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Burial has an interesting chart. If you read this blog... ever... you will find that I try to put any brewery that I have more than one beer from in a chart at the bottom. It gives you an idea of how good the brewery is (from my opinion). In Burial's case, the chart is a middle finger. Most of their beers are in the average category. Strangely, they have no great or not great beers. They go, quite dramatically, to either the bad category or the excellent category.
The surprisingly yellow beer is not particularly clear. It has quite a bit of a haze to it, and it seems like I complain about pilsner's having a haze every time I get one. I guess this is just the new standard for pilsner, and it doesn't seem to change the taste much. As I've pointed out before, the originator of the style produces a beer that I'm not particularly fond of in the first place. This doesn't produce many bubbles, and it doesn't look like it's going to be leaving any lacing. The aroma is faint grains and citrus. Normally, I would say lemons, but I can't be that specific. The aroma just isn't particularly strong.
First sip is very good. It is impressively well balanced, and it has lemons at the forefront of the citrus, but it's backed up by grapefruit and limes. The grains are there to give it lots of solid backing, and flowers seem to erupt at the trailing end. This is a different take on a pilsner than I'm used to, but it's not a bad one. As is seemingly too common, I find myself wondering whether I should sip this all night or just go ahead with a gulp. Inevitably, I give in to the usual process and do a full gulp just so I can dissect it.
Tip-in is mild carbonation that seems like it's building over the reliable grains and the ephemeral citrus, led by the lemons. The middle gets a little aggressive with carbonation as the citrus brings some acidity and the grains seem to start to scrape rather than being smooth as they were in the sip. The finish is more bitterness than the rest of the beer had, especially since the tip-in was fairly sweet, and the flowers once again arrive for the trail off.
Bottom Line: I like that they put their own spin on the style.
2.75/5
