Pilsner Urquell

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

(on bottle)Being this my 100th rating, I´ve fallen upon the first "exotic" beer I ever had. The pilsner the other ones look up to and so on and so forth. So tasting it again, is it that good? Well, it has a nice fresh/grassy sent and a golden color to look at. What hits me the most is, that so many "lower" pilsners, allways has too much carbonation and too many hops. This one is round and good, fine balance. Good for a warm day of harvesting hay or something.

From a 12 oz. distinctive green bottle with a coded freshness on the back label. Made a decent appearance, poured a pilsener golden with a nice foamy white head and a minimal amount of sticking. Had a spicy grassy aroma, with traces of citrus and a mellow graininess. Good carbonation and a smooth, crisp light medium bodied mouth feel, good drinkability. Taste at first was a grassy hop bitter, a little spiciness, followed by a biscuity maltiness and a dry, crisp finish.

[on tap at brewery restaurant, Plzen] Bright gold with a loasting, white blanket that formed good lacing. Fresh malt and huge, fresh saaz aroma--freshest hops to have ever been smelled by this nose. Sweet malt flavour balanced perfectly by noblle hops and ending with an ascertive bitterness that lasts for a little bit. Light to medium body with plenty of carbonation. The bitternes hangs on a little longer than I would have liked. Re-rate from blind at Modrý Abbé in Klatovy, sometime in June, 2008: Pleasant fruity and floral noble hops with a touch of DMS./5 Clear/bright gold with a thick white head./4 Strong bitterness with plenty of nice sweet malt to balance./5 Medium body, medium carbonation./3 Overall./14; Total./3.1

A little bitter, but it’s that German-type taste

Bottle. Pour is a orange/gold color with a two finger head that forms and then dies down without lacing. A few bubbles drift up to the surface and the aromas are very pilsner like. A little bit of a skunky smell at first, but it gives way to bread, grass and Saaz. Flavor is about the same. That nice peppery (almost like white pepper) bite from the Saaz waits till the end and gets you, finishing off a bready/grassy masterpiece.

Pours medium amber. Good stout head and the lacing almost coats the glass completely. Thats about the bes I can say for this brew though. There is a honey flavor here, like the Warsteiner. Also though and especially on the aftertaste is a metallicslant. Like biting on timfoil or a rusty nail. Very little hops taste and a smmoth mouth feel. Don’t think I can finish this one.

(Canned) Golden. Clear. Little bit butter and hops in nose. Medium bodied and dry palate with lots of carbonation. Hops, butter and bitterness in taste. Bitter aftertaste.

Comme je me suis promi, version cannette de 500 ml. Couleur doré mi-foncé, petit collet. Arome faible d’houblon et un peu d’herbe. Goût d’houblon simplistique et rien de plus. Buvable mais c’est tout.