Na Zdravi !: Pils German Pilsner

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Pils German Pilsner

"For over 400 years, Trumer Pils has been brewed to the exact standards of the "Reinheitsgebot", or the Austrian Beer Purity Law. We keep the ingredients to just water, malt, hops, and yeast and ferment it for 3 weeks to create such a simply satisfying and delicious brew."

Man oh man is this a good beer. Clean, crisp flavor with a bit of a citrus bite. If I could afford it I think I would drink this all the time. Brewed with hops imported from the motherland (Bohemia), this award-winning pale pilsner is a nice change from all the ale's I have been drinking lately.

4.8% ABV, 26 IBU

Na Zdravi!

A 10-second take.
Not really reviews, just my way to keep track of the beers I've tried.

My mother's family is Czech. They emigrated from Bohemia and settled in Nebraska in the mid-1800s.
They were from the region that included the town Pilzen (Pilsen) where a brewery called Měšťanský pivovar Plzeň, now Pilsner Urquell (Plzeňský Prazdroj in Czech), started brewing a uniquely Bohemian-style beer we now know as pilsner.
So, as I raise a glass in honor of my Bohemian roots ...

Na Zdravi! (to your health).

Hops?

A "hop" is the cone shaped resinous flower of the female hop plant. It is used in brewing to add bitterness, flavor, aroma, and stability depending on when it is added.

Hops are one of the 4 basic ingredients of beer although they are not esential in the brewing process. The are used simply to add flavor and complexity to the brew.
Double and even triple IPA's feature an extreme amount of hops, and an ABV to match.
Noble Hops - The traditional varieties of hops that were used to make early European beers. Medieval brewers used Hallertau, Saaz, Spalt, and/or Tettnang hops. All are from Germany except Saaz from the Czech Republic (Žatec in Czech). All are still used today.