Saranac Pilsener is a light-bodied American Wheat Beer that is judiciously hopped with Cascade and Tettnang Hops. “Dry-hopping” imparts the distinctive
hop aroma and finish. Look for a smooth, crisp taste and brilliant golden color. Enjoy!
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by bigred00 from buffalo, NY, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (7/17/2008 5:15:31 PM)
"Presentation: It was poured from a 12oz bottle into pilsener glass.
Appearance: It has a bright golden yellow color with great clarity and a thin white head that hangs on and just covers the body. Some lace is left behind on the glass.
Smell: The aroma is sweet, almost fruity and floral hops are present.
Taste/Mouth feel: The flavor has a light malt presence with a lovely crisp hop flavor that adds nice floral and citrus notes. Bitterness is mild and not overpowering. The body is light with a good active carbonation and a refreshingly quick clean finish.
Notes: Kudos to Saranac for going with brown bottles for there pilsener instead of the more common green bottles. I never understood why a beer style that is so sensitive to light and freshness would be put into green bottles that allow more light to filter through it.
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Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.8)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by kinger from North Canton, OH, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (8/7/2007 9:25:43 AM)
"Middle of the road beer here, it's enjoyable and relatively simple. Real faint aroma of pale malt and a tinge of hops, too hard to detect. Standard golden pour with thick lacing that covers the glass along with a thin head. Light to medium bodied, Saranac generally provides a nice malty body in their beers and this stays true to that. Fleeting flavor the leads to a pleasant aftertaste, soft on the palate. Good balance in the taste, the mild malt is coupled well with a quick sharp hop bitterness. Overall it's unassuming and safe, needs a more robust flavor to help it excel."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $1 Unit Cost: $1.33 per Pint
[3] Review by thomassova4 from MD, USA who has tried this beer a couple times. (1/21/2007 3:17:28 PM)
"This is an extremely boring brew. I am a big fan of Saranac for the most part, but there is nothing to this beer. Bottom line, it was a part of the sampler and it made it down the hatch. You won't find much to day about this one."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
4/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
4/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[4] Review by pootz from between Calgary and Waterloo, Canada who has tried this beer once. (9/20/2006 6:38:09 PM)
"Bottle: bottling date code indicates this is fresh ( botttled in the last 2 weeks)
Poured a gracious shimmering gold into my pilsner flute: large puffy 2 finger cap that lasts and laces well. Moderate carbonation.
Great lager smells in the aroma: fresh rising bread dough with apple cidery undertones from some dry hopping...very bready and fresh.
Solid malt spine with a decent dollup of malted wheat, medium bodied, silky mouth feel, rounded smooth character...
A nice chew of fresh bready malts up front, this is quickly balanced by a swirl of citrusy-herbal hops (Cascade & Tettnang ) which give a malty-apple cidery decernment, finishes clean and lightly drying from some help from the wheat and dry hopped cascades with the non-cloying cider flavors still riding along.... then a solid biscuit after taste.
A quenching yet substantial lager with an interesting mix of malts and hops ( Wheat and cascade with carapils and tettnang) that simply works well in the flavor compliment. This brewer is gaining my respect as I have not had a beer from them I did not like and the quality is certainly apparent in the ingredients and process."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[5] Review by staleyiv from Newnan, GA, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/24/2006 2:36:38 PM)
"I wonder why they call this brew an American wheat when the bottle says it is a pilsener?? Anyway, this will be my first brew from Saranac's Summer Sampler. The aroma is a bit sweet with some slight maltiness with some faint aromas of hops and is not bad. The appearance is a golden yellow in color when held to the light with a decent sized head on top that has good retention and only diminishes some leaving nice lacing on the glass that is white in color. The mouthfeel is very light-bodied and watery with some decent complexity but is lacking a bit with a palate that is thin and watery. The flavor is malty and sweet with some grainy taste to it with even some flakey corn in the aftertaste and a finish that is watery but thirst-quenching. Overall, definitely a Summer brew here and is bland and pretty watery but good for the season I suppose. "
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
5/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $2 Unit Cost: $2.67 per Pint
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