Old Pavilion Pilsner- Marshall Brewing Company

When I first started to drink beers other than Miller High Life and Bud Light, I was twenty one and curious to try new things at bars. My favorite bar to go to back then, the Library of Norman, had brewhouse beers from Coaches on Main Street. Because they were cheaper than all the other options, especially happy hour, I started to explore the different flavors of the house beers.

 The first non-commercial beer I fell in love with was the brew house Pilz (a pilsner beer). So coming back to a pilsner beer seemed so exciting to me. I picked up a Pavilion Pilsner from Campus Liquors and here we go.

The thing I had noticed most about the Marshall Brews so far is the short head retention. The lace is not very intricate eithers. Not so much for an interesting Instragram picture. When it really comes down to it, taste trumps appearance. Though first impressions aren’t as promising.

The aroma of the beer smells like a pilsner but also a little more bitter than other pilsners I have had. The scent isn’t lingering and doesn’t feel heavy.

I took my first sip and just as I thought, bitter. I think that these Marshall Brews have a more bitter overall taste for their brews. I even noticed a hint of bitterness in the Sundown Wheat.

It was not my favorite beer, but if you love IPA’s or Irish style ales, then the pilsner might be a good change of pace.

Sundown Wheat – Marshall Brewing Company

As you readers should already know, I love wheat beers!

I was driving home from work thought it was about time to get some more new beers. I have actually begun to get a little nervous because the big Oklahoma craft beer names that come to mind: Mustang, Choc, COOP… I feared that I was going to run out of beers at the liquor stores.

Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but with graduation drawing ever so close, I inability to spend the time and money at the bar is placed on the backburner while I write my final papers and cram for the dreaded cumulative final.

I got into campus liquors and searched through the individual beers hoping to find something new. What I stumbled upon was the Marshall Brewing Company beers. There were three different types so I bought two of each. So out of them the first I chose was naturally, the Sundown Wheat.

The Sundown Wheat beer had a small head that quickly vanished. Maybe lasted only two to three minutes. The color is a darker goldenrod and is not transparent. The beer’s color and consistency almost directly correlates to the taste of the beer for me. Sundown was still light and crisp like all wheat beers, but it almost seemed heavy on my tongue. Not in a gross or painful way, but is a perplexing one.

The smell has a hint of citrus but realistically as a pretty natural wheat taste. I think that when it comes down to a refreshing wheat beer, Marshall’s Brewing Company hit the nail on the head with Sundown Wheat.