Sunday Night Suds - Saranac Pollinator Pils

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Saranac Pollinator Pils.

The Saranac Pollinator Pils is one of the four brews contained in the 12 Beers of Spring mix box. This also included the new Ruby Red Ale (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-night-suds-saranac-ruby-red-ale.html), Bee Catcher Honey Ale (reviewed here http://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-night-suds-saranac-bee-catcher.html) and last year's Polar Haze IPA (reviewed here https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2019/03/sunday-night-suds-saranac-polar-haze-ipa.html).

The Pollinator Pils is a traditional German Pilsner and not an American Macro masquerading as a German Pilsner. It is not an overly sweet beer, but was not intended to be. The beer poured a golden yellow with some lacing and completely clear. There was more pine and grapefruit than I was expecting and it is something that I would want to try again. At 5.5% abv its a bit high for Pislner, but that's really based on comparison with American macros.

I have not seen this beer sold in anything but the 12 Beers of Spring Box and I am unaware of this beer being sold in six or twelve packs, so if you want this beer you need to pick up the mix box.

The Pollinator Pils is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit as is every other beer produced at the Matt Brewery plant in Utica, NY. Keep in mind, Saranac brews some varieties off site, so check the cans/bottles for kosher certification from the Va'ad of Detroit.

To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about the brew, please follow this link https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/468577.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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