Well well! Here’s an interesting little beer I got from my good friend Jamieson Comer and her husband Dave Hofius. They went to the brewery in Athens, and I got beer. Yay! They actually brought me back two brewery-only beers, Calculating Infinity Pale Ale, a drinkable hazy pale ale, and the beer I’m here to tell you about tonight, Creature Comforts Stone Ground Pilsner.

I have to say, too, this Stone Ground Pilsner is a tasty brew indeed. Crisp and refreshing and layered with flavors from the specialty grains. Here’s what Creature Comforts says on their website:

Stone Ground Pilsner is the base beer for Mutualism, our collaboration with Jester King. When we brewed it a couple years back, we got to taste the base pilsner beer before we blended in both brewery’s mixed cultures and we loved it. So, when we decided to brew Mutualism again this year, we figured why not brew a larger batch and package some of the “clean” base pilsner?

One thing that sets it apart from many pilsners is that we used a hefty portion of DaySpring Farm’s raw wheat and corn grits in the mash.

Grain Bill: German Pilsner malt, DaySpring raw wheat and corn grits, Golden Naked Oats

Hops: Tettnang & Huell Melon

See? Those specialty grains are what I’m talking about. The Germans would likely have a conniption over corn in their pilsner; wheat additions would elicit an only slightly less frantic response. Still, I think corn grits are a great addition when used to flavor the beer, not lighten the flavor. They give a distinctly southern accent to the brew. It even says “Hi Y’all” when you take a sip. Well, it does if you drink enough of them.

Creature Comforts Stone Ground Pilsner has an alcohol content of 3.7% by volume.

Creature Comforts Stone Ground Pilsner pours to a pale yellow color with a thick head of rocky foam and an enticing nose of soft biscuit malt and crackery wheat. Taking a sip, the beer is ultra-crisp and refreshing and full of wonderful grain flavor: the biscuity malt and crackery wheat from the nose combined with white corn grits like the kind you had for breakfast. A gentle cantaloupe fruitiness from the Huell Melon hops emerges, only to yield to the aggressively bitter Tettnangs to finish the beer perfectly.

Extremely well done, and I love that at 3.7% ABV I can have two of these big cans if I want. And I want.

And remember, try a new beer today, and drink outside the box.

*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.

(B)=Bottled, canned

(D)=Draft

 

 



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