Pilsners

Boulevard Collaboration No. 1 – Imperial Pilsner (preview)

As mentioned before on BeerGenius, Boulevard just did a collaboration with Jean-Marie Rock of Orval. This is the first collaboration (that I’m aware of) with Boulevard, and a rare occurrence for a Belgian brewer of this caliber. Jean-Marie Rock wanted to brew an Imperial Pilsner, so that’s what was done. Hey, I wouldn’t argue with [...]

Aaaand we’re back.

Hello friends. I migrated all of our old content over to a new platform, which will allow us to be very flexible as our site grows. In the meantime, I revisited Staropramen – as clean as can be, with significant substance to it. I don’t know why I’ve been drawn to pilsners lately such as [...]

Budweiser. The King.

We’ve all been in the situation where there’s no question whether or not you’ll be drinking beer. The situation where you’re encouraged – no, expected, to hang with the guys. But there’s often one slight problem. You walk into 31 flavors, and all they have are 31 variations on vanilla. Not exactly what you were [...]

Staropramen

So I’m not typically a pilsner fan. But when I asked the barmaid at one of my favorite hangouts to suggest a beer I most likely had not tried, she was more than happy to suggest Staropramen Pilsner Lager for me. I thought ‘great…I’ve done the Czech pilsner thing before (Pilsner Urquell).’ However, I took [...]

Pabst Blue Ribbon

Pabst Blue Ribbon Yeah, I had to do it. I was at Old Chicago with my buddy Jeff yesterday, which so happens to be Beer Tour Wednesday. For those who aren’t in the know, every Wednesday, Old Chicago will feature a beer (usually unique and obscure) that will count for four beers on one’s quest [...]