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.
Kassie says Real Good
March 10th, 2008
This is how a pilsner should taste.
I generally don’t drink pilsners. They tend to taste like ass once they warm up a slight bit. They also tend to come in cans and kegs and get drunk by non-snobby people. My kind of people tend to be the snobby kind.
But this is a good beer. It has a nice color and a great taste. It is refreshing and balanced. I wish I could hand out bottles of it to people drinking crappy pilsners and say, “This is what your beer is suppose to taste like. Please have a beer that tastes like this when I come over next time.”
Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Shit! I didn’t want to give it a five star rating, I wanted to give it a four star rating. Can someone fix that?
Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
i can’t believe you love this beer SO MUCH that you gave it five stars. but really…you can downgrade your five star rating to a four if you just log into your account, click on the “Manage” tab up top, find your post, and then click on the “edit” icon. Good Luck.