EKU Pilsner

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Kulmbach, Germany

Bottle. Not the best pilsner by a long shot, rather average. It pours yellow with a decent head. Aromas are what one would expect, a mustiness, grain and a hint of bread. The flavor is where this one comes short. Its mouthfeel is too thin, and it is just too bitter and even a bit alcoholic.

Looks like a pilsener, smells like a pilsener, tastes like a pilsener! Fairly weak on the palate; slightly sugary. I’d rate this an ok pilsener, just below pilsener urquell.

Bottle. Clear light gold. Mostly lasting head. Bready, slightly sweet malt aroma with hay or straw in the background. Starts off OK, with malt and lemony hop pils flavor, but finishes, or I should say degenerates into a metallic and chemical aftertaste. A little watery as well. Overall just not that enjoyable. The label strangely identifies this as malt liquor. As the ABV is only 5%, I guess this classification is due to the sub-par quality.

Pours pale thin yellow with large white head. Light sweet malts with a light bitter aftertaste. All tastes are light on this one b/c it’s pretty watery. Nothing special.

Clear, bright gold color, topped by an initially thick head which leaves a touch of lacing as it falls back into the beer. A little too watery.

12 oz bottle from Malt of The Earth Club. Huge foamy lingering white head with A LOT of lace. Clear pale yellow color. Like most Pils, not much aroma. Some bready yeast and a little grain and hop smell. Moutfeel is THIN with a light finish, just like most pilsners. This beer has little flavor. Good Pilsner beer for a hot summer day.

Either there’s some hatin’ ass mahfuckers drinkin’ this beer or there’s some seriously mistreated bottles floating around. Clear yellow color that I expect from a pilsener with a wonderful large fluffy white head. Slightly grassy aroma with hints of apple and lemon pepper. Very refreshing beer with light hints of apple and some spicy hops. This is what a pilsener should be. Damn fine.

Poured into a chilled EKU Pils glass, the beer shows a brilliantly clear, bright gold color and is topped by a an initially four-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head that leaves a touch of lacing as it falls back into the beer. A note of sweet grain moves to a touch of grassy, lightly toasted malt, to a lightly spicy grassy hop note and then back to a sweet, almost fruity grain/ hop note.

The beer is quite cold, which is just what I was looking for on this muggy, hot, summer afternoon. A nice, sharp, lightly herbal hop note is evident from the get go. The crisp hoppy bitterness carries through to a lightly lingering finish. Grassy grain notes linger with a touch of toasted grain and just a hint of malt sweetness; all of these really just add a subtle counterpoint to the crisp, herbal (with even a touch of lemon zest) hop character though. This is certainly not the best Pilsner out there, but it certainly hits the spot today and is in fact a tasty example of the style.

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