Pilsner Urquell

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

33cl bottle at home: Bright med-dark gold with a very white frothy head. Sweet pale malt nose with honey. Noble hops supply some earthy spice. Very light toast. Flavor is a good blend of sweet malt and smooth hop. It definitely leans more to the sweet malt side than the hop side. Effervescent hop bite in middle but back to malt for the finish. Some toast pops up in the middle. Crisp with a bit of a minerally quality.

Had this at a beer tasting event. Hoppy aroma covered in skunk. Nice golden appearance. Flavor wasn’t nearly as skunky as the aroma was. It was quite hoppy, well balanced. Nice to taste a true pilsener rather than the weak American light beer type pilsener. Still, I’m not a huge fan of this type of beer. Too light, still too watery, and a skunky profile thanks to the green bottle. The flavor is the best part, which is what matters, but overall the beer isn’t anything special in my eyes.

Standard pilsener appearance - yellow/gold with a decent looking white head. The aroma is mostly of grassy hops with a nice, but restrained malt sweetness. The flavor is nicely hoppy, grassy, herbal and a hint of floral presence as well. This balances really nicely the malt characteristics of the beer to create a solid bittersweet flavor. The mouthfeel is soft and smooth, yet just crisp enough to be refreshing. This is an eminently drinkable beer.

Tall boy can at U.S. Cellular Field poured into a tall plastic cup. Sizeable head that dissipates fairly quickly and a body that looks like a nice somber honey color. Nice looking. Initial aromas are a little grassy, some nice noble hops sweetness, and a little bit of pilsener malt stink. Taste is assertive. A nice bitter sweetness balanced by nice pilsener malt. A very nice beer and a good find at a ball game.

Bottled at home. I’ve been enjoying this beer since 1982. In the mid 80s I followed Michael Jackson’s recommendation and tried it at U Zlatého Tygra in Prague. I’ve never tasted a pils as fine since. All things considered, its still a pretty good beer. Fresh, malty and bready with bags of zatec hoppiness. I can’t wait to go back to its homeland to try the unpasturised and unfiltered versions.

Fredagsbaren på Biologi, Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Clear golden with nice white head. Aroma of bread malt and some grassy notes. Nice mouthfeeling. Solid bitterness. Well balanced

5Ocl can, golden with small white head. Smell is hoppy with a hint of hay. Nicely carbonated and hoppy flavor with rich aftertaste, overall a good pilsener.

Aroma is largley malty with a grassy hop character as well. The beer looks pretty enough in a glass, it is a deep golden color with a big fluffy white head. Flavor is of straw, earth, salt, and bitter hops. This beer is very clean and refreshing.