Greenleaf Dry-Hopped Keller Pils

Review Date 12/31/2021  By John Staradumsky

  Style: Keller Bier   Brewery: Blaze   Country: USA   State: Maine   $ Per OZ: N/A   ABV: 5%

I stopped at Mink’s Package Store in Marietta, Georgia, for old times sake. I was Christmas shopping in the area and hadn’t been here in years, so I decided to stop in. Over a decade ago I was a regular, living only a few miles away on the Atlanta line. Mink’s had a wonderful selection of Russian beers at the time, and those were on my mind when I stopped in. As it turned out, they didn’t have them anymore, though they did have some new (for me) and interesting beers to choose from.

One of the beers I bought was a single of Greenleaf Dry-Hopped Keller Pils from Blaze Brewing of Biddeford, Maine. This is the first beer I have ever tried from Blaze Brewing. Maine breweries have a special place in my heart; Geary’s Pale Ale was one of the first craft beers I ever tasted, and Gritty McDuff’s was my first ever brewpub. The Great Lost Bear was my first multi-tap bar-are you sensing a pattern here? Many beer first for me in Maine.

But tonight, my Maine beer first is my first beer from Blaze. The beer is not even listed on the brewery website, but Untappd has a quote from the brewery about it:

Greenleaf is our 5% dry-hopped Keller Pils. Greenleaf was given ample time to lager and was dry-hopped with just a touch of Amarillo. The result is a beautiful beer perfect for the coming summer months. Greenleaf smells and tastes like fresh bread, wildflower honey, and white tea. The perfect beer for summer.

I paid $3.49 for my pint can at Mink’s, but did not see any six-packs. I have no other pricing. The beer is stamped on the bottom as canned on 05/27/21, and I drank it on the day after Christmas. That’s almost 7 months of age on this one, but that’s not too much of a stretch for a Keller/Zwickl beer. And did I mention that Mink’s keeps all of its beer refrigerated? Yes. All of it.

Blaze Brewing Greenleaf Dry-Hopped Keller Pils pours to a hazy orange-yellow color with a towering rocky head and a nose of herbal leafy green hops. Taking a sip, the beer is medium malty, meaty-yeasty with hints of citric orange. The finish is nicely bitter, and the hearty yeast adds to the whole experience nicely.

Glad to meet you Blaze Brewing of Biddeford, Maine. I’ll be keeping a close eye on you.

Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??