Judge’s Review: 96 Rating – Rain by Pure Project Brewing

German Pils | Year-Round | USA

By Randy Scorby

Judges Rating: 96
Aroma: 23
Appearance: 6
Flavor: 39
Mouthfeel: 9
Overall Impression: 19

Rain by Pure Project Brewing is being evaluated as a German Pils (Category 5D) from the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines.
Rain features a bright yellow color with brilliant clarity and a thick, white foam stand that lingers throughout the sample, creating a very inviting appearance. The beer opens up with a prominent spicy and floral hop aroma that is fresh and bright, with a very light sulfur character that is common in lagers. Behind the hop aroma is a light graininess from the pilsner malt. There is a clean fermentation profile with no esters or diacetyl present.
The flavor delivers much of the same with a prominent spicy, floral, noble hop flavor up front, followed by a light grainy backbone of pilsner malt that emerges mid-palate along with a firm but smooth hop bitterness that lingers into the dry, crisp finish. As with the aroma, this beer has a clean fermentation profile in the flavor with no esters or diacetyl. This beer rounds out with a medium body and moderately high carbonation that adds a little extra zip.
This is a refreshing and extremely well brewed German Pils that brought back many memories of my travels to Germany. The overall hop character is fresh and bright, and there is just enough malt backbone to keep the overall hop presence from being too dominant. A world-class German Pils to keep the warmer weather at bay.