Simpler Times Pilsner
2.1
184 reviews
Monrovia, United States
Community reviews
This is truly the worst beer i have ever had in my life, and I have been drinking beer for about 40 years When one of the other reviewers said:
Taste is dominated by fairly potent hops that taste like a blend of insect repellent and rancid perfume --- he was doing this swill a favor.
i had to actually pour out the last half of the can as i was afraid I would vomit if I tried to finish it. STAY AWAY FROM THIS AWFUL SWILL
12oz can pours a clear pale golden with a large white head. Dry grain corn malt aroma with dry grassy hops. Dry grain malt and corn with very dry bitter grassy hop bite. It’s really not that bad. Dry and crisp with a nice bitter hop bite, I’ve tasted far worse domestic and foreign macro lager/pilseners.
Pretty gross, not very pilsner-esque at all, pretty bland and corny and whatever. pretty cheap beer
12oz can picked up at Trader Joe’s
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma of sweet corn and grains. Flavor is sweet malts, grassy and grainy
Didn’t like this
Can from teddy’s birthday party...poured fron can...pours golden with minimal head...no lacing...nose is grain and malt...taste is same...not great but drinkable.
Pour from a 12oz can. Darker brownish yellow, no head but with some lingering scrum in the middle of the glass. Looks like urine. Aroma of perfumy hops and corn. Taste is dominated by fairly potent hops that taste like a blend of insect repellent and rancid perfume. All that layered on a sticky sweet corn base. Worst brew I’ve had in months.
Can from trader Joes. Not much aroma or taste Smooth on the palate and not much taste. Overall an average pilsner. Campfire beer Price is right.
Can, Ann Arbor, MI. Medium gold. Sweet corn aroma. Sweet flavour. Too thick and sweet for me.
12oz can on 3rd May 2016 at my daughters place in California. Deep golden body, clear and clean looking, white head that faded fast. Not as bad as I expected to be honest, when I realised where she had bought the six pack, not that I have anything against Trader Joe’s or their beers. Anyway this was fairly sweet with a malty lead in both the aroma and taste, slight bitter, hoppy finish.
Overall this is an outstanding Beer, but @ $3.49 a six pack it blows the doors off all the hipster craft brews easily.
Normal. Easy to drink and a little creamy. Nothing special but not annoying either in any aspect.
Very simple beer but refreshing enough on a warm day. Wouldn’t buy myself but wouldn’t turn down either.
can. Golden with one finger head. Medium body with corn and grain, lightly sweet. Very light hops. Could pass for an AB beer.
Can - small foamy head, clear light copper color, sweet malty aroma and flavor, mild hop balance, a little more full bodied than expected, a step above your basic macro-like pale lager/pils
Light, malty, smooth. Some bread and cereal. Earthy then a watery finish. Nothing special, but not terrible.
Probably not a can of pilsner. More like cheap aged pale lager. Rather rude initial impact. Gets better as the session continues.
The only thing pilsner about this beer is the color. The malt is sweet. There is bitterness but it is unlike any other pilsner I’ve had. And the nose is almost paint like. Strange. Outside the Russian beers, this is the worst beer I’ve tried. I’m pouring out the other five cans.
As far as cheap beer goes, you could do a lot worse than Simpler Times Pilsner. The malt isn’t too skunky and the hops aren’t too weak. Still, if this beer is supposed to make me nostalgic for "simpler times," I’m unmoved. I’ll stick to the present. Some things shouldn’t be simple. I like my beer to have complexity.
Slightly sweet malty smell, taste is the same...sweet malt, no hops, no depth of anything but malt... Doesn’t really taste like a pilsner, bland and boring...slightly medicinal taste in there too
Nothing special here. This is not a German Pilsener. I don’t trust Minhas Craft Brewery with any of their beers.
Old rating. Yup, macro lager from Trader Joes…exactly what you expect. Something like 50 cents a beer. Corny, stale, some weird off funk. Tasted it with lager…almost exactly the same.
Faint corn and malt aroma. Reddish and orange color.Mild malt grain taste with a light bitterness. Clean light finish.
The price is about right for this beer. Drinkable. If you just want a cheap beer buzz, this’ll work for you. I get a kick out of some of the snooty highbrow reviews for this one. Make it cold, and suck it down. Burp and smile. It’s just cheap beer! Hand me another...
355ml can. Slightly hazed gold pour, fizzy fairly quickly dissipating white head. Aroma is relatively low, some floral notes and spice. Flavor is odd, phenolic, watery, not a distinct malt character, maybe saaz hops but that might be a stretch. Not a great pils.
Can picked up from trader joe’s. Pours golden, minimal head. Sweet nothing, chalk. Medium body. Metallic finish.
12oz can -
Is there anything more simpler, than enjoying a beer while hanging around a fire with friends and family? That was the case here with this beer, and I didn’t even bother to pour it into a glass. Just wanted to enjoy it from the can, and it was decent. Price not coming into play here, it was a clean, slightly grassy beer with minimal offensiveness at cold temps. I’m sure if it warmed up it would be pretty awful. I enjoyed this one just a bit more than the lager. Good beer to hand out to those that just want "..a cold one".
Save your time and money. The beer is horrible. It’s cheap for a reason. No quality. ALL THE BEER is watery dish-water. Sure, one can buy this from Trader Joe’s for a low price, but really, what you get is nothing on par to quality. I’d rather put the extra money towards a pint or six pack of something more proven and worthwhile. This beer is made cheap for a reason and its to sell out. The owners, both non brew-masters by the way, just some trust fund rich kids, are slinging this dishwater to steal your money. I mean go on the website, it shows the guy walking out of his Escalade SUV and the interviews with him and the sister "co-owner" show the trust fund babies they are...both siblings are narcissistic and ridiculous. I would give this a zero rating if I could. i am really not "trolling" here. Now if you excuse me, i need to puke this beer up.
12 oz can. (Trader Joe’s) Greenville, SC.
Clear golden colour with a tiny white head.
Sweetness, apple juice, some play dough and mild hops in the aroma. Very cheap aroma. The flavour is at least as bad... Ewww... this is Easter European cheap lager... Very bad.
Pours a golden yellow with a white head. Grass, floral and grain aroma and flavors. Light body and average carbonation. Grain and floral finish. Better that expected.
"hoping for a little more, both Simpler Times beers were in the drinkable on a hot day catergory. nothing more, nothing less. not horrible, but not what i look for in a beer, or pilsner, regardless of price. A couple of the better macros are actually better than this."