Noble Pils - Boston Beer Company

    Noble Pils is Samuel Adams' take on the Pilsner, a style of beer brewed since the mid 1800's. It is created by Boston Beer Company which is located in Boston, Massachusetts. When compared to the traditional Pilsner, Noble Pils seems to have much more hops in its recipe. In fact, Samuel Adams comments that their Pilsner contains all 5 of the Noble Hops varieties. This is not a bad start if you ask me.

    Noble Pils pours a pale golden color with a decent head which persists for a long time and leaves lots of lacing on the glass.

    The beer's aroma is that of citrusy hops mixed with malty sweetness. In many beers the two scents seem to be separate, though this beer presents them both together at once. Hopefully this is an indication of a well-balanced beer.

    The Pilsner is light to medium bodied and features a medium-high level of carbonation. The beer is very crisp and dry.

Contains all 5 Noble Hops, and a few Peasant Hops as well.

     Noble Pils's flavor is much lighter than I would have expected. It is, however, a well balanced and very drinkable beer. Hoppy bitterness starts out the flavor with sweet barley malts mellowing the hops afterwards. There seems to be a slight acidity to the beer as well. There is no alcohol character perceivable, which at 4.9% ABV, is not surprising.

     The fact that there is apparently a hops hierarchy is news to me. I'm really starting to wonder at this point what the hops king would be like in a beer. If mere nobles in the hops kingdom were added to this beer, and taste this good, I can't imagine what hops royalty must do to a beer. It goes without saying that a King hops beer would likely become my favorite beer in no time at all. Hmm, now I just need to find this mythical kingdom and slowly infiltrate the ranks of the hops king's personal guard. As they say, The king is dead! Long drink the king!

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