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Summer has thankfully arrived. And with it comes baseball games, outdoor cookouts, and drinking Pilsners. And here’s some ‘summer-ready’ American craft beer pilsners that you’ll want to chase down.
Upland Champagne Velvet Brand Beer
From its retro-imaging to its revivalist name Upland Brewing’s ‘Pre-Prohibition’ Pils harkens back to our nation’s German immigrant brewing roots.
Basically Upland has reformulated and updated a recipe for the original Champagne Velvet, a hugely popular brand in Indiana prior to the Prohibition era, and reintroduced it “craftily.”
Saint Arnold 5 O’ Clock Pils
Houston, Texas’ award-winning Saint Arnold Brewing has built their Bohemian Pils on two essential ingredients, Pils malt and Saaz hops, and nothing else.
Slightly malty and clearly unfiltered, Saint Arnold 5 O’ Clock Pils is a deep Texas tractor beer, that’s appropriately one of the brewery’s best-sellers.
Night Shift Pfaffenhack
Everett, Massachusetts Night Shift generally brews exceptional beers, and their summer-ready’ Pils is certainly one of them.
From its slightly sweet bready mouthfeel to its floral and zesty hop finish, the curiously named Night Shift Pfaffenhack is a 5.2% ABV refresher that’s both a stylistic departure and a homage.
Creature Comforts Bibo
Athens, Georgia’s Creature Comforts is an amazingly progressive craft brewery, but when they turn to the traditional styles they don’t miss a beat either, and their pilsner is a perfect example of this commitment.
More Czech in directive than German, Creature Comforts Bibo (pronounced Bēbō) is a 5.5% Pilsner that’s bracingly dry and delicious.
Breakside Liquid Sunshine
Portland, Oregon is home to many great breweries, and complex and bold beers…Which makes the excellence of the Breakside Brewery’s subtle masterpiece, all the more surprising.
Described by the brewery as ‘old world Pilsner with a modern twist’ Breakside Liquid Sunshine is a 5.2% shot of sunlight from a Pacific Northwest city better known for its rain.
