It’s hot out and I’ve been on a huge pilsner kick recently which will be very obvious as I review a bunch of craft pilsners over the next couple weeks. I love the interesting adaptations on the style made by many American craft brewers. While traditional German/Czech pilsners have more hop flavor than many of the bland American […]
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Idle Hands Adelais Pilsner
In the US, pilsner gets kind of a bad name (thank you Miller, Coors and Bud). Most craft beer drinkers in the US prefer big and bold flavors, and the name pilsner recalls the tasteless lagers that get chugged at campus-wide keggers. This is unfortunate, because when they are made correctly a pilsner can be a subtle […]
Saranac Wild Hop Pils
Matt Brewing Company, who brews the Saranac line of beers from their brewery in Utica, NY, is the second oldest family-owned brewing company in the US. While many smaller breweries were taken over or put out of business by the big beer companies during the mid to late 1900’s, Matt Brewing set themselves up as an alternative […]
Jack’s Abby Pro-Am Pilsner
Jack’s Abby believes in lager. Lagers use bottom fermenting yeast that give the best results at low temperatures over longer times, but provide beers with crisp, clean flavors that highlight the ingredients used. Jack’s Abby has re-imagined the lager style, brewing everything from traditional German styles to highly hopped lagers that are really a new […]