Pilsner Urquell

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

Hop aroma and flavor were nice, but just not of the intensity that I remember. It just lacked the kick I recall it having.

Canned: This one was quite different to the first time I rated it. Medium gold clear with a medium size shortish lasting white head. Faintly yeasty wheat beer aroma. Malty cooked pasta and floral nectar on glass swirl. Thin low carb body. A lot more intense bitter and bigger sweeter maltier flavours than the previous rate. Decent hoppy clean finish. Much improved over the first rating. First time a can has rated better than a bottle.
First rated 8 July 2002 2.3 Pale gold clear with a thin wispy quickly evaporating white head. Average faint grassy pils hops, turnips and something that reminds me of rat bait they used to put on potato sacks back in the 1950’s. (BTW that aroma is not unpleasant!) Taste is somewhat better than the aroma. My bottle was relatively lowly carbonated - I don’t remember this beer being quite so flat last time I tried it. The body is thin but has some substantial flavours, mainly bitter, some malt and a touch of powdered Al. Finish is also quite flat and left me quite unstatisfied. Maybe I need to try some more Bohemians but if this is indicative of the style I think they’ll end up pretty lowly rated on my style sheets.

12oz - Aroma of sweet malts and grassy hops. Pours transparent gold with a medium head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma but thinner. Palate is thin and a little sticky. Non-offensive but pretty boring.

I’ll be daggone if I see it, at least in the bottles they ship to America. I think this beer put out Michael hair when it was one fire and thats why he likes it so much. Light colored, frequently skunked, even on draft I don’t see it. Some what bitter finish, not enough malt for me in a pilsener.

re-rate because of speeling errors. Had a very good flavour that was not too bitter and not watered down. Had a lightly golden body and a long lasting white head.

golden urine color with slightly pissy aroma. high carbonation,tangy hoppy finish,,dull/soso,,wont buy again and am surprised at the 67 rating

Somehow this seems a shadow of the Pilsner Urquel I drank draft in Berlin; did they Americanize it? A deep rich clear amber golden color. Nose of dry floral hop and a little malt. I would have liked more malt and more bitter hop in the taste. Mouth is about right for a lager or pilsner, balanced, with spritz and bite. Drinkable, no flaws, no major excitement.

Bottle. Enjoyed many times, but finally rating. Mild grassy pilsner hops, mildly sweet, slight grain, and pretty metallic, though still pretty damn good. Light palate. Solid summer drinker.