Mama's Little Yella Pils - Oskar Blues Brewing Company

swizzlenuts

Wisconsin

4.58/5  rDev +26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

As a huge fan of Dale's Pale Ale, I had to check out Mama's little yella Pils. The beer is slightly cloudy when I pour it into a glass, which makes me slightly upset, because it's a Pilsner. I expect it to be brilliantly clear, but it's the 'right' colour more or less. I look and it and I think, "this is giong to be a mediocre pilsner", but when I smell it my whole perspective is changed. It's foral, bready, and spicy. Everything I expect. It's not as pungent as a Prima Pils, but it's very nice. It's everything I expect in a Bohemian Pilsner.

What happens after I take a sip of this beer? Well, to put it bluntly, fucking bliss. The combination of bready malts and spicy floral hops is brilliant. Behind everything is a sweetness that just blows me away. Seriously. Every time I take a sip or gulp of this beer there is a different flavour that makes me like it even more. I know my review will sound like this is an A+++ would buiy/drink again beer, but there is a slight part of it that takes away from a World Class Beer. First is it's not doing anything above and beyond a Pilsner Urquell or Prima Pils. It's tasty and solid, but besides being canned I see no reason to purchase this if I had a choice between Prima Pils (I know comparing it to the best pilsner in the US is wrong, buit you probably get my point). This beer is fucking awesome, but nothing above and beyond what a Pilsner should be. Just spot on to the style.

Mouthfeel? Pretty fucking ace. Drinkability? I don't think you can get any more perfect than this beer. It's a beer that I could drink all night, all day, and all morning!

Serving type: can

09-06-2009 07:28:24 | More by swizzlenuts

baklo

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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sanitarium16

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

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horsecorosous

Michigan

4/5  rDev +10.8%

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bdtva

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

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KYGunner

Kentucky

3.65/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Need I say the color is yellow, but this Pilsner sets itself apart with a thick nearly congealed head.

The scent is quite weak but a bready cereal malt aroma does exist.

There's a reason why Pilsners don't line the BA top 100, as their not very complex.
So this Lil thing needs to be taken for what it is, a very good version of a rather benign genre. Sweet malts, cereal grains and a bready dough flavor dominate a smooth drinkability. Nothing more nothing nothing less.

Serving type: on-tap

06-13-2013 13:50:07 | More by KYGunner

Mister_Falcon

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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AnitaBrewski

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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cowboy83

New York

2.25/5  rDev -37.7%

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Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Zach136

Georgia

4/5  rDev +10.8%

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ScaryEd

New Hampshire

3.25/5  rDev -10%

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spoony

Colorado

3.41/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

From a 12 oz can (dated May 17, 2013) into a pils pokal.

A-The brew is yellowish-gold in color and clear. There is a fair amount of chunky carbonation visible, but the head starts thin and drops immediately to an off-white collar. A random finger of lace is left behind.

S-The smell is strangely sweet for a pils with flavors of sweet corn and grain. There is a bit of grass, straw, and a sweet, doughy malt base. Not very refreshing or crisp smelling.

T-The taste also has a pretty significant sweet corn component. There is a mild hop bite here, as well, that provides a bit of floral kick, but this brew is not crisp or dry by any stretch of the imagination.

M-The feel is more weighty and soft than many pils. The carbonation is mild and heft is noticeable.

O-I went through a phase in which I downed a lot of Yella Pils, but now I am not sure why. Consumed cold (at 38 degrees from the fridge), this beer was still not very refreshing or crisp in the manner I would expect from a pils. It is just too sweet and heavy for the style, which hurts in the drinkability category. On the plus side, it does pack flavor...even if the flavors aren't that great.

Serving type: can

06-11-2013 04:10:24 | More by spoony

RummyRedbeard

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Illinois

4/5  rDev +10.8%

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Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Texas

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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LuckyJohn

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

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andysc83

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

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Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -10%

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Texas

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

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New York

3.5/5  rDev -3%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +17.7%

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