Thursday, September 12, 2013

uBER PILS and CAO Flathead 554 Cigar: Review

Blue Mountain Barrel House
Arrington, Nelson County, Virginia, USA


Imperial Pilsener
1pt 9.4oz bottle
$7.99
7.6% abv
40 IBUs

Appearance: deep rich golden body with a big snow cone shaped white head that stays around forever and a day; just globs of lacing hanging on the glass


Aroma: dusty grains; crisp; clean overall; light touch of hops

Flavors/Mouthfeel: crisp grains; nice moderate body for a pilsner; light sweet malts; no it is not your typical 17 IBU pilsner; light pleasing noble hops adds great balance without pushing the bitterness; nice light bitterness on the aftertaste


To the Point: a very pleasing Double Pilsner; a great value at $7.99; this is not an overly sweet pilsner that tastes like boiled corn; the 40 IBU seems to be pretty spot on; I’ll buy more

This Pilsener is called an Imperial Pilsener and it is also listed as a Double Pilsener.  I wish there were a few standard with the name ‘Imperial’ – for example: the ale should have a 10% abv or higher.  Calling this a Double Pilsner is closer to the truth.  A 4% ale and then doubled would be 8% and this one is only 7.6%. 

So, to me the name ‘uBER’ (super) and the labeling ‘An Imperial Pilsener’ seem to be a little misleading to me. Can you agree that 10% abv or higher is ‘super’. Call it ‘Double Pils’ – it’s only 7.6% – I don’t have a problem. 

Non-the-less; this is a very fine tasting Pilsener or is it Pilsner.  




Cigar Paring

CAO Flathead 554


This boxed press cigar is new on the market. This new line is named after car parts: Flathead, Piston, Big Block – get it.  This cigar looks like a big chunk of dark chocolate.    

Flavor Profile: very tasty earthy profile; medium roast coffee with shot of chocolate; by the mid-point a hint of spice;


Perfect burn; plenty of smoke; easy draw; pretty gray ash;


This cigar paired perfectly with the Barrel House uBER PILS.  This pilsner had enough body to match up with this tasty cigar.  The earthy profile of the cigar mingled well with the crisp grains of the pilsner.  


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