It seems like it was forever ago that I had my last Jackalope, but no, it was just November of last year. I remember that one. It wasn't great. In fact, looking through my history with Jackalope since 2015, the greatest they were able to achieve was one of their IPAs that managed a 2.5/5. That is dead center of average. And that was the best and only one that they got to that level. I don't know why I have the feeling that this brewery is better than the beers that they've actually produced so far, but I appear to be optimistic toward them.
The head is a bunch of big white bubbles, and they don't overflow the glass when I pour, so there's nothing for me to clean up. The color of the beer is wrong. It's a pale yellow that has a dusty haze to it. It's not a hazy beer, per se, but it has that ever so slight murkiness to it that I just don't expect to see in a pilsner. Pilsners should be clear. The aroma is more on par with what I would expect with a sweet malt, and it seems to have a prevalent yeast.First sip is not bad at all. While the color threw me, the taste does not. Instead, the sweet grains are the predominant flavor, and they are accented with honey and the yeast that appears to be much more demure than it was when I smelled it. It's good. It's crisp and clean just like a pilsner should be.
Tip-in is sweet, grainy malt with the honey rising to smooth the encroaching carbonation. The middle is sweetly smooth with the malt pretty much driving the entire beverage while the carbonation rises orchestrally around the roof of the mouth. The crisp finish leaves a modicum of yeast to pull the whole affair into a sweet but somewhat troubled trail off.
Bottom Line: Without a doubt, this is the best Jackalope beer I've ever had.
3.0/5