Review: Prost Pilsner and Winter Lager

Review: Prost Pilsner and Winter Lager

Prost may sound German — and the can even looks German — but it’s actually made in Colorado, focusing on Teutonic style brews. Here’s a quick look at a pair of brews from the operation.

Prost Pilsner – A clean and innocuous pilsner, just as it should be: Pale in color, lightly lemony on the tongue, and crisp with notes of saltine crackers and just the gentlest touch of baking spice. Lightly bitter but not at all hoppy, it’s a pleasant enough beer that you’ll undoubtedly enjoy most when it’s hot as balls outside. 4.9% abv. B+

Prost Winter Lager – A bigger, maltier lager — albeit one which is wholly approachable, I would argue, any time of the year. The rounded, almost chewy body is plumped up by a bit higher abv, and a vague suggestion of baking spices that grows stronger as the beer warms up a bit. On the finish, the brew is at its wintriest, slightly nutty but enduringly malt-driven. Solid, but not the “winter warmer” you might be expecting. 6% abv. B+

each $13 per six-pack

Prost Winter Lager

USD13
8.5

Rating

8.5/10

A veteran journalist, the author of four books, a published poet, and an award-winning winemaker, Christopher Null has more than 25 years of experience writing about wine and spirits. He founded Drinkhacker in 2007. He also writes regularly about the science of booze for WIRED and is an occasional contributor to ADI's Distiller magazine. He has been a judge for both the American Distilling Institute Judging of Craft Spirits and Whiskies of the World spirits competitions and often works as a consultant, developing formal tasting notes for spirits brands around the world.

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