This Top Ten List of German
Pilsners is from the results of the 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship, Great American Beer Festival, and the World Beer Cup.
1. Cameron's Lager - Cameron's Brewing Company, Oakville Ontario
2. Soaring Eagle Pilsner - Feathers Fall Brewing, Oroville, CA
3. Bayern Pilsner - Bayern Brewing, Missoula, MT
4. Pavlov’s Pils, C.B. & Potts Restaurant & Brewery - Fort Collins,
CO
5. Sunshine Pils, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA
6. Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
7. Brio, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrimsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
8. Schönramer Pils, Private Landbrauerei Schönram, Schönram, Germany
9. Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
10. Baumgartner Pils, Brauerei Jos. Baumgartner, Schaerding, Austria
German Pilsener
A classic German Pilsener is very light straw or golden in color and
well hopped. Hop bitterness is high. Noble-type hop aroma and flavor
are moderate and quite obvious. It is a well-attenuated,
medium-light bodied beer, but a malty residual sweetness can be
perceived in aroma and flavor. Very low levels of sweet corn-like
dimethylsulfide (DMS) character are below most beer drinker’s taste
threshold. Other fermentation or hop related sulfur compounds, when
perceived at low levels, may be characteristic of this style. Fruity
esters and diacetyl should not be perceived. There should be no
chill haze. Its head should be dense and rich.
OG: 1.044-1.050
FG: 1.006-1.012
Alcohol by Volume: 4-5%
IBU: 30-40
Color SRM: 3-4
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