Sam Adams Noble Pilsner

OK, so I said earlier that I don't like lagers and in particular I do not like Czech Pilsners at all. But I have to make a couple of exceptions within that style. Sam Adams Noble Pils is pretty sweet. Even better (IMO) was a Sam Adams brew from the late 90's called Golden Pils (thanks to my friend Steve's son John who now works for Boston Beer and conveyed my liking of Golden Pils to Jim Koch himself). The Noble Pils is quite hoppy (as advertised, all 5 of the noble hops used in brewing), The Golden Pils less so but I remember it as being one of my favorites back in the day. At that time I was really enamored with Sam Adams Cherry Wheat in the hot Alabama summers; trying it now, I like it less than I remember but it's still very good.

Beeradvocate scores the Noble Pils higher than the Golden Pils but I would take exception to that... if I could bring back the latter now to compete with the former.