Week 11 of 52
Schell Pilsner
March 10th thru March 16th
Brewer's Description
A shining example of the true European Pilsner style beer, Schell's Pilsner is brewed with 100 percent barley malt, where the imported German Hallertau hops flavor is showcased. Its full hop characteristic and delicate aroma were developed in Pilsen, Bohemia around 1840. This style was widely copied by early American breweries. Over the years, however, it has been lost to the much lighter-bodied, low-hopped relatives we refer to as American "Premium" beer.
Beer Style: Bavarian Pilsner, Alcohol by Volume: 5.6%
Overall Rating based on 27 reviews
3.67 of 5 stars
Brewery Information
August Schell Brewing Company
New Ulm, Minnesota
schellsbrewery.com
Interesting Fact
In 1866, August Schell became the sole owner of the business when he bid $12,000 to buy the brewery. Read more
Photography
Courtesy of Erin Reichelt. View more on her flickr set.
berrywise says Not bad in a pinch
March 12th, 2008
A decent blue collar pilsner. Normally when I want to get an easy drinking Schell’s I’ll grab a case of Deer beer or Dark but I started drinking more of the Pilsner when my boss made it his drink of choice for a few months. To close out the day we’d on occasion suck back a bottle or two.
Also when picking up my supplies for this month I made my first trip to Heritage Liquor in Maplewood. I met the owner and the beer buyer and they were both great guys. They were talking about expanding their cooler space to keep even more craft and specialty beers on hand cool. I think that would be a great idea. They have premade six packs just for Brew52 beers.
Check them out next time you are in the area (map)
Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I’ll second the motion to check out Heritage Liquor. Good guys and always willing to chat about beer.
“Does it do the trick?”
(Heritage Liquor patron upon seeing the Flat Earth bottle in my Brew52 6-pack)