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Beer Tasting 50: Pilsner Urquell from Plzen, Czech Republic

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If the Original Budweiser (Budvar or Czechvar) is the real King of all beers then Pilsner Urquell (Original Pilsner) has got to be the Emperor of all beers! From the town Plzen in Bohemia which is now the heart of Czech Republic, this beer style is actually relatively new developed in the mid 19th Century. The beer was so good that people started to call the style pilsner and go about to duplicate it. This healthy deep straw, bronze colour beer when nosed has a profound characteristic nose of flowery but bitter Saaz hop intermixed with honey, faint citrus, baked nutty biscuits and grain from light roasted barley - very complex! The mouth feel was full and creamy yet clean with all the above. Although this is not as feminine and fragrant as the Budvar, this beer is more assertive and bigger in everyway (except alcohol level) especially with the noticeable higher level of hop. The finish was long but soft. My friends, life is too short to drink bad beers...please abandon your 6 packs of poor and not so 'Cool-s Light' or anything 'But-wise-r' which are tasteless chilled watery pee-pee with massive adjuncts and choose the finer things in life...(Rating 93-95+ points by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review)

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Beer Tasting 50: Pilsner Urquell from Plzen, Czech Republic

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  • Mr.Chinese or ...

    Mr.Chinese or whatever !!!.....You know almost nothing about beer, you drink beer from a wine glass......My God !!!.....firstly you should try German beers, then go for Belgium products......then you should have a minimum knowledge about beer !!! What you represent today is a very low level of knowledge !!! Sorry but it is true

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  • Best! Beer! Ever!

    Best! Beer! Ever!

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  • I won't say that ...

    I won't say that Pilsner Urquell is the best beer in the world but it's certainly the BEST pilsner I have ever had and dare I say it's the best pilsner in the world.

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  • Very difficult to ...

    Very difficult to say that.
    There are SO many differences in kinds of beer, that saying it is the best in the world is not really fair.
    I completely agree that it is the best PILS in the world, though... at least, as far as I know.

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  • Dude... ...

    Dude... Michaelyblam is a professional beverage critique. And I completely understand why he drinks his test beers out of a wine glass.
    The purpose of his is NOT drinking, but testing.
    A wine glass holds the aroma... the smell much better than a good drinking glass.
    In order to DRINK the beer, the original glass will probably be much better suited indeed.
    But not to merely taste it.

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  • Now THIS one is the ...

    Now THIS one is the best Pils (lager for the English speaking people, as far I know) I ever drank!
    ABSOLUTELY gorgeous!

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  • On nerikal, ze pivo ...

    On nerikal, ze pivo chutna po ovoci, ale ze jeho vune, se mu zda mirne ovocna, vune, nikoliv chut!

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  • Don`t worry, nobody ...

    Don`t worry, nobody`s perfect..!

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  • You are right and I ...

    You are right and I am wrong after all. First of all, I am not a real taster. Secondly, as you say, glasses like the one I use just do not perform nor enhance beer sensory experience. I am so sorry for my ignorance, arrogance and my lack of knowledge and experience.

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  • What a real taster ...

    What a real taster (degustator) needs, in case he wants to get a relevant feedback, is a specifically designed sensory glass that is made for this purpose. Such a glass is supposed to ``...perform a certain function that enhances the beer sensory experience...`` Not a WINE glass. I would write more, but somehow I got a bit tired..sorry

    To bude asi nejaky `moc chytry` paan!

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  • tak z tohohle jsem ...

    tak z tohohle jsem teda učurávala - pivo má ovocnou chuť :-))) - Do u know what is the beer of?

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  • Well this will be ...

    Well this will be my last time I explain why I drink from a wine glass. I am just so sick of people making ignorant comments like this. 1. I am TASTING not drinking - I drink beer from beer glasses OK! 2.This particular shape of glasses have a tulip shape - you go and figure out yourself what a taster needs. I am too tired to write more...

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  • OMG, Does he really ...

    OMG, Does he really drink it from a wine glass??? Shame on you!!!
    Cozpak nevis, z ceho se pije ceske pivo, vole...?

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  • michaelyblam :hi, ...

    michaelyblam :hi, you are vietnamese or chinese?now u live in canada?

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  • ale ten dres co ma ...

    ale ten dres co ma na sobe ten neni viktorie Plzen, tak to asi plzenak nebude, leda nejakej stankar z trznice :D

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