Stoudts Pils - Stoudts Brewing Co.

beer2day

North Carolina

4.08/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Frothy, 1 finger cap of white head sits atop a pale gold pour. Very active carbonation. Surprisingly thick, sparse lace all around the glass. Excellent head retention.

Light biscuit and overall strong malt presence in the nose. Touch of lemon zest, but barely there.

Nice mix of malt and light fruit. Lemon and a hint of overripe banana. Big malt flavor and a solid, sour finish for a pils.

Very heavy for the style. Must be a lot of malt in the recipe.

Definitely would drink this again. I could see this becoming a mainstay in my beer fridge this summer for outdoor drinking.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2011 00:34:24 | More by beer2day

NODAK

Tennessee

4.33/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Aroma is grassy, with a touch of hops and some citrus popping up as well.

Taste comes through with a grassiness and grain throughout the body...very tasty and exactly what I like in a German style pilsener. There's a nice, firm but pleasant Euro hop bitterness that stings the sides of the tongue on the finish. Some grain hangs around after the swallow. Just pleasant and all around good for style.

Stoudts seems to get it...unlike another pils from a well-known PA brewery, this one doesn't try to dominate the beer with hops. It's well balanced and a pleasure to drink.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2011 00:37:43 | More by NODAK

DNICE555

Connecticut

3.8/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pilsners are for cinco de mayo right??

A: Slightly hazy orange yellow. White head that lasted throughout the beer. Pretty impressive.

S: Grass hops, citrus, bread.

T: Grain, bread, malts, grassy hops.

M: Light, crisp, fresh, good carbonation.

O: Easy to drink. Nice one in the warm weather. Reminds me of my PA trip when we visited the brewery.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2011 01:23:37 | More by DNICE555

MP72

Pennsylvania

2.55/5  rDev -34.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A- poured into a dimple mug a yellow straw color with a white head a bit hazy looking.

S- grass and malts

T- Hoppy with an unsual aftertaste that all Stoudt beers seem to have. Sorry Stoudts not diggin this one.

M- medium body ,decent ccarbonation

O- Not what I would call a German pilsner,,compared to the real deal.

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2011 15:55:53 | More by MP72

ZeroSignal

Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle, best by 8/11, poured into a SA Perfect Pint

A - Clear, pale yellow with a bright, vibrant, two inch head that sticks around for a while and clings to the edges of the glass.

S - Floral laden hop varieties with a malty edge; just a hint of some sweet fruits

T&M - Light and crisp, with various hop influences. Floral, spicy, and a bit of citrus all dance around on the palate. Malting is substantial as well, and plenty is present to balance the hop load with a toasty, somewhat grainy edge.

O - One of the better Pils that I've had, and one that I would happily keep around.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2011 03:58:16 | More by ZeroSignal

mdaschaf

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to mikesgroove for sending this one my way!

A: Poured a slightly hazy light orange/yellow with a one finger fluffy head. Decent retention leaving some spotty lacing.

S: Grassy hops, a little bit of citrus, and some graham cracker and caramel malts.

T: Lots of grain, some biscuity malt, and some nice grassy hops.

M: Very crisp and fresh, light bodied with full carbonation.

O: Pretty good, extremely easy drinking, will be a good one to have in the summer out BBQing.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2011 01:06:20 | More by mdaschaf

OneDropSoup

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Poured into a pilsner: Pale straw body, transparent with plenty of fast, tight nucleation under two fingers of white, dense head. Drops to a thin, bubbly coating & leaves a reef of lacing.

Crisp aroma with some grassy, herbal hops & a little snappy cracker malt, very subtle. There's a bready & sulfuric kind of fog over it, too. Nice, snappy smell, a little mineral.

That's a nice taste, too: refreshing herbal hop flavor, a little lemony, with just a little malt sweetness at the end, approaching tea with a little orange squeezed in. Again, crisp, light but flavorful. Nicely dry in the aftertaste.

Active mouthfeel, light-bodied but not without substance, dry & refreshing.

Pretty impressive here, I'm into this. Bright, spritzy, flavorful, simple but engaging. An easier drinker, I could spend lot of time with this.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2011 00:44:54 | More by OneDropSoup

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

1.68/5  rDev -57.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I've never been a big lover of German Pilsners so this low rating shouldn't reflect on this brew but it does reflect my tastes on this style. When a I come across this style and it's got the fresh cut grass aromas and tastes I just find it unwelcoming to me. I found this beer to fall into that situation. It's a clear yellow brew with the flavors and aromas mentioned above. Just not my favorite.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2011 02:13:38 | More by Knapp85

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured a nice golden amber, a bit darker then I would have thought, and that is good. a nice fluffy pillow like white head graced the top to a height of about two inches before settling back down to just some lace ringing the glass, a touch of which stuck around for a while. Great visible carbonation evident in streams of bubbles filtering up from the bottom. Smell was light, lots of grain with some hints of maybe corn or an earthy cereal, but nothing spectacular. Taste was good, you typical pilsner. Light on the flavor, big on carbonation. Smooth crisp mouthfeel. Not a real lingering flavor, but what was there was lots of grain and corn maybe, something else but it was hard to place. Very sessionable, as it was very light. All together a good summer drinker, I have had better, but it is definatly not bad. Looking forward to hitting up some more.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2011 22:17:20 | More by mikesgroove

ExMachina1

Tennessee

4.63/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

This is one of the better (and freshest!) pils styles available to me. Far too few breweries are playing the lager game, and far too few of those go near this style, probably for fear of not setting themselves far enough away from BudMillerCoors.

The color is a beautiful, fiery yellow, crystal clear and a satisfying bit of white, frothy foam that jauntily accompanies the drinker to the bottom of his glass.

The aroma is of fresh, noble hops with a slight hint of corn and grain in the background.

Taste is a deliciously subtle blend of hop flowers and malty sweetness. The mouth-feel feeling is medium body with a full-rounded yet demurring presence. Definitely not shy but not overstated either. The beer does not wear out its welcome and the finish is crisp and nostalgic, making one immediately wistful for yet another taste.

This Pils is a delight to drink and has become my new, "go-to" pils. This is the beer that, if I ever find it on tap, will prompt me to immediately make alternate transportation arrangements for getting me home!

Prosit!

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2011 00:59:10 | More by ExMachina1

KidsDoc

California

3.43/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle poured into standard pint glass

A: best feature - clear, crisp golden body with a one finger full white foam head that slowly fades out to settle with soft bubbles around the edge. moderate lacing

S: faint lemon grass, floral notes, honey?, and sweetened yeast aroma - inviting aroma

T: bit of a letdown. Does have some light citrus with a good combo of malt flavors and hint of bready yeast. However, there is an off-putting metallic taste in there that clouds the otherwise clean finish - Finishes with mild bitter, citrus hops.

M: light to light-medium with good carbonation. soft and clean up front with a bitter dry finish

D: nice to look at and great aroma but not so exciting to sit and sip on. Overall an average pilsener for me. Better pils out there to be had for a beer still I don't go to very often.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2011 21:38:48 | More by KidsDoc

wahhmaster

Virginia

3.88/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a nonic imperial pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a translucent, very pale golden color. Has a thin, fizzy head that dissipates quickly but leaves some solid rings of lacing.

Smell: Smells strongly of noble hops with a bit of a malty, bready smell.

Taste: Tastes strongly of peppery hops throughout. Has a bit of a grainy taste towards the back. A very clean pilsener flavor.

Mouthfeel: Crisp, clean, and slightly dry.

Drinkability: A solid pilsener and very sessionable. I certainly wouldn't mind having this one again. It's true to the style and very enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 21:30:38 | More by wahhmaster

Mosstrooper

California

3.38/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a 16oz Samuel Adams Perfect Pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a plae golden color with a small, quickly dissipating white head that doesn't really leave much lace.

Smell: Smells of husky grain and a bit of malt sweetness with grassy notes.

Taste: Begins with a slight citric bite, which rounds out to grainy sweetness finishing a bit bready and very husky.

Mouthfeel: Lighter in body with sharp carbonation on the tongue and a refreshing, somewhat dry finish.

Drinkability: This is a solid beer, good for sessioning, but isn't the best example of its style. This is a brew I wouldn't mind much having again, but isn't something I would seek out- only a step or two above average.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 03:18:38 | More by Mosstrooper

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.7/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a Mikasa pilsner glass. Thanks to ChrisPro for the bottle!

Pours a clear, golden straw color with a three-finger head and quite a bit of visible carbonation. Really nice retention and quite a bit of lacing as it falls. The nose brings forward a bit of light grain character plus some mild continental hops. Mostly grain, however. Taste starts out with a bit of straw and grain husk. There is a bit of earthy bitterness there as well. Overall, not terribly complex and doesn't follow through too smoothly. Body is light with higher levels of carbonation, though certainly within the normal range of the style. Mild bitterness in the finish. Drinkability is pretty nice. Light flavor and good finish, though a bit too much grain in the taste.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2011 14:45:41 | More by Thorpe429

heirStaaden19655

Maryland

4.75/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Not a lot of experience with reviews,but I can say this was the best tasting ,clean pilsner I have tried in the past two years.

Poured a thick two finger head with lacing all over the glass and a half inch of foam at the bottom of my Sam Adams glass when I was done . Thought it might have been a fluke but was pleasantly surprised to the contrary on my next glass.

A clear bright Pils with a significant amount of carbonation,nice bubbling the whole way down. Complimented a dish of shrimp scampi quite well.

Superb , I will be thanking the freind who gave it to me , and now if I could only locate some myself....

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2011 15:35:15 | More by heirStaaden19655

Bmoyer0301

Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance:

I pulled the cap off this bottle and was greeted with a nice hiss and generous amounts of carbonation gasses. I decied to pour this into my Cigar City pint glass and went straight on enticing a thick head. when I was done a beautiful two finger thick bone white head that was light a fluffy laid on the top. When I hold my glass up to the light this baby is super clear and very pretty. Bright sunny golden yellow with perfect tiny bubbles travelng upward the whole time. On a quick swirl the viscosity is light as it should be.

Smell:

The inital waft is grassy and earthy with lots of spice and hay. Beautiful amounts of light buttery biscuits and toast are all floating around. No real sulfur aroma like in some lagers,maybe some corn pops cereal?

Taste:

It doesnt get any more refreshing that this, and even though it just snowed 6 inches today this has me dreaming of sitting in the summer sun. Clean and crisp with white pepper taste and hay. Mossy and slight alfalfa on the sides of my tounge. Lemon zest and fruity undertones round out the sharp spicyness. Bread and biscuits are very present and just a touch of soft wheat and maybe dare I say corn? Overall a very solid beer and glad that is a local for me.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2011 22:29:02 | More by Bmoyer0301

bamadog

Kentucky

4.33/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

I received this as an extra in a trade about a month ago. Review is from notes taken on 1/29/2011 and poured from the bottle to a pint glass.

Appearance: Pour is a very light and crisp lemony yellow and starts with a full one finger merengue-like head that becomes pockmarked and rocky as it slowly fades to a full and inconsistent head with some chewy looking spots in the middle; body is nearly clear and shows just a bit of haze to it as well as plenty of strong and fast carbonation; lots of spots and swaths of lacing are left clinging to the sides of the glass.

Smell: light and crisp graininess and a sweet corn-esque malt backing with just a tinge of mild hop bitterness; definitely smells like a lager style beer. Pretty simple and straight forward.

Taste: Quite solid and it tastes rather refreshing; there is more of a bitter hop presence than I thought there would be and it's very much like lemon and lemon peel; a grainy and lightly toasty graininess blends with the sweet corn-like malt backing; this would be an excellent summer beer.

Mouthfeel: Very light body and the carbonation is strong and prickly; a thin and dry sticky coating is left all over the roof of the mouth. Not heavy at all, this would be a beer that could be drank all day.

Drinkability: I would give this quite a high rating in this department -- the weight is very minimal, the alcohol is pretty modest as well at just over the 5% mark; the crisp and citric bitterness is wonderfully refreshing. Simple overall, but very solid.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2011 02:37:56 | More by bamadog

speter

New Jersey

4.45/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Pours a golden straw color with a large, rocky off-white head that laces with the best of them.

S: Grainy and earthy tones in almost equal measure from the malt and noble hops.

T: This ranks as one of the best pilseners out there, German or American. The balance is good, with a slight tilt toward the hops, as you'd expect from a German (as opposed to a Czech) pils. The flavors are deep and satisfying.

M: Fairly full-bodied and spritzy with a good amount of carbonation.

D: I'd love another, thank you.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2011 01:23:39 | More by speter

BeerAdvocate

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +14.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #39 (Apr 2010):

Pours a bright, clear, pale golden color, topped with a creamy head and full of lively carbon- ation. Fresh malt nose with a gentle touch of flowers. Crisp and refreshing up front. Light bodied, but very smooth and creamy. Snap of citric rinds, some saltiness, a bit of peppery herbal flavor-- quite bitter. Thin layer of grape fruitiness beneath, followed by a base of fresh biscuity malts; a bit toasty, but dry overall with just enough sweetness and malt char- acter to keep the hops in check, while also allowing them to assert themselves. Finishes very clean with mild bready and herbal lingers, and a touch of steel.

WTF. We're in Germany! Translation: a spot-on example of the style and a damn solid Pils.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2011 02:26:41 | More by BeerAdvocate

TheBigBoy

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

If you are a pilsner or lighter beer fan you should enjoy this one. Had this one in a bottle for the brewery and sure it would be even better on draft. This is a craft beer but this one was just one was just average+ for me. Stoudts does make some good beers, so give this one and some other by them a try.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2010 19:53:03 | More by TheBigBoy

btorsdog

Ohio

4.35/5  rDev +11%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Another PA produced pilsner,got to love it! happened to find this one at a new store I was checking out ,glad to have found it,wish we got more Pils selections around here but I think not many people appreciate it because it's usually past date if ya find it,bummer! Anyhow...
Looked great in my old school pilsner glass,a see-thru yellow with a true Pils Yellow color.
Smelled bready with some hops tossed in,nice.
Taste was wonderfull ,sweet yet slightly bitter from the hops, nice balance and slightly complex, pretty cool!
mouth is thick and semi-dry,refreshing at the same time.
beautifully Drinkable hope I'm able to stumble across this one again ,soon!

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2010 19:26:40 | More by btorsdog

zoso1967

Michigan

4.13/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a pale golden color with a bright white head. The head is nice and dense, rising out of the beer and showing great endurance. It leaves very nice lace on the sides of my slim pilsner glass.

The aroma of this beer is quite hoppy with some spicy herbal notes, lemon zest and a bit of floral character. The malt has a nice honey dimension to it.

The first thing that jumps out in the flavor is the impressive hopping and bitterness. Herbal hops, lemon zest and some spice all make an appearance. This seems less grassy then some other examples. The pale malt has a very clean flavor to it that does a great job of letting the hops shine, while offering a bit of bready sweetness.

The mouthfeel is light to medium with plenty of carbonation. This beer is super dry and refreshing with a finish that is slightly tacky and very hoppy.

Very drinkable and refreshing. This is yet another wonderful Pils produced in the keystone state.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2010 15:49:26 | More by zoso1967

Soonami

Pennsylvania

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

I had Stoudt's Pils on-tap at Sampan to go with some inspired izakaya grub. The clean, snappy bitterness and well-rounded pilsner malt was a good complement to fatty kobe beef sliders and korean bulgogi. The color was a pale straw with perfect carbonation providing a full white head. At $12/pitcher, this was a nice happy hour deal for an above average pils.

Serving type: on-tap

11-01-2010 05:15:25 | More by Soonami

paulozanello

Brazil

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a light yellow and golden color, very clear, with a thick white head that persists very well and leaves a great amount of lacing. Great looking Pilsner.
The aroma is a very typical bread/biscuit malt with a touch of noble hops.
Taste starts out with malt (again bread and biscuit) but not sweet at all. The hops kick in with a good amount of bitterness that lingers for a while after you swallow.
Body is light and carbonation is high. This is very drinkable like most of the "cornless" pilsners.
Overall this is a well-made Pilsner but imo it doesn't stand out from the others like Victory's Prima Pils for example.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2010 20:26:16 | More by paulozanello

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

3.65/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

It has the chilly haze, the greenish tinge, the parade of bubbles and the soapy head - this meets the criteria for a world-class pilsner (at least by the look of it). Lacing has made itself at home on the walls of the glass. The light fogginess makes its golden colour look so much denser than I suspect it is (addendum: maybe not, this is one malty son-of-a-gun!).

The smell of graham crackers is surprisingly strong; the beer's malty breadiness is to the nose what a feather-stuffed duvet is to a cold body on a chilly autumn morning. A dash of stinky green hops, and a bit of lemon spritz, hover above it like looming clouds - I love lupulin-rich pilsners so I'm very happy about that forecast.

Drinking this brings about some confusion: I'm currently in Canada, but my mouth is in Germany. How does that work? And where exactly is Adamstown, PA? I could have sworn it was somewhere on the eastern side of the United States, but apparently I was mistaken. This tastes as authentic a German-born pilsner as any.

The beer is so dense and thick with bready maltiness that it's almost chewy. It's heavy like a bowl of clammy oatmeal (although more flavourful, of course). The hops add a snarly little bitterness that isn't sharp as rose thorns, but more so just prickly, like a, oh I don't know, pineapple, or something. The taste of apple lingers in the aftertaste.

There are a ton of pilsners on the market and many of them are simply bastardized, emasculated, poor excuses for the real thing; Stoudts Pils, however, offers anyone who can find it a taste of what made this flavourful, refreshing style so popular the world round in the first place. The American car industry might no longer compare to the German one, but in terms of pilsners, they've caught up (and may even have surpassed them).

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2010 16:24:07 | More by biegaman