And while a trip to Denver (or the Czech Republic, where the style was born) might be out of the realm of possibilities at the moment, there are plenty of quality pilsner options awaiting at your local beer supplier. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more refreshing beer-drinking experience. The slow pour process results in a crystal clear beer topped with a creamy foam that bubbles over the top of the glass. Its German-style lager takes 30 hours to brew, even longer to lager, and even longer still for it to make its way from the tap to your lips (at least it feels that way). We wanted to give people an experience here that you would have to otherwise jump on an airplane and travel to Germany to have-fresh-tasting lager on draft.”Īt Bierstadt, you can have the ultimate pilsner drinking experience: the slow-pour pils. “I love how much technique is involved in making lagers sure, recipe is important to a certain extent but really the technique is what separates the good from the great. “I got my first brewing job (where) I wanted to make lager more than I wanted to make anything else, so when it came time for my partner, Bill Eye and I to open our own brewery, we knew exactly what we wanted to do-make the beers we wanted to drink,” says Ashleigh Carter, head brewer and co-owner of Bierstadt Lagerhaus in Denver. The result is a beer that has the drinkability of your everyday lager with a bit more heft: a spicier, hoppier, or maltier quality are all possible when drinking a pilsner. His solution was to add Saaz hops, which help prevent the beer from spoiling while also altering its flavor.
Enter the pilsner, a style that originated in the 19th century when Josef Groll came to the aid of the people of the Czech city, Plzeň who were plagued by a batch of “spoiled” lager. This is the first time Craftwerk has ever brewed an exclusive release, and we are excited to share this special beer.Sometimes you just want a beer-nothing fancy, nothing loaded with so many hops that you can’t taste anything except bitter pinecones for the next three hours-just a beer. In addition to this competition, Bitburger’s Group’s Craftwerk Brewery will be debuting a brand-new Hoppy Pilsner brewed exclusively for this event and Prost! The tally from these public ballots, and also the tally of an expert judging panel led by a Bitburger Brew master, will be equally weighted to crown a winner on Sunday. During this time, the public will have the opportunity to purchase a flight of all 8 competing Pilsners, and submit a blind tasting ballot. citation needed Although Germans generally prefer local breweries, it is a popular beer throughout western Germany, and is favored in many areas of North Rhine Westphalia even over Alt beer or Klsch, which are popular in. The judging will take place over three days at Prost! 4237 N Mississippi Ave.nPortland, Oregon. Bitburger is a 4.8 abv Pilsner with annual sales of 1.2 million hectolitres (1.0 million US beer barrels). Representing Oregon, we have Breakside Brewery and Wayfinder Beer from Portland, Deschutes Brewery from Bend and pFriem Family Brewers from Hood River. This is an extremely competitive field with some of the region’s best craft breweries įrom Washington we have Chuckanut Brewery and Aslan Brewing Company in Bellingham as well as Reuben’s Brews and Georgetown Brewing Company in Seattle. The winner will receive a trip to Bitburg, Germany and the opportunity to collaborate with Germany’s Craftwerk Brewery on an all new bier! Starting on August 16th Prost is hosting an epic three-day brewer’s competition to see which Pacific NW Brewery (Wayfinder Beer, pFriem, Aslan, Reuben's Brews, Deschutes, Chuckanut, Georgetown & Breakside) can brew the best original German style pilsner. Portland's German beer hall/taproom Prost! is teaming up with German brewer Bitburger for a Pacific Northwest Pilsner Fest challenge.
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