Pilsner Urquell

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

Bottle @ home
The first great beer I ever tried and the milestone to which I compare other beers. It pours a refreshing golden colour, has a thin-to-moderate head to it and has a long lasting, delicious bitter taste. Truly the king of the pilsener style.

Nice refreshing pilsener. Hoppy flavour and a good bitter finish. A good beer for warm nights.

Bottle @ The BeerBistro Toronto: Deep golden. Big floral honeyed aroma with obvious saaz character. Malty flavour with only the slightest trace of corn. Oily palate with a medium body. Nice long bitter finish. Surely a classic.

Fast disappearing head on a golden body. This beer gives the impression of being "clean". Fresh, thirst-quenching, it’s the perfect drink for a summer evening. I’d drink it again any time.

Pours a decent head but doesn’t retain it at all. Horse blanket aroma with notes of corn and pale malt. Bitter and slightly metallic finish. Perhaps mine wasn’t the freshest. I’d like to try it on tap.

Bottle pours a crystal gold color with a short lived head, no lace. The aroma is saaz and some barley. The flavor is malt and hops playing together in the glass. The palate is brothy and lively. It is what it is - a good Pilsener. Not much else.

Nice golden color- not very appealing aroma- strong bitterness- a touch metallic

Bottle, pours a lovely golden color with minimal lacing. Honestly doesn’t smell very good, notes of grains, hops and corn. There is an initial almost sweet, creamy malt and hop flavor, a definite grain presence, and perhaps some corn. However the beer finishes with an astringent bitter, metallic-hop flavor which I am not too fond of. One of the better pilsners out there, but the horrid aftertaste kills it for me. I’d rather have an ale.