Favorite Canned Pilsner

Jesse, I have not had the pleasure of drinking the Berkshire Czech Pils; it is not distributed outside of New England according to seekabrew.

Cheers!

 

BM me your address and I'll be sure to get you a bomber (it's bomber only, which is a bummer). It's usually released right about now, so I could likely get some fresh.

In regards to Anchor's California Lager, is it me, or is that the "driest" beer available? It starts and ends very dry, in my opinion. I absolutely love that quality in a beer, so it's right up my alley.

 

ATM This

 

Bent Paddle Venture Pils is one of my new favorites.

 

Interesting, but it seems like it could get complicated for more than two. I'd like to try it some day, though, so I'll keep that link handy. Thanks.

ETA: I did one last year with three, and enjoyed Sunshine the best of all. @utopiajane , I did include the Saranac Wild Hop Pils but it didn't fare so well directly up against the other two, unfortunately. It's a nice enough beer, but was missing the true 'Pilsner' characteristics.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...u-drinking-now-629.193751/page-8#post-2580935

 

NEBCO Elm City is really good but it's been close to a year since I got any. More recently, Cambridge Brewing Co.'s Remain in Light has been my pick. If Berkshire cans their Czech pils it would immediately go to the top of my list.

Edit: Gansett Bohemian pils is also worth noting. Tastes nice and is good value in tallboy cans.

 

Pilsner Urquell - 39 ibu's *
Pivo Pils - 40 ibu's

* In the mid-1980s, their were claiming 44 bitterness units.​

 

Is pivo using only Saaz hops? NO!

Let's use a bunch of other hops to hide the imperfections in the beer, since we can't brew a true Bohemian Pilsner.
A hard beer to brew since it's very hard to hide imperfections. Throw other hops and make it taste more bitter and to hide behind. Less is more.

 

Jever & Bitburger

 

I am thoroughly confused.

Are you stating that Saaz is the only 'acceptable' hop for brewing Pilsners!?!

Cheers!

 

http://beerrecipes.org/bjcpguidelines.php?id=9

Bohemian Pils. I'm sure you can find the American pils guidelines.

You also must factor in perceived bitterness and all the other brewing technicalities, which I don't care to go into. You can research it.

Traditional Bohemian Pils are what I like. Try it. It's not "hoppy."

 

Pilsner Urquell and Stiegl Pils. Refreshing and always fresh-tasting.

 

One is a Czech Pils the other is a German-style Pils. In general, those are now two different styles that use different hops. So by your argument all German-style Pils are brewed to cover up flaws.

 

I know all about Bohemian Pilsners. I have been homebrewing for 20 years and I have been homebrewing Bohemian Pilsners annually since 1997 (18 years). Bohemian Pilsners are indeed hoppy.

Below is from the BJCP style guidelines for Bohemian Pilsner:

“Vital Statistics:

OG: 1.044 – 1.056

IBUs: 35 – 45

FG: 1.013 – 1.017

SRM: 3.5 – 6 ABV: 4.2 – 5.4%”

It might behoove you to do some more research here.

Cheers!

P.S. There is absolutely no need for you to educate me on the topic of “perceived bitterness and all the other brewing technicalities”. I already know all about that.

 

German pils are generally pretty hoppy. Even with the amount of hops in them, imperfections still show pretty easily.

 

This. Ive been begging them to put in 12 oz cans instead of tall boys.
Also: SN Nooner
SN Summerfest
Looking forward to the Pivo Pils in cans

 

I'm saying american breweries "try" to brew pilsners and wreck them with all these hop additions. I mean we have Pales and IPAs. Why does EVERYTHING have to be hoppy?

Some American breweries get it right. Most are just a bitter and overcarb'd mess.

 

That may be what you want to say, but in fact for those of us in SE PA what you are saying is simply not applicable to the Pils beers brewed around here. Also the Pivo is no more hoppy than the Urquell. (See the numbers provided by Jesskidden. No way your palate can tell the difference created by 1 IBU). And many American brewed Pils beers are not really more hoppy than the German and Czech used to be 20-30 years ago.

 

havent had a lot of Pils from cans but nooner is mad tasty