Fine Creek West Coast Pilsner

West Coast Pilsner combines the technique, process, and ingredients of two styles, to produce a beer with the crispness of a Pilsner and the hop intensity of a West Coast IPA. To brew ours we combined equal parts European Pilsner malt and Murphy & Rude English Pale. We then hopped it aggressively with a blend of Citra, Vista, and El Dorado and fermented with our preferred House Lager yeast.

The resulting beer has a fruity, hop forward, aroma of mandarin orange, ripe pear, and lemon zest. Past the hop notes, softer malt tones of toasted pretzel and fresh bread support the aromatics of the beer. The flavor displays specific fruity notes of ripe honeydew, floral lychee, and Asian pear. There is an orange pith like bitterness, but it slowly mellows, as the beer dries on the palate, producing a crisp snappy finish.