Pilsner Urquell

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

12oz. drank in Czech Republic & also Germany. Pours yellow, lots of carbonation in the white head. Malty, with that (what I like to call) "typical" skunkiness of Western European light beers. I can’t really say that this beer is superior to any other, but it holds a special place in my heart. Everytime I see a bottle of Urquell, I’ll be transported back to Prague and the great times I had there. Just for that simple fact, I’ll give this beer a thumbs up.

Bottle. A sentimental favorite of mine. Pours a yellow gold color, and a medium white head. Aroma is mild mats and toffee, but mostly hops. Taste is classic, this is the definitive beer of a whole category of modern beers. A great hoppy bite throughout and a clean taste throughout.

Bottle. Had this one in 06. Poured gold with a fizzy white head. Smells of malts and light hops, slighly skunky. Tasted very crisp, with lots of grain malts, some corn, and a nice balance of bittering hops. Pretty good beer.

My favorite Pilsner. Early taste of grain and hops. Finishes bitter with a sharp whack to the palate. Great.

The original Pilsner is still a contender. It begins with Saaz hop, malt, and apple notes in the aroma. Beautiful pale amber color, crystalline in appearance, with a light but firm head. The hops hit up front but do not linger, then the pale malt takes over. Apple-like tartness lingers in the finish. Warning: this beer lends itself to session drinking if you’re not careful!

Bottled. Golden with a fine white head. Aroma: Initial strong hop aroma Flavor: smooth slight hop that transitions into bitter, then slightly tart flavor.

(500ml bottle, Tesco’s) Poured a golden colour with many fast bubbles rising to the clean white head at the top. Smell of Saaz hops but lacked any skunkiness that cheaper pilsners get. Taste was a big flavour bomb that I wasn’t expecting from a lager, great hop presence and a nice biter finish. Not a huge number of flavours in there but the ones it has it does very well. Not overly carbonated, and never watery, this was a really refreshing, nice lager. I’d choose this over any other pilsner no doubt. Great.

Pours a orangey yellow with lots of fine carbonation and a small head that never really disappears. Aroma is of saaz hops, oily smell with apples, floral almost cologne smell, citrus, and some mustiness. Tastes fairly oily, apples, honey, citrus, a little corn, and a earthy lightly bitter finish. Mouth feel is really good, oily, nice full but small bubbles in the carbonation. Nice, defiantly the benchmark of all pilsners.