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Pilsbier

Posted by DonS on 2012-08-21 11:34:03

Fact is, quite a few smaller American craft/micro brewing operations are doing a lager or two, Pilsners included, with IBUs ranging from 25 to 40. Modern mass-market German Pilsners are pretty much pegged at 25 IBU, 4.8 to 5.0% ABV. I recently had a tasty Pilsner brewed at a local brewpub a couple of days last week: 35 IBU, 4.9% ABV. Anyone recall a discussion about a show on German Channel 2 (ZDF) recently, where the Germans were lamenting that their own beers, supposedly definitive representations of style, were no longer doing well in blind-judging against non-German equivalents? World Beer Cup 2012 might just have been a wake-up call ... maybe.

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Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-21 23:23:08

Pilsbier by Mike B. on  2012-08-22 04:40:14

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-22 06:51:55

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-22 07:01:52

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-22 07:36:22

Pilsbier by Mike B. on  2012-08-22 07:57:28

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-22 08:15:05

Pilsbier by Mike B. on  2012-08-22 08:17:25

Pilsbier by Uncle Jimbo on  2012-08-22 10:20:17

Pilsbier by Mike B. on  2012-08-22 11:19:14

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-22 22:59:17

Pilsbier by Peter Alexander on  2012-08-23 01:37:10

Pilsbier by Uncle Jimbo on  2012-08-23 09:26:01

Pilsbier by Mike B. on  2012-08-23 09:43:43

Pilsbier by Nick B. on  2012-08-23 11:38:32