Plzeňský Prazdroj Pilsner Urquell

Pilsner Urquell

 

Plzeňský Prazdroj in Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czechia 🇨🇿

  Lager - Czech Pilsner / Světlý Regular
Score
6.52
ABV: 4.4% IBU: 39 Ticks: 428
In 1842, our first Brewmaster Josef Groll brewed a beer unlike any other. His crisp, refreshing golden lager was made with local ingredients: sweet Moravian barley, delicately bitter Saaz hops, soft Pilsen water, and bottom-fermenting H-strain yeast. Groll named this special beer after the city where he brewed it, Pilsen, where we still brew the same beer today. Over the last 178 years, pilsner-style lager has become the world’s most popular beer, with seven out of 10 beers in the world imitating Groll’s innovation. There are many pilsner-style beers out there, but only one original.
 

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6.5

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2026 at 10:06


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

One of my last can of from the coop promotion. As usual a classic and a friend for the summer, refreshing, correct bitter, dry, smooth and mineral, fair, malty, hop, 28.08.24

Tried from Can on 20 Feb 2026 at 18:30

gave a cheers!

9

The unpasteurised version on tap is still an outstanding pils. Goes down incredibly well with duck, cabbage and Czech dumplings. Nice balance of malt and hops with a clean and satisfying aftertaste. I had this at U zlatého tygra (the Golden Tiger) near the old town square in Prague. No longer Czech owned (Asahi has owned it for several years) but the quality is still there. Still the best of its kind.

Tried from Draft at U Zlatého Tygra on 07 Feb 2026 at 19:54


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle drunk at Sigi's birthday. Crisp, dry, earthy with smooth lightly-metallic bitterness that lasts. Classic and tasty, maybe the best beer in green glass.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2026 at 19:39


6

500ml, can.
A pretty standard commercial beer. The draft version is a fan-favourite in the summer, on terraces - as far as I know :D

Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 22:35


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

0,5 l glass at Pilsner Urquell brewpub in Plzen. Amazing experience. Golden colour with average head.Light resin and herbal hops moderate malty and sweet. Good body and nice carbo. Bottled doesn’t taste so good.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2025 at 12:51

gave a cheers!

6.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Pours a beautiful gold w/medium white head. Always great looking. Too bad it is frequently skunked. But anyway there’s a lot of hop and malt when its not.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 00:43


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at a restaurant somewhere in Prague. Pours clear gold with a large, foamy off-white head. Nose is rather biscuity and malt-forward with some dried grass. Flavour has clean biscuit malts, some damp grass. Far from the best pilsner available here, but still very well done.

Tried from Draft on 13 May 2025 at 17:30


7

Draft at U Mamlasu, Brno. Good pilsner.

Tried from Draft on 18 Apr 2025 at 19:00


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2008 - 330ml bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of honey, grain, flora, earth & malt. Moderate body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2025 at 14:01