Pilsner Urquell 3.5%

Brewed by Plzensky Prazdroj (SABMiller)
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Plzen, Czech Republic

Sweden 50 cl, 10 C 20091022. Big strong head! Flavor etc Czech standard pilzner - but the best even better then the stronger ones. Better hop caracter!

[Bottled] Golden, brief head. Oily saaz hop aroma. Medium dry with decent body. Evident Urquell flavour. Hops actually gets the upper hand on water, which is rare among Swedish supermarket beer. Medium bitterness.

Silver Foil bottles, about thirty cents from convenience store in old Prague. Paler and weaker than its golden-capped brother - but in these very fresh bottles is showing some decent hop aroma. A good session beer for wandering around Kampa Park. (comprised from notes on trip 1995)

Bottled. Golden colour, big creamy white head. Aroma of hops and butter. Flavour is hoppy and a bit sweetish. Like a watered down version on the normal Urquell. One of the better 3,5% beers in Sweden though.

(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, pilsener golden with a white head. Slightly floral hoppiness in the aroma. Fairly light-bodied - but not exactly thin - with clean, malty notes and a light, floral, hoppy finish. Even in this weaker version it’s still a nice beer. 210906

Thisted tasting. It is golden with a creamy head. The aroma has notes of malt, straw and light flower. The flavour has a light sweetness and a refreshing and dry bitterness and notes of malt and light flower. It’s not bad, even if it only has 3,5%.

(Bottle) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty nose with hints of toffee and lots of grassy hops, almost metallic. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of toffee and lots of grassy hops in the finish. Rather dry. Defintely thinner than the original version, but otherwise very much in line with that one. One of the better 3,5% beers on the swedish market.

Bottle, 3.5%. Golden colour, small white head. Not too malty, but tastes of more than other 3.5% lagers. Low to medium bitterness.