Pilsner - Tasting Notes

I brewed this Pilsner (my first attempt) in September and then lagered for about 2 months near freezing before bottling in Mid December.  It has carbed up nicely in the last couple weeks and is tasting great - I'll capture some tasting notes here while it is nice and fresh.

This was brewed using a recipe I cobbled together based on some general observations of other beers.  It is all pilsner malt (which was double decoction mashed) and uses a number of noble hops for flavor (along with a healthy dose of Magnum for bittering).  I doesn't really conform to either the German or Czech sub styles exactly.  Even so it has made a really nice bitter beer - definitely a great showcase for the noble hop.

Was having withdraws from lack of hoppy beer.  Hopefully the 50+ bottles of this pilsner I ended up with will last longer than it took to make the beer - somehow I doubt that will be the case.

Tasting Notes:

• Aroma:
• Herbal and grassy hop aroma dominates.  Some bready and sweet pilsner malt comes through pretty strongly as well.  Also get a clean lager yeast aroma.
• Appearance:
• Golden in color and pretty clear.  Pours with a 3 finger head initially that slowly settles down to 1 finger which then lingers through while the beer is consumed.  A lot of cascading bubbles.
• Flavor:
• Bready malt up front followed by hop flavor (grassy, spicy, and herbal).  The finish is quite bitter (similar to a pale ale).  There is quite a bit of malt that lingers in the finish but the balance is more towards the hop.
• Mouthfeel:
• Light-Medium bodied.  Very slightly sweet.  Easy drinking and pretty smooth.
• Overall:
• A really nice hoppy beer.  Very drinkable and refreshing with a pleasing balance between the malt and hops.  I think this holds up well to many of the local Craft Lager brewed by the local SE PA brewers (Victory and Sly Fox being the main ones that come to mind)