After a rough ride on a red rocket of a cayenne spiced stout I was looking for something crisp and clean with no caffeine. Enter the New Ontario’s pilsner, Das Pils Bitte. Although I could take a guess at a translation, our collective agreement with the COMDB Translation Department makes it clear that I must go to them for any translation work unless: 1) the brewer has already translated the expression or 2) it is in Latin. They have made it quite clear that they don’t do Latin, “nos do Latin loqui” they told us.
Das Pils Bitte translation: the pilsner please. What could be more Canadian then saying please when asking for a beer? How about “bitte das pils und vielen dank“.
Anybody seen the bear? He’s missing and missed.
New Ontario, up in the wild woods of North Bay. Wait a minute, didn’t they change their name to Wildwoods? And then on December 21st it was last call. They closed up shop for good, which is bad. They were a great brewer, but the NO bear is no longer there and it looks like this is our last NOB brew review. We have fond memories of Big & Juicy and Hopfenmuncher among many others. Even their Leisure Lane sour achieved super suds sours status.
A bright clear pils pour, any head, much like the NO bear, missing in action. Malt fresh aroma, promising. Although we all know that promising doesn’t necessarily mean delivering, and that is some foreshadowing.
First taste is mild malt with a touch of apple fruit, no crisp, no floral, not a lot going on really. It tastes flat? Watery, almost like, no just like, a session Pils if there is such a thing. A big swig reveals a slight crisp on the finish, but just like the bear, it’s not really there. Something is a miss or missing.
It was easy drinking, too easy. Short on flavour and crisp, barely a pilsner.
Just like me, this beer is looking for something that isn’t there. I miss the bear already.
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