One of the most popular beer types around the world is the pilsner.
Pilsner is a type of light, pale lager. People love pilsners for their refreshing nature and the fact they are easy to drink. Pilsners beer is easily recognizable thanks to the massively popular beer brands that follow the style.
What you might not know, however, is that the birthplace of the pilsner is a small central European country called the Czech Republic.
While pilsner has extended to other places, such as Germany and the United States, a brewery in the small city of Plzen in the Czech Republic produced the first-ever pilsner on Earth in 1842.
Instead of using the normal process of top fermentation that ale beers use, these pioneering brewers used cooler temperatures to brew the beer, making the classic style that we all know and love today.
Czech pilsners differ from their German and other counterparts in their light color and flavor. In addition, less hops is used in their production in order to avoid hoppy or earthy flavors that are often present in German pilsners.
The pale malts and low amount of hops used make Czech pilsners a light, easy-drinking beer that’s perfect to try on a patio on a warm summer day.
Be sure to try one if you can!
