• Light golden color
• Made from pale malt
• Originated in Czech Republic in 1840.
• Rapidly spread to Germany and the rest of the world
Pilsner-The World Beer
Pilsner Beer - Technology
Industrial production of glass, mid 1800’s.
Glasses became affordable for common working people.
People liked to drink the bright, golden pilsner beer from glasses.
German Ales
German Ales
Alt
Kolsch
Wheat
(Weizen, Weiss)
Pilsner Beer – World Beer
The pilsner style of beer spread across the world (1850- 1900):
-improved technology (refrigeration) -improved transportation -immigration from Europe
Lambic
• Very old beer style. • Use of barley and wheat
malts. • Spontaneous
fermentation by yeast and bacteria (very complex). • Lactic sour flavors. • No hop character. • May be flavored with fruit.