by Browar Pinta
To borrow a quote from German beer writing: “A simple Pilsner often demands more from its creators than an imaginative craft beer, the brewer cannot hide behind crazy raw materials or techniques. A classic beer is mercilessly honest and requires maximum craftsmanship.”
The pilsner is a specific style of lager being more hop-forward and fermented with a pilsner yeast. Compared to a lager, the pilsner is hoppier and a little more spicy and bitter. Quite simply, brewed well a pilsner is a thing of great beauty.
Pinta present their take on this traditional beer style. It pours with a quite clear golden body and billowing white foam. Through the head you can get aromas of grainy malt and grassy hops.
There is a little early sweetness from the malt, giving in to the grass, hay and slightly citrus hops that create a beautiful balance in flavour. The beer dries out along the way, leaving a very pleasant spicy bitterness that lingers long in the finish.
A classic (northern) German Pilsner with two varieties of Hallertauer hops
by Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus
This traditional pils is something of a a cult beer in Germany
A delicate pilsner, with the subtle addition of dry-hopping
A classic Pilsener, paying tribute to 'the father of pils'
by Browar Pinta
Pinta's first ever beer was this American style IPA named 'Hops Attack'
