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Pilsner Urquell, the world's first pale lager and ancestor of today's Pilsners. Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (German: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery. [1] [2]
Many beer styles are classified as one of two main types, ales and lagers, though certain styles may not be easily sorted into either category.Beers classified as ales are typically made with yeasts that ferment at warmer temperatures, usually between 15.5 and 24 °C (60 and 75 °F), and form a layer of foam on the surface of the fermenting beer, thus they are called top-fermenting yeasts.
Dunkel beer, a German dark lager. Beer style is a term used to differentiate and categorize beers by various factors, including appearance, flavour, ingredients, production method, history, or origin.
Main gate at Plzeňský Prazdroj, home of Pilsner Urquell. Pilsner Urquell was the first pilsner-type beer in the world. In 1842, a brewery in Plzeň employed Josef Groll, a German brewer who was experienced in the Bavarian lager method of making beer. [10] Beer in Plzeň at the time was not of very good quality, and they needed to compete.
Pilsner Urquell was the world's first pale lager, [2] and its popularity meant it was much copied, and named pils, pilsner or pilsener. [3] It is hopped with Saaz hops, a noble hop variety that is a key element in its flavour profile, as is the use of soft water. [4] [5]
The best-known American lagers worldwide are Anheuser-Busch InBev's Budweiser and Bud Light, although several other prominent brands are produced by MillerCoors; these include Coors Light, Coors Banquet, Miller Lite, and Miller High Life. Pale lager is the predominant choice among the largest brewing companies of United States of America ...
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Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. (pronounced [ˈpl̩zɛɲskiː ˈprazdroj a ˈɛs]; Pilsner Urquell Brewery) is a Czech brewery which opened in 1842 in Plzeň, Bohemia.It was the first brewery to produce a pale lager, branded as Pilsner Urquell, [2] which became so popular and was so much copied that more than two-thirds of the beer produced in the world today is pale lager, sometimes named pils ...