Soulhound

Soulhound is a low alcohol Czech pale lager brewed entirely from floor malted Haná heritage barley by Geisthaus Brewing Co., an all lager brewery in Sacramento, California.

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Brewery Description

An ultra sessionable Czech Pale Lager. Mashed with 100% @admiralmaltings Haná malt, a heritage barley whose storied history involves the creation of the first Pilsner beers in the mid-1800s. Hopped with generous amounts of Czech Saaz in the kettle and whirlpool, fermented cool with our house lager yeast, spunded for natural carbonation, and lagered cold for weeks in horizontal tanks until prime crispiness was achieved. If you are in need of your next crusher that does not sacrifice on flavor, look no further.

Source: Geisthaus: home page beer list

Tasting Notes

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Ingredients

The grist is a single malt, Haná heritage barley floor malted by Admiral Maltings. Czech Saaz is the only hop, added in the kettle and whirlpool, and fermentation uses the brewery's unnamed house lager yeast.

Hop Profile

Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Session Beer covers lighter versions of any style at 0.5 to 5.0 percent ABV and 10 to 35 IBU, with balance and drinkability as the key goals. The published 3.2% ABV sits well inside the range; no IBU is published to compare.

Awards History

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Brewery Context

Geisthaus Brewing Co. is in Sacramento, CA.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

Related

• Brewery: Geisthaus Brewing Co.
• Hop varieties: Saaz

Links

• Beer page on brewery site
• Geisthaus Brewing Co.
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines

Gaps

• Not Found: Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop form, Hop lot or farm, Adjuncts, Water. Checked geisthausbeer.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.
• Not Found: IBU. Checked geisthausbeer.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.

Research Notes

• The brewery has no individual beer pages; the home page beer list carries the description and is used as the beer url.
• Search snippets attributed to BeerAdvocate and TapHunter also showed 3.2% ABV and a Czech Pale Lager style, but both pages returned HTTP 403 and were not read.
• A Forbes list of 2026 gold winners appeared in search results but returned HTTP 403; no brewery medal announcement was read.
• No IBU was found on any page that could be opened.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Field pass 2026-10-13: Untappd menu search results show N/A IBU for Soulhound, but the opened Rustwater menu omits it. A separate bitterness search found a TapHunter menu without numeric IBU in its excerpt; no numeric bitterness was verified.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery description gives the hop use (Czech Saaz in the kettle and whirlpool), the Admiral Maltings Haná malt and the process; no IBU or color.