Recipes
Beer-style: Pilsner Family
Bierstadt Lagerhaus’ Slow Pour Pils clone
Slow Pour Pils is aptly named due to the 5-min duration that a proper, multi-step pour of it demands. What you’ll be rewarded with is a strikingly clear, straw-colored beer served in Bierstadt’s trademarked tall, narrow glass. Search as hard as you’d like, you won’t find a fault. Instead, the high-quality German Pils malt and hops, specifically Hallertau Mittelfrüh, shine brightly. Dry biscuit, crackery malt, and hints of honey more than support the white pepper and floral hops. It’s decidedly bitter with a dry, crisp finish that encourages the drinker to immediately take another sip.
German Pils
This beer is hearty but very drinkable. It is hop-spicy upfront, with a solid mouthfeel and a crisp finish. Many German breweries nowadays make a Pils with much less hop character and a lower gravity than specified here, but this recipe is closer to the original guidelines for making this beer as it might have been brewed in the 19th century.
German Pilsner By Brian Bergquist
BOS-winning homebrew recipe, brewed by Brian Bergquist. Winner of the 10th Annual Virginia Beer Blitz (Hampton, Virginia: 383 entries)
New Zealand Pilsner
This pale lager combines some of the better attributes of Pilsner and Kölsch with intriguing modern New Zealand hops.
Pilsner Geben Frei
A gluten-free Pilsner-styled beer that is brewed wtih Saaz hops to provide the crucial spicy aroma and character to this beer.
Bohemian Pilsner (Michael Agnew)
Michael won Gold in 2010 in the National Homebrew Competition (NHC) with this recipe.
Bohemian Pilsner (James Golovich)
James won Best of Show at the 2008 Grant County Fair with this recipe.
Bohemian Pilsner (Ted Hausotter)
Ted has won several awards for this recipe, the best of which was second place Best of Show at the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) in 2000.
Bohemian Pilsner (Randy Scorby)
This recipe was the runner up Best of Show at the 2014 Central Oregon Homebrewer’s Organization Spring Fling in Bend, Oregon with this recipe.
German-Style Pilsener
3 different hop varieties add character to this crisp and bitter German-style Pilsener.
Samuel Adams Brewing Company: Noble Pils clone
Noble hops are the showcase in this smooth and easy drinking pilsner, fashioned in the German-style. According to Boston Beer Co.’s website, “This unique pilsner showcases all 5 Noble hops from the world’s oldest growing regions for a distinct, complex hop character. The floral, citrusy aroma and flavors from the Noble hops are balanced by the honeyed malt notes of special Bohemian spring barley, for a crisp, fresh taste.”
Market Garden Brewery’s Progress Pilsner clone
Progress Pilsner, created in the style of a German Pilsner, is one of three year-round beers at Market Garden Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio.
