Pilsner Urquell Kvasnicový (Yeast beer)

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

Straight from the barrel in the catacombs of underground Plsensky Prazdroj. A truly special beer moment: pours from the barrel slightly darker, more orange than the pastuerized stepchild commonly dispersed throughout the world; the unfiltered yeast that shows up as rich and hazy in the plastic cup gives wonderful depth and dimension to the mouthfeel: creamy, velvety, with much more malt sweetness, slightly tart, and a smooth yeasty finish. Citrus rind hops on the nose, minty towards the finish. Just a truly special experience, with the rating only somewhat slanted accordingly, as the beer itself deserves the highest praise.

Sampled from the wooden barrel at "beer world" in Plzen. As soon as my lips touched the cup (plastic) I wanted to kill everyone at the Urquell brewery for not bottling this elixir and instead the other stuff that hits the shelves It’s a different beer from the mediocre tipple they market to the masses but this is real pilsner and I’ve never had anything like it before or since. I think about this beer a lot, it haunts my memory. Very special stuff The bright orange, hazy color, the full-on hop aromas and especially flavors that burst through and permeate the palate, like no other pilsener I have ever tasted that’s for sure. If all pilsener were like this, the world would be a better place.

Tasted at Na Parkanu, Plzen. Granted. This really is a looker. Perfectly poured with a big lasting white head over a hazy yellow body. However, having read all of the rave reviews on this site I have to say that it disappoints a bit. Perhaps the version from the cellars is different and better. This is not to say that it’s a very nice beer. I just didn’t find it *that* good. Anyways. Light hoppy scent with notes of honey and citrus fruits. Flavour is quite sharp, precise, and very well balanced. Easily drinkable and superbly refreshing yet surprisingly full bodied for its style. A bit more complexity and this would be very, very good. As it is I just found it to be a very good pilsener and not much more.

It’s just a shame that this beer cannot be released for sale. It’s just as good as it gets.

Vive la Pilsner Urquell! The best golden beer to drink in the whole wide world.

From barrel in brewery cellar - Beautiful very hazy golden body, beautiful quite big bubbled white head; Big super fresh nose, superb balance of hop and malt, elegant and superbly composed; Perfect soft smooth texture, perfect slightly sharp carbonation, super complex, super fresh body, malty and hoppy bitter with a very little malty sweetness; Super elegant finish, long perfectly evolving, again perfect malt and hop bitter, perfectly balanced aromas of malt and earthy hop. Extremely well composed and extremely well made beer..........From Na Parkanu (8-4-8-5-16 = 4.1) - Slightly hazy golden body, fluffy white head, lacing; Super crisp quite complex light roasted malty aromas, very elegant; Perfect medium sized carbonation on soft thin body, elegant crisp and malty bitter; Long very elegant malty crisp finish, malty bitter, great and complex malty aromas, crisp earthy spicy hop aromas in late finish. Super good very drinkable, actually a fantastic beer............If those 2 beers are exactly the same the small journey from the brewery to the bar seriously changes it!

wow, thats all i can say, wow. went to the czech republic and had a first hand sample right from the cellars themselves. arguably one of the best beers ever,a darker cloudier version of the original but more flavor and smoothness come from it. could drink it all day.

Went to the brewery and sampled the unfiltered version. Quite dark for a pils, fantastic hoppy aroma, smooth bitter flavour. Obviously different from the filtered version. World class.