Christoffel Bier
Bierbrouwerij Sint Christoffel B.V

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From:
Bierbrouwerij Sint Christoffel B.V
 
Netherlands
Style:
German Pilsner
ABV:
6%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 11.23%
Reviews:
153
Ratings:
196
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 05, 2021
Added:
Nov 12, 2001
Wants:
  17
Gots:
  8
Unfiltered Pilsner style.
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Ratings by Metalmonk:
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Reviewed by Metalmonk from North Carolina

4.16/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Peachy orange color with tons of haze. Light almost doesn't penetrate it, which is weird for the style. I'm already starting to wonder if this is even supposed to be a "German Pilsener". From looking at the label it can just as easily be called a Double-hopped Dutch Lager. Creamy, foamy head sticks around a good while. Looks unique, and promising.

Aroma is super-clean and use of lager yeast is obvious. Honey, straw, very mild butterscotch in the nose. Lightly hoppy. Pils-y aroma, good and clean but nothing life-changing.

Hops definitely come forth in the flavor, not in a huge American way but they lend a flowery spiciness that offsets the buttery malt quite well. Hints of grapefruit too, which merge will with a more general tartness.

Medium body with a rounded, buttery tone, but also a bit sharp from ample carbonation. It's fine, does its job.

I can't shake the grapefruit element; it rides along with the malt sweetness more cooperatively than, say, the grapefruit rind explosion of a big-ass hoppy U.S. ale. Super-refreshing stuff. Definitely one of the most bitter lagers I've ever had, yet not quite as crisp and dry as a German or Czech pils. It's completely unique--looking forward to having one again someday.
Nov 09, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.99 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 05, 2021
 
Rated: 3.98 by bird_soul from Netherlands

Aug 18, 2017
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Reviewed by PlutonowyManiek from Belgium

3.47/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Gold color, with a delicate mist, two-centimeter, white foam, is not permanent. The aroma of malt, honey with a sweet banana in the background, with notes of lemon, lime. Taste like earlier malt is mixed with notes of fruit and a whole seem perfectly balanced. The finish is only bitterness. There is perhaps an impressively high (IBU 45), but it is incredibly intense. Dry, slightly grassy, grapefruit saturation high.
Dec 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands

3.65/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Yellow colour with a good head with awesome retention, but the fact that this pilsener is unfiltered makes it look a bit less refreshing somehow. Strong smell of pilsener hops. Same goes for the taste: this pilsener is heavy on the (Saaz?)-hops. Bittersweet in the mouth, quite dry in the finish. Light to medium body, refreshing with a crispy finish. The beer is a bit monotone, but it's still a nice example how to make the pilsener style more interesting.
Sep 08, 2016
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Rated by Dutchcraftbeergeek from Netherlands

3/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Meh, tastes more like a lager/pilsener.
Jul 04, 2016
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Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois

3.85/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Reviewed in Roger Protz' " 300 Beers To Try Before You Die!"
May 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
33cl bottle, labeled as Christoffer Blond. Clear pale golden, with a tall, fine-grained white head with good retention. Smells like pilsner hops, honey, malt sugars and some generic hops. Bitter-sweet and as far away from a pilsener as I ever had, crisp and refreshing, with notes of bitter hops, honey, green hops and sugar. A bit spicy in the aftertaste. Very nice.
Mar 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.91 by DaPan from Canada (ON)

Mar 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by afsdan from Colorado

Aug 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.11 by redsoxjim from Massachusetts

Aug 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by connecticutpoet from Connecticut

Jun 16, 2015
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

3.96/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
330ml Bottle in Café De Spuyt, Amsterdam (€5.50):
A very nice pilsner that went down quite nicely. The beer had an excellent balance with a solid fruity backing & plenty of flavours to keep you interested as well as remaining refreshing & easy to drink throughout. There was definitely more hops than I was expecting & the finish was quite a dry one but overall the beer was very good & well worth trying.
May 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.3 by rpopescu from Netherlands

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Dec 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BeerSnobery from Ohio

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by spycow from Illinois

Nov 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by innominat from Ireland

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by R_Kole from Canada (AB)

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by SVD from Netherlands

Oct 22, 2014
Christoffel Bier from Bierbrouwerij Sint Christoffel B.V
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 196 ratings