This cleanly-lagered beer has upfront herbal, peppery hops with notes of bell pepper along with a very faint grainy malt aroma. Pretty to look at, the golden beer sits underneath a stand of white bubbles that’s fairly persistent but isn’t as clear as the best examples of the style.
The subtle grainy malt quickly gives way to a dominating, generic herbal hop flavor, and notes of lemon verbena emerge as it warms. It’s balanced with moderately-low bitterness and finishes crisp and dry like all German Pilsners should. The beer is a bit big on the tongue being medium-bodied and without higher levels of carbonation to aid in creating the illusion of a lighter beer.
A modern day interpretation of a German Pils, Sixpoint’s The Crisp is a very hop-forward representation of the style and doesn’t allow for the typical grainy, graham crackery malt to get in the way.