pivnizub (12821) reviewed Pilsner Urquell from Plzeňský Prazdroj 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle: This world-class brew belongs to the small number of victims of the velvet revolution 1989! Still extremely good, but in the dark age of communism - believe it or not - this Pilsener was better and the best way to forget the daily frustration..... Dark golden colour, thick, creamy head; good balance between the dominant beautiful hop aromas (herbal, floral, grassy) , caused by first class Saaz hops, on one side and a smooth, malty body on the other side. Compare it to a watery german (or dutch or belgian ) Mock-Pils and You’ll know, what a good beer is like....From the tap (In the Urquell-Vatican U zlateho tygra Prague): perfecty served, very moreish, very deceptive; the long, highly aromatic aftertaste will cause You to order a next and a next and a next one....... (08/2005) Re-rated after several tests at U hrocha, U jelinku and U dvou kocek in Prague: Palate 4/5, Overall 20/20 ! Superb stuff ! Ceskemu pivu zdar !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Pale golden, rich creamy head. Light grass aroma. Dryish and light bodied, but not thin. There’s a vague hint of butterscotch and the finish has medium bitterness. A clean, more than decent desitka.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Pilsner Urquell from Plzeňský Prazdroj 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tapped. Golden coloutm nediumsized white foamy head. Bready aroma with hints of fresh fruit and hops. Very smooth and soft palate. Flavour is mainly fruitish with hints of bread and a hoppy finish. The aftertaste is weak, but longlasting and mainly bittry. Very refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
A clear orange beer with a nice off-white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy while the flavor is dry with notes of caramel and a lightly hoppy end. The body is thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled
Copper brown, small off-white head, lace. Menthol hoppy nose. Crunchy, hopped pilsener with oily sweetish aftertaste. Very pleasant after drinking over 20 different low quality Latvian and Estonian bulk lagers :)
shrubber (15804) reviewed Gambrinus Dry from Plzeňský Prazdroj 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Light malt aroma. Medium yellow with next to no head. Light malt flavor with no hops flavor that I can detect. Decent body. Not great for a czech pilsener but considering this is a low carb beer (Attention Adkins dieters - 3.5 grams per 0.5 L bottle), this is so much better than Michelob Ultra or Rolling Rock Green Light that I wish I had the import rights to this - low carb beer that actually tastes somewhat like a beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Sweet malt aroma. Medium yellow color with quick collapsing head. Sweet, floral malt flavor with a mild hops finish. Okay but just a bit too sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can. Grainy, corn aroma. Dark yellow clear color. Sweet malt flavor with minimal hops flavor and high carbonation. A non-offensve beer but nothing special.
Marko (22181) reviewed Pilsner Urquell from Plzeňský Prazdroj 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
My old review wasn’t that informative, so I decided to update it. I still stand by my rating of the beer. 0.5l green bottle. It’s not a fresh sample, but it sure wasn’t skunky. Poured a deep golden colour, with a big fluffy white head that went completely away rather fast. I didn’t notice much lacing. The nose was faint (the beer was cold, so it figures), but it was malty, honeyish. The taste was nice, with a nice hoppy foreground and a subtle and pleasant malty and lemoney background. Good hoppy aftertaste. Flawless, but far from flashy. Original review:The source of all pilseners is definitely an above average pilsener, with a pleasant and balanced taste. And it’s pretty refreshing too.
diabel (1874) reviewed Pilsner Urquell from Plzeňský Prazdroj 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear, yellow body. Off-white creamy head, virtually not lacing and mostly diminsihing. Hoppy (flowers) and yeasty (dough) aroma. Moderately bitter initial flavour and lightly bitter (averagely long) finish. Lively carbonation.