Enbeerment’s Lagerbier of the Week: Stereo Pils

*Originally posted June 8, 2021*

Beginning its life as Sun Medallion, a collaboration with Bearded Tang’s Jon Chiusano, Stereo Pils is a Czech-Style Pilsner that has evolved to be individual and distinct from its first incarnation. This wonderful lager was gained popularity as a draught-only refreshing beer and quickly a crowd and staff favorite at Placentia’s Stereo Brewing. To our delight, Stereo Pils is available in 16oz canned 4-packs to-go for the first time!

The Czech or Bohemian Pilsner style is the lager that influenced (but is not the same as) other pale lagers including German Pils and the American Light Lager. More on the history of Pilsner here. Stereo Pils shows off the marvelous uplifting quality of the style.

Golden in color and brilliantly clear with no chill-haze at all. Zippy, snappy, crisp, purfumy, and rejuvenating. Brewed using 100% floor malted Bohemian Pilsner malt, only Saaz hops, and a clean lager profile to allow the ingredients to shine. A dried cereal malt backbone with lemony, spicy hop aromas laying atop a pillowy cap of foam. Flavors of hay, cut grass, lemon zest, and a round bitter bite on the finish.

Get it while it’s hot… Or cold in this case. Pay them a visit and enjoy your Pils.

Stereo Brewing Company
950 S Vía Rodeo, Placentia, CA 92870

Website, Insta, Facebook

Na Zdraví!

Gilbert “Charlie” Perez, Advanced Cicerone®

GABF 2020 OC Winners!

There were plenty of newcomers and some very pleasant surprises. With the judging circumstances this year, it was to be expected that we have such a diverse range of winners along with some very notable snubs. There’s always next year. Congratulations to all the hardware winners! (For a complete list, click here.)

OC is always a winner in my book. There was a strong showing for our little group of brewers with 12 total awards. And the winners are…

Gold:

Coffee Stout of Porter: Super Tonic, Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano (75 Entries)

Session India Pale Ale: Hefty Fee, Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano (94 Entries)

Other Strong Beer: Rico, Chihuahua Cerveza, Costa Mesa (82 Entries)

English-Style Brown Ale: Get Up Offa That Brown, Golden Road, Anaheim (55 Entries)

Belgian-Style Specialty Ale: Tangible Passion, RIIP Beer Co., Huntington Beach (47 Entries) 

-5 Total Gold Medals-


Silver:

Coffee Beer: Golden Stout, Karl Strauss, Anaheim (72 Entries) 

Coffee Stout or Porter: The Riizzo, RIIP Beer Co., Huntington Beach (75 Entries)

American-Style Black Ale or American-Style Stout: Black the Riipper, RIIP Beer Co., Huntington Beach (69 Entries)

-3 Total Silver Medals-

Bronze:

Fruited American-Style Sour Ale: Summer Sun, Stereo Brewing, Placentia (180 Entries)

Wood-and Barrel-Aged Beer: B. A. Dunkel, TAPS Brewery & Barrel Room, Tustin (65 Entries) 

Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest: Funfest, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Fullerton (90 Entries) 

German Dark Lager: Umbeereon, GameCraft Brewing, Laguna Hills (98 Entries)

-4 Total Bronze Medals-

Cheers!

Gilbert “Charlie” Perez, Advanced Cicerone®

Enbeerment’s Oktoberfestbier of the Week (2020): Oktoberfest by Stereo Brewing

1L "Stein" of Stereo's Oktoberfest

O’zapft is! Oktoberfest in Munich may have been cancelled this year for health safety reasons (rightfully so), but that doesn’t mean we still can’t celebrate in our own way here locally as safe as possible. With that spirit of celebration, the malty lagers are beginning to shine at breweries all over OC. Stereo’s Oktoberfest is one of many, but it stands out as a wonderful example that deserves recognition. Oktoberfest by Stereo is the first of the Märzen/Festbier focused Lagerbier of the Week from now until the end of October!

This golden copper colored lager resonates with rich malty aromas resembling toasted biscuits and nuts, and brown sugar. Flavors are toasty with some toffee-like notes that finish dry on the palate. Enough bitterness to keep the sweetness at bay and add to the crisp nature of the dryness. Wunderschöne!

Last year’s version was by no means a standard lagerbier and was a great representation of the Vienna Lager style. There’s just something beautiful about the display of balance and complexity all at once in this more traditional Oktoberfestbier.

If you were part of the Road Crew last year and/or were able to snag up a large 1L Krüge, keep a close eye on their social media’s for deals where you can bring it in and receive a discounted fill of Oktoberfest.

Visit them in Placentia at 950 South Vía Rodeo, or on the Web, Instagram, and Facebook.

Prost!
Gilbert “Charlie” Perez, Advanced Cicerone®