Pilsner Urquell

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

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.

Pours a clear golden color with a small bubbly white head that lingered throughout with a little lacing. Mild grainy malt aroma with a hint of skunk. The taste is slightly better with a decent balance of bitterness and malts. Mouthfeel is light but not watery - very crisp and clean on the palate. This is better than most Euro pilsners and is fairly drinkable.

draught 330ml 3,2€ at OpusK Lohja served on brand own glass & beermat color:pale yellow Taste: sweet malts ,bit butter ,huge carbonation hops. I don’t remember when I tasted Urquell before this maybe once at beersociety blind test. Surely it tasted better my trip to Plzen Jan 2000.

Pours rose gold with a thin sparkling white head that lasts through the glass. Aroma of fresh cut hay, sweet and hearty. Flavor Is very smooth, slight bitter hops, much grassiness, a little dry roibos tea in the aftertaste then more bitter hops. Very refreshing with just the right amount of carbonation and light enought to be a great summer brew. Only buy if you believe it hasn’t been on the shelf forever though, I’ve had quite a few skunky sixers, dunno maybe its not really poular in my area.