Might be time for another (personal) taste testing - Czech Pils

I don't go to bars and rarely to taprooms, and have no FOMO, but thanks for the lifestyle advice.

 

Yes, I'll post my results .. but I'm still in the beer selection phase, so it will be a week or two.

As to including Schell's, the more I investigate this, the smaller the candidate list becomes. Since not even Schell's claims theirs is Czech-style, it is likely off the list, despite how this site might have it classified. As I said, one purpose of this exercise (for me) is to educate myself on the style. That is more the point than declaring a "winner".

To that end, I may add the Czechvar (USA name for Budweiser Budvar) to go along with the PIlsner Urquell to set the benchmark. Hopefully I can find at least one of them "reasonably fresh".

Has anyone seen Czechvar in anything other than green bottles?

@steveh, I may also include something like Ayinger's Bavarian Pils as a comparison for how German v Czech pils differ.

 

So, for MN beers, right now the only certain beer on my list is Dakota Soul.

Perhaps Parity Pilsner and Wonderstuff. (Info from @islay makes me "wonder" about Wonderstuff - ... and not even Tin Whiskers claims theirs is a Czech-style) Perhaps I can find a Trillsner crowler.

Whatever I decide, six is my limit for such a one-person tasting.

 

Yeah. I wasn't checking my actual list... I knew I must be forgetting something. The Utepils is a definite, too.

 

OK, it's set. The Czech Pils tasting will include 4 beers:

• Dakota Soul
• Utepils Pils
• PIlsner Urquell
• Czechvar (Budweiser Budvar)

Czech Republic v Minnesota!

The process will be, first, a review of each beer individually, done in the normal way (my normal, anyway). Once this is done, I will assign a ranking 1-4 for each.

Then, a side-by-side tasting of all four with a ranking of 1-4 (no review scores like aroma, feel, etc., just a 1-4 forced rank) on:

1. True to Style (using both the BJCP and GABF style descriptions. Since I am not a qualified judge, this will be a bit dicey, I know, and I will rely on comparisons to the Pilsner Urquell as the default, assuming the P-U is in reasonably condition. Yeah, I know, this gives that beer a built-in advantage.)
2. My enjoyment (a forced rank of which I like better; decidedly NOT to style)

Finally, an overall ranking of just the numerical sum of the ranking of the above plus the ranking 1-4 on the review score.

A "perfect" score, thus, is 3. The worst-case score is 12.

A goofy system, I know. We'll see how it goes.

If I'm still motivated after that, I'll grab some Ayinger Pils and some Schell's Pils, refresh my stock of Czech Pils, if necessary, and do a style v style tasting of Czech v German Pils styles (this will not be a ranking; just an educational exercise).