Tuppers Keller Pils
Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Pils is made via a complex hopping schedule which includes dry hopping for weeks over whole-flower Saaz and Mt. Hood hops. Also used are Saaz, Mittelfruh, Spalt and Mt. Hood in the kettle. The beer is bottled and keg conditioned which provides very fine carbonation and a fine head.
3.6
285 reviews
Bethesda, United States
Community reviews
12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy gold with a moderate white head that lasted through the first two sips and left light lace. Pleasant aroma of mild malt along with a few notes of lemon. The flavor is mild bready malt followed by some light lemon and mild-moderate hops bitterness. No problems.
Bottle. This is one of the best pilsners I’ve ever had. Nice hay yellow body with solid white head. Very crisp, lots of hops for a pilsner. And yet, its super balanced and smooth. Just a perfect summer drinker.
Poured a hazy yellow color with an enormous white head. I don’t know if this was over-carbonated, but the head is way too big. Aroma has lots of pepper and oranges. Some cereal notes as well. Taste is smooth, but a little watery. Good malty flavors with oranges and spices in the finish. Some hoppy notes with some dough and grass. I’m wondering if I got a bad bottle because this tastes different from most of the descriptions on here.
Whole Foods Market, DC 4-pack ($11): I just got this because I wanted a pilsener and I hoped that this would be passable. I was pleasantly surprised to find a beer geekish treat. Anyway, it pours a golden colour with a nice white head. Aroma has got the lemon, lemon soap, grassy hops, a few more hops here and there, oh and some hops. The different hop varieties play off of each other in some a clear and clever way in this beer that it is worth mentioning. Different kinds of bitterness are present from start to finish and the hop flavors undergo a veritable transformation. Leaves some lasting aftertaste and a smile on your mouth.
Bottle. Pours a golden body with a white head and a small white head. Aromatically light hop tones. Some grassy and light citrus hop tones. Mild soft herbal body with a bread y soft body. A hint of lemon grass and a soft body. Nice pils.
A: This one pours a fairly clear straw color with a finger of white head and some sticky lacing.
S: Quite an impressive nose. Lots of hops, surprisingly citrusy, but there’s nice spiciness and floral quality to them as well. Sweet bread and toffee make up the malt component of the beer.
T: The flavor is good, but not quite as nice as the nose. Sweet fruits followed by grassy and bitter hops. Quite herbal with minimal earthy qualities to it. A little bit of citrus, particularly of the peel variety.
M: Light to medium in body with a moderate carbonation.
D: I was pleasantly surprised by this beer. The nose was quite nice, but the flavor wasn’t half bad either.
Pours a hazy yellow color with a creamy white head. Interesting aroma and flavor of fruits, spices and butterscotch with a bitter finish. Light to medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation. A good and original pilsener.
Bottle. Pours hazy golden yellow with a light off white head. Nice saaz hoppy aroma, with grassy and lemony notes on a light pale malty base. The flavor has fresh grassy hoppy notes on a pale malty base. Nice.
Appearance: cloudy, creamy gold with a white head; minimal lacing. Aroma: grassy and peppery with notes of lemon zest. Taste: hoppy and spicy, with notes of pepper, lemongrass and hay over a nice creamy malt backbone. Finish: crisp, bitter and dry. Notes: On the hoppy side for a pils, with a nice crisp palate that is also creamy. Very refreshing.
12oz bottle. Bright yellow color, a touch of cloudiness. Beautiful hop aroma. A bit of white pepper, grassy hops, and pale malt. Flavor is crisp, bright and hoppy. Characteristics of a hearty Pils, pale malts, grassy hops, spicy bitterness. Perfect all around character. Very well done and extremely enjoyable.
9,5,8,5,16
Tap at Paradiso Georgetown. Even though Travlr recommended against this, I am going to call bullshit. The pour is a clear, light amber gold with a healthy, dense, white, rocky head with great retention and little swathes of lace. Aroma is quite outstanding: muted, relaxed, but heavy on tropical fruits, rich island breeze, fresh florals, orange blossom. Taste up front is excellent: there is a heavy oily mouthfeel and rich, quenching, fresh maltiness balanced by the fruity Mt Hood hops and dried out by the Saaz hops. Fresh lemon and juicy citrus add to a much fuller body than one would expect. Mouthfeel is oily, rich and then goes a little too soapy and suddy but not anymore than I would expect from a Saaz pilsener. Really refreshing and better than most IPAs!
Tap at Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown. Very pale clear yellow, does not look like an unfiltered beer. More weak and watery than a keller ought to be.
light pale yellow brew with touch of gold and white soapy head. taste first of superior body then hops. ivy, touch of grapefruit it is mildly sweet and with a finish that lingers. backround bit of wheat (to bad all wheats can’t be like this) pith and slightly caustic finish to keep the body in check. perfection of body and taste. slightly slick.
12 oz bottle
I must have been nice because this was tucked away in my 2010 Secret Santa delivery. A light and easy going pilsener this beer was fresh and bright. I don’t know if Tupper / St George fly under the radar but they seem to know what they are doing. I look forward to their bigger beers (like the imperial stout that was also in the box).
Aroma / Appearance - Semi-transparent golden bubbles surfaced like a clear sunrise. A stark white head was the color of fresh snow. Lemon and citrus glazing over shortbread cookies brought the beer into immediate focus. The wheaty smell of Wonderbread would have been bad in many other styles but was perfect here.
Flavor / Palate - The sweet start of honey and lemon extract tickles the tongue. Following next was a piney transition to a oaky finish. Moist on the throat it provides a nice refreshing experience. Solid and well rounded it does not try to be too much. Neither, however, is it timid. This is the ideal way to brew a sessionable pils.
Bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a large, frothy and bubbly white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (grain, meal, cereal, straw), average hops (spicy, earthy, grassy), and light esters (fruity) with notes of peaches. Flavor is heavy malt (grain, meal, cereal, straw), average hops (spicy, earthy, grassy), and light esters (fruity) with notes of dust. Light body, low warmth and creaminess, medium carbonation, with a dry finish. This Pilsener has a nice, sweet malt backbone with adequate spicy and earthy hops to balance.
On tap at Churchkey. Hazy straw color with a one finger white head. The aroma is great and interesting, slightly funky with straw and floral notes, along with some pale malt. Excellent flavor for what this is, funky and crisp with grassy hops and hay. Not very sweet with a good dry bitterness. Medium-light bodied with a dry mouthfeel and medium-plus carbonation. Hell of a beer, great for the style.
Part of a 2.99 4-pack from Bullocks’ Wine & Spirits in Marietta, Georgia.
Appearance: Pours a cloudy, dim-looking, orange-gold body with a hearty, churning, barely off-white head. Wispy lace on the descent.
Smell: Biscuit-toned, yeasty nose, a touch of dried nectarine and with an aromatic dry hop scent of German hops giving a big whiff of spicy grassiness.
Taste: Malts tasting of fresh-made biscuit dough with a very thin trickle of honey sweetness cut with still mineral water. Pronounced spicy, peppery Continental hops with a staunch grassiness like unexpectedly taking in a mouthful of sun-dried hay and a mite bit of dehydrated citrus peel. Medium-plus bitterness. Particularly long, particularly dry finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: It’s been a loooonng time, Tuppers. How’s the family? How’s the wife? Paired fairly well with a bowl of lentil soup with andouille sausage.
Aroma: There is a slight floral smell which isn’t overpowering, but little else.
Appearance: Poured pale and cloudy with little head--not what I’d expect from a Pilsner.
Taste: Medium bitterness accentuated by the hops aroma, but just a light sweetness underneath.
Body: Medium body, again not what I’d expect from a pilsner, with soft carbonation and long finish,
Overall: It’s a very solid, flavorfull beer, but with too many elements that remind me of lighter, hoppy ales. Obviously the name "hop pocket" should warn the drinker of this, so it’s to be expected.
A: Pours a cloudy lemon yellow with a nice white head. Plenty of lacing and good head retention.
S: Nice grassy notes alongside a bit of pale grain. Somewhat of a fruity edge in there as well.
T: In addition to the grassy malt and slight fruit presence, a bit of a floral hop taste comes in with accompanying bitterness.
M: Light-bodied and somewhat creamy. Good carbonation.
D: Highly drinkable. This will certainly become part of my regular summer rotation.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 05-03-2010
A little better than I expected. Impressive head, and a cloudy pour that was ok, except for the dark specks suspended in the glass. Probably would have given it a 4 aside from that. Aroma is a bit musty with hops and quite earthy on the tail end. Taste is decent, nice hops and a decent bite. I will definitely put this on my list of beers to try again - this one may not be the freshest, I did buy it a few months back.
12oz bottle, unknown date, my magic beer decoder ring was unable to solve the mystery code printed on the case, but this delivery was from Tupper’s July debut in Georgia. Pours very hazy with a yellow/gold/orange color progression. Starts with a fluffy and foamy two finger white head that leaves some clumpy rings of lacing that hang around forever, and holds a light but foamy cap and ring. A very nice looking beer. Aroma is citrus, oranges, lemons, earthy, floral, spicy hops, yeast, and a little musty. Moderate strength. Flavor is very hoppy, very nice spicy hops, earthy, floral, and some citrus, with good bitterness, some lightly sweet bready malt is there as well, wonderful hoppy, bitter, scrubbing finish. Huge flavor overall for the style, I can see why this costs a little more than other craft pils, this stuff is loaded. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, slick, good carbonation. Incredibly drinkable beer, delicious, and is the best of the 3 new pilsners I’ve tried today, even beating out the impressive Southampton Keller Pils.
Shared thanks to austin. Pours a clear light amber with large khaki foamy head. Nose of homebrew hop tea. Flavor is barely noble hops, more of an earthy woodsy hop and some faint biscuit. Not at all what I think of a pils, but very good. Kinda awesome like prima pils, but not quite as good.
Bottle. Pale/pils malt nose, light dust and chalk, great noble hop nose, very light mineral tone. Beautiful rich golden body, transparent with tons of carb and pillowy sudsy head. Taste is bone dry and very bitter, a very hoppy bite with strong mineral bite and a medium/light metallic aftertaste. Some great stony, sharp notes, touch of oil, body seems full, actually. A very good, somewhat unpredictable pils.
Draught. poured a nice light golden yellow color. big aroma of hops and lemon. taste: nice refreshing flavors, great bitterness of the hops for a pils, nice crisp refreshing beer would get again.
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of grassy, slightly resiny hops with a big earthy and slightly mineral quality. The taste is big green, grassy hops with some pale malts. A faint bit of dry toastiness as well. Medium bodied. Nice pilsner. Opened 6/7/10.
Serving: Draft at the Nova Brewfest.
It pours a clear, light gold color with a foamy, white head. The nose is a balance of slightly floral hops and a bit of malt. The flavor has a nice balance of spicy hops and pale malt that adds both a touch of sweetness and body. Light to medium body with average carbonation leading to a medium, bitter finish. This is a tasty and refreshing brew that is highly sessionable.
I might give this the nod as the best keller weisse that i’ve ever had, saying best pilsner may be stretching it but maybe not. Impressive!
One of the better tasting pilsners I’ve had. Nose and taste of doughy breads and citrus. Rated 5/12/04
Not sure how I forgot to rate this, but this actually works out well now that they’ve switch brewers thanks to the evil that is AB. Glad to see this beer is still world class... Big grassy, floral Saaz nose, doughy/cracker malts, light honey, touch of citrus. The taste is dry, lightly bitter, lots of fresh cut grass, some lemon, touch of herbs; malts are very crisp cracker, some dusty yeast, but still it’s a pretty clean beer. Moderate carbonation, soft body with lingering bitter finish. One of the best pilsners in the US with no doubt.
Thanks, erice! Growler from Whole Foods Fair Lakes, VA. Pours a transparent yellow with big white head. Aroma has lots of herbal hoppiness. Taste has some yeast, is very dry, herbal, grassy bitterness, the Saaz hops are fantastic. Finish is crisp and bitter, a fantastic pilsner.