Pilsner Urquell

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

Hmmm. Maybe not all beer in green bottles is bad. This one had some very nice hoppy notes to it, along with some nice citrus notes. I was pleased with what I found in this beer.

I was pleasantly surprised by this pilsner. The bottle is completely unassuming, with mediocre design and green glass. I was expecting an average European beer with a funk to it. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pilsner glass. Yellow body, with a slight head. Smells slightly skunky, with grass and malt aromas. The taste, however, is anything but skunky. Extremly smooth, refreshing beer. Light malt taste with a hint of hops bitterness at the end that warms the mouth rather than biting. Fantastic pilsner. I will be buying in the future.

Golden yellow in color with a medium sized white head. Aroma is of light strawor grass and malts. Light malt snd grain taste with light hops.

warm yellow body under an average head. Smell of string grasses and flowers. Wonderful soft malt taste, dry and hoopy but not sharp. Slightly bitter finish. Beautiful. Palate watery and only a touch fizzy. Nice to go with an original for my 100th rating.

330 mL. This is probably right in between a crappy beer and a good beer...it is a diving line between two beer realms. Pours a clear light yellow with a white head that disappears. Aroma of cereal grain, Saaz hops, skunky pale malt. Taste is watery up front and then turns surprisingly bitter and dry from the Saaz hops to the point of almost being metallic. I like the sharp bite in this beer and is a good bar choice when nothing else is on tap.

Holy smokes!!!! This must be Blatz’ long lost European cousin. Nice flavor, distint hops aroma. I could see getting lit up like an Xmas tree on this, and then passing out on the neighbors lawn. But, why oh why would ANYONE put beer into green bottles? Especially the Czechs! They should be ashamed.

Draft in pilsner urquell glass. Poured translucent golden amber with a thin ring of white head. Aroma was sweet and mellifluous, subltey fruity , and slightly citric noble hop finish. Flavor was similar, the pilsner malt handled much better than in most others and this did not taste like cereal rather almost like a vienna malt, apple, leafy hop bitterness accentuated by carbonation gives a bite at the end. The palate was excellent, fuller than any macro pilsner I suspect because a slight resinous qualty is left on the tongue by the noble hops, and there was certainly no watering down or corning up with this pilsner.

Pours a Golden hue with a white head that fades away very fast. No lacing to speak of. Aroma of baked bread and just a slight noble variety hops. Taste comes off slight sweet from the malt, then the noble hops kick in and give off a nice herbal flavored bitterness. Finish is slightly dry. Smooth lighter body palate. Not too weak, nor too heavy, just right for the style. I’m always impressed with Pilsner Urquell, because it proves that Pilsners can have a ton of flavor if brewed right. Those macros really butchered this style with their failed clone beers.