Pacific Pilsner - Pacific Western Brewing Company

Graham5161986

British Columbia (Canada)

1.7/5  rDev -26.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

A: pours a clear, pale gold with a 1 finger white head that quickly reduces to an almost non-existent film and leaves no lacing.

S: slight grassy hops...and metal - that's about it. yikes.

T: barely any hops, cooked corn and an artificial mineral sweetness - dies off fast and leaves a nasty chlorine-like aftertaste. It almost tastes like swallowing pool water :-(.

M: light and watery, well carbonated and a smooth, dry finish (definitely the best aspect of this beer).

D: it might be cheap, but it's still a massive dissapointment - nasty flavours and poor presentation. i'd rather drink tap water. It's easy to drink, but far from drinkable (if that makes any sense...). Over-produced and under-loved.

Serving type: can

02-25-2008 08:05:28 | More by Graham5161986

IronDjinn

Alberta (Canada)

1.73/5  rDev -25.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

From a 6 pack of cans. Pours out a clear lacklustre gold, finger's width of shock white fizzy head that slowly settles.

Sharp grains, corn and cooked veggies on the nose, although a sweet bready malt at times as well, which is a nice surprise.

The charm ends there however, the flavour is grainy with an overload of off-flavours, the cooked veg being the biggest offender, a grittiness also coming to mind. Seriously contemplating a sink pour...

Mouthfeel is brash with over-carbonation, prickly, it sandblasts the palate.

Lower tier priced beer, and you get what you pay for in this instance. Any one of the major domestic macros in this country is looking pretty good in comparison to this right now, can't say I'm tempted to go back for more.

Serving type: can

11-14-2008 00:42:02 | More by IronDjinn

GrimmReaper

British Columbia (Canada)

2.1/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Very weak piss yellow color and white head that is gone in a flash,no lacing whatsoever.
Smells like grainy grass,corn and stale something in there.
Tastes like musty corn with hints of stale grass and metallic comming in at the end with some bitterness and dryness.
Mouthfeel is thin and watery.
Cheap beer,very easy to drink,,if it's ice cold it goes down rather quite well and very easy to polish off.

Serving type: can

09-16-2007 19:13:05 | More by GrimmReaper

Methodd

British Columbia (Canada)

2.17/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

I’ve had a great deal of this brew. The father-in-law drinks a fifteen-pack –a-day. Every time the wife and I go visit he feeds it to me. Luckily his fridge keeps it just above freezing and so are his mugs. Poured into an 800mL mug:
Appearance: Pale yellow. Very minimal head which settles down quickly.
Smell: Hops and yeast, grassy and grainy.
Taste: At the cold temps he serves it at it’s refreshing but as it warms up it becomes less than appetizing. Flat grains, corn, malt and some kind of metal taste.
Mouthfeel: Fizzy water, kind of lumps down the throat.
Drinkability: At near-freezing temperature I can manage to gulp this stuff down. Sometimes I even think “that hit the spot” and then I come to my senses and realize I probably just poisoned myself.

Serving type: can

11-08-2009 04:29:16 | More by Methodd

Derek

British Columbia (Canada)

2.28/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

After a sunny afternoon, I ordered a Pils... or so I thought I did.

A: Gold with a white head, very little retention, no lace.

S: Sweet caramel with a hint of floral hops & sulfur.

T: Sweet caramel, a little grassy, hints of corn & butter, bitterness is barely above my detection threshold.

M: Moderate body seems to have a little too much residual sweetness. No crisp finish with this one (but that might just be the lack of bitterness).

D: Inoffensive, but definitely wouldn't reach for another.

Definitely not a German Pilsner (or any real Pilsner for that matter).

It doesn't follow their description:

"Crisp, clean, no aftertaste and dry in character like European style beers. Our Pils features the tart, delicate flavour of quality German Hallertau hops perfectly balanced with soft malt notes to produce a refreshing sensation on the tongue. With just a hint of citrus, it is a classic, clear, thirst-quenching brew. Perfect with fish or shellfish including most West Coasters favorite – sushi."

Serving type: on-tap

04-17-2011 02:12:40 | More by Derek

ozmodium

British Columbia (Canada)

2.35/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Holy fizzy...cheap!
Pee coloured, almost radioactive yellow, but hey appearances aren't everything. Despite my best efforts this thing poured half head, fortunately it fizzled away in about 20 seconds

Smells like malt liquor mixed with hops that have gone...slightly off? Not skunky or anything though.

Tastes better than it smells, which is to say its lacking in flavour, kind of watery, and you can taste the alcohol. Reminds me of Labbat Blue, a little sweet, a little sour...but something slightly, just...wrong. like rotting vegetables, subtle but apparent. Don't take this too bad though. It's actually kind of refreshing, and for the price you pay for this stuff, I'd drink this stuff to get drunk.

Like I said at the beginning, this stuff is FIZZY, like sodapop fizzy. I guess that's to hide the alcohol taste, seeing as there's not much else there to hide it.

This beer isn't that bad, after all it's THE cheapest beer at the liquor store. It's still better than most of the "cheap" beers. You could actually drink this stuff!

Serving type: can

10-17-2005 20:39:12 | More by ozmodium

pootz

Ontario (Canada)

2.4/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Part of a stash my Cousin from BC brought with him for a visit. Obviously he shops the bargain brands.

Looks like a brown-gold in the glass...weak rocky heading ,crystal clarity.

Grain husks and cider in the nose...not offensive but not pleasant.Suspect malt extracts or dextrin adjuncts.

Weal malt spine, frail body, vapid front side, some malts, brewer's caramel and weak hops detected in the fast finish...no off tastes but certainly nothing here to recommend it.

Don't think it's an all gristed malt beer.

Serving type: can

07-26-2007 00:12:28 | More by pootz

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

2.68/5  rDev +16%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This beer pours a very clear pale golden yellow colour, with two fingers of puffy white head, which settles quickly, leaving a low ring of lace around the glass. It smells of mild bready, cracker-like grain, and grassy, weedy, almost, but not quite, skunky hops. The taste is more bready grain, a slight ethyl alcohol edge, and a mix of vegetal, grassy, and weedy bitterness. The carbonation is moderate, the body medium weight, smooth, but with a little glycerol slickness. It finishes off-dry, the bready malt still strong, fending off the fortunately abated vegetal bitterness.

A pretty average pilsener, it's saving grace being the decent malt backbone. Still, there's enough of that indeterminately unpleasant hop bitterness to make me want to look elsewhere, if I'm buying...

Serving type: can

11-13-2010 06:43:21 | More by biboergosum

lipschitz

Alberta (Canada)

3.03/5  rDev +31.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

Presentation: 355 can with no freshness date

Pours medium gold with airy, frothy head, which hangs around for a spell. The aroma is mildly hoppy, with some husky grains. The flavour is comprised of a cooked corn sweetness & straw, with a faint hop finish. Mouthfeel is thin, watery and abundantly carbonated.
Notes:
A fitting beer for an afternoon in the yard. There is a slightly higher hop level than others of the style – a quenching, easy-going lager.

Serving type: can

07-23-2003 16:41:11 | More by lipschitz