Pilsner Urquell

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

Czech beer is the best in the world bar none, its so consistant. The beer is a true great pilsner . Hoppy aroma, good colour. Good balance of biterness and malt , its slightly skunky , but thats what sets euro lagers apart from generic beers. I agree with one of the guys tho there are better czech beers but my memory may fail me as to how they compare , I remember Zamek and staropramen being better.

A really good pilsner lager. light, but not "watered down" like most american macros. Slightly sweet, slightly malty, slightly hopped, slightly dry.... more hops than budvar and really smooth.

Bottle. Darker gold/yellow than most of the genre with a white head that vanishes almost immediately. Decent malty aroma with hoppy overtones. Initially slightly cloying sweetness resolves to an excellent dry bitterness. Full bodied on the palate. A good all-rounder but not the flawless gem it’s purported to be. There are much better Czech pilsners out there.

The gold standard of Pilsners. Nice yellow color with a small white head. Crisp clean taste with an aroma of malt and floral hops. Draft is better than the bottle. I noticed that the brewery has attempted to reduce the skunkiness by covering the six packs with a cover. Switching to brown bottles would eliminate the problem entirely.

It’s just too hard to get a fresh pilsner urquell these days. I know it’s good from times I’ve had a good one, but it’s been a long time. The last few I’ve had have a nice dry hoppy finish, but a skunky character overall. Not that enjoyable.

Canned version from LCBO. No skunk in this one, just a hoppy aroma to go with a golden pour topped by an off white head. An average maltly start with a nice hoppy finish, lingering biiter finish. An great Euro pils.

Draught, Hotel Mercure Korona, Budapest. This seemed to be the best on offer at the time and expectations were low going by what I’d tried at home in a bottle. It was Ok though and I guess this is a pretty good exponent of the genre. Crisp and clean tasting with some maltiness. Not a bad get out of jail card.

Good but I have to say its way over rated on here. Carbonated and decently hoppy, I think its way better than the avg European light colored stuff. I would like the American stuff to go more in this direction, but its still only something I would grab if its the best available.