Mongozo Premium Pilsener - Mongozo B.V.

Garin

Alberta (Canada)

3.08/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Finally, an enjoyable gluten free beer!

I can no longer tolerate "regular" beer, sadly. Even just one ties me up in knots for days. Mongozo's pilsener has almost literally saved my sanity. Yes, it has barley malt on the ingredients, but for me the proof is in my lack of reaction to it. Though to be fair: I'm not one of these ultra-sensitive types that bind up at the merest touch of a dust-grain of flour, say. "contamination" doesn't bother me.

Sure, this beer is a touch on the sweet side -- but so are many macro lagers. However, this beer has a decent bitterness and aromatic hoppiness to it that counteracts it decently.

It lacks a bit in body, but again -- it's no worse than a macro. Plus it is unquestionably refreshing, clean, and crisp. The head disappears quickly, but it does leave an attractive lacing on the glass.

There isn't anything particularly remarkable about this beer, which I suppose is the point. It tastes like a decent, low-key lawnmower beer -- there's even an interesting bit of a grassy hit in the hops. I like it.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2012 04:55:02 | More by Garin

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -7.1%

04-13-2013 06:12:08 | More by schopenhauerale

janubio

Spain

2.98/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

330 ml. bottle. Clear golden colour with a head that fades away too soon. Smell is mainly hops, like a classic pilsner should, with some toasted mal notes. Great. But... light body, not much carbonation and a taste that is mainly hops too, but leaning to the sweet side. Not bad, but I think it's trying to be something between a mass market beer and a good not so much commercial one. And it fails. Gluten free.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 17:21:49 | More by janubio

Ivanhoes_Backpack

New Brunswick (Canada)

2.5/5  rDev -15.5%

03-11-2013 15:05:05 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack

safaricook

Netherlands

2.5/5  rDev -15.5%

02-14-2013 19:29:55 | More by safaricook

artemh

Alberta (Canada)

1.25/5  rDev -57.8%

01-02-2013 07:32:25 | More by artemh

Thundermug

Prince Edward Island (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +43.6%

10-07-2012 03:03:40 | More by Thundermug

nicsman

3.5/5  rDev +18.2%

09-29-2012 03:21:33 | More by nicsman

Jose9e

Netherlands

2.75/5  rDev -7.1%

07-30-2012 11:30:26 | More by Jose9e

benfons

Belgium

3.48/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: clear golden colour; nice head that sets too fast.

S: smells like a pilsner should; some hops, some grains, smells rather sweet though

T: sweet, but still a lot of grains and hops that gives enough bitterness

M: rather thin like most lagers, but good carbonation

O: good, descent lager, nothing more to say

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2012 20:24:17 | More by benfons

rekel

Netherlands

3/5  rDev +1.4%

11-30-2011 17:04:56 | More by rekel

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

2.95/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

330ml bottle. Can't quite see how this is gluten-free when there is barley malt in the list of ingredients.

This beer pours a clear, very pale golden colour, with one finger of fast disappearing thin foamy white head, which leaves a band of coral reef lace around the glass. It smells of mildly sweet grain, and floral, weedy hops. The taste is dry rice, faint barley grain, and musty floral hops. The carbonation is moderate, and a bit fizzy, the body light, but not particularly thin, smoothness precluded by the carbonic zip. It finishes just off-dry, the leafy, musty hops doing more to overshadow a wilted malt than anything.

While a mite bit better than other gluten-free offerings out there, this is still a pretty pallid pilsener. It seems to be pointed in the right direction with the somewhat robust hops, but the overall effect is still muted. Zingy and crisp, this is not. Average and conditionally drinkable - sure, why not.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2011 23:46:37 | More by biboergosum

RuudJH

Netherlands

3.55/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Mongozo fair trade beer, 33 cl. bottle.
Glutenfree (barley and rice).

Pale golden colour, ok carbonation in a clear beer. Fluffy white head.
Smell of grassy, but also some floral components.
Taste is rather faint. Malt notes are very modest. The hop is well integrated.
The whole aftertaste is mild bittersweetness.
This pilsner is well balanced and crafted.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2011 11:13:54 | More by RuudJH