Even beer reviewers get writer’s block. I took a look at this pedestrian pilsner and couldn’t think of anything to write about. The big blue jay on the can could be a segue into the start of the baseball season. Go Jays go, so far so good. Perhaps I should have ordered a flight? Or I could comment on the “radical” (my sense of sarcasm still intact) renaming of this beer from its past name “Pils” to present moniker “Classic Pilsner”, which seems like a good reason to fire the marketing department and schedule a COMDB beer naming party. Even the brewer’s name “Avling” had me wondering what the COMDB Translation Department would come up with, but I just didn’t have the wherewithal to engage with that cantankerous collection of contrarians this morning. *
I could comment on the arbitrary inclusion of David Sedrais’ book in the brew pic, but other than birds of a feather I can’t seem to think of anything owls with diabetes may have in common with blue jays. But maybe this review can kill two birds with one stone. ** Although the thought of owls with diabetes is enough to make your head turn and keep you up at night. *** It appears I couldn’t come up with anything to write about this morning, so I guess I’ll just do a beer review.
A bird’s eye view of this brew shows a bright white crop dusting above a solid golden pour. it sure does look like beer. It has a malty floral aroma. The first taste is malt body to mildly crisp finish with an ever so slight floral aftertaste. It settles into a malt with a crisp slightly acerbic finish. The floral finish went from faint to fair. This is a classic German pils. Birds or no birds, it’s good refreshing basic beer.
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