm character, long aftertaste.

O: This is a pretty impressive pilsner. Nice and full-flavoured, intense for the style, well worth a pickup.

Serving type: bottle

10-14-2012 02:51:14 | More by Halcyondays

Brewmaster_Rick

California

4.4/5  rDev +24.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Delicate, clean, quenching, and still brings a brilliant showcase of noble hop character. I was told there are 5 additions of Czech Saaz added throughout the boil, delivering a full-spectrum hop palate experience. Fuller-bodied, dry. Near perfection for the style. I could drink an entire case. Definitely a re-buy. Bring it on.

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2012 18:27:04 | More by Brewmaster_Rick

TheSixthRing

California

4.5/5  rDev +27.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance - Pours a clear, golden straw with a white, 2 finger head. Retention is good, resulting in a thin but sticky lace.

Smell - Smells of grain malt backed by floral hop notes.

Taste - Crisp, clean grain malt flavors upfront, then a big grassy hop cuts through and takes control. Hop bitterness dies down and turns floral, finishing with subtle notes of mellow lemon poking through. Lesser note of caramel/toffee peaks through now and again. Beautiful hop complexity supported by a solid malt backbone.

Mouthfeel - Light to medium body, with lively carbonation tingling the lips, mouth and tongue. Hints of buttery diacetyl, then finishes somewhat dry.

Overall - Mendocino's latest edition, and it's a doozy. One of the more complex, assertive pilsners I've had to date. Only one other pilsner I can can recall that was more aggressive, Rogue's Uber Pils, and that, so far as I know, is no longer in production. A certain future buy, especially on hot summer days.

8/31 - My second foray into this beer, and damn is it incredible! One of the exceptional American made pilsners on the market today, and Mendocino's best beer by far!

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 02:23:28 | More by TheSixthRing