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Type: Beer – Pilsner
Name: Stiegl Pils
Price: $1.59
Made: Austria
Alc/Vol: ?%
“World Classic Beer – since 1492″
“Imported beer brewed since 1492 by the Stiegl brewery brewed from malt, hops, yeast mountain spring water according to the ‘Purity Law of 1516′”
Now this is a beer that I thoroughly enjoyed the privilege of setting my paws on. I mean when Columbus was off getting lost and discovering inhabited lands by accident Austrians were stumbling onto a real discovery, beer. Golden delicious pilzen beer, sure beer has been around before 1492 but do you know of too many other beers still around from that time? I didn’t think so, which tells me one of two things either the Austrians know how to stick with a good thing that or they’ve been too drunk since then to create anything new.
This beer doesn’t feed you a story of collected from pure mountain spring waters of yadda yadda mountain. No it adheres to the purity law of 1516, maybe it’s the history geek in me but I think that is pretty friggin cool, but enough about the history and onto the beer.
The beer had a good smooth hoppy flavor, not too strong, but with a good bitter taste with a dry finish. The more I drank this the more I liked it, which says a lot since I though this beer was delicious from first sip. It is simple but delicious, no fluff added to it and none needed either.
While other pilsner beers like Budweiser tastes watered down or Red Stripe has a cheap taste to it, this beer will bring serious beer drinkers to take a second look at where this beer came from. On the other hand, it is sad to see how far pilsner beers have fallen when succumb to commercial marketing, but fret not my thirsty friend for there are those that hold strong to their beliefs.
I dare say that this beer is worthy of the first ever, 5 out of 5 banana rating on New Brew Tuesday, I was leery at first to give out a perfect rating but after so deep personal soul searching and a watering mouth just from talking about this beer I realize it’s the right thing to do. Have you ever had this beer, what was your take did you love it as much as I did or would you not even fling this beer at an enemy?
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From Wolf:
Can you send me the name of the shop, you buy the stiegl beer in Toledo??
From Cornelius Aesop:
Anderson’s Market in Sylvania, on Sylvania Rd. There is another Anderson’s in Toledo but I don’t know if they carry Stiegl. Good luck on your beer hunt.
From Hwoltz:
I first tasted this Pils in Salzburg many years ago. It is without a doubt the best Pils I have ever tasted. It’s hard to find in Ohio. I just drove 198 miles to pick up 2 cases in Toledo Ohio. Need a supplier in Columbus.
From Cornelius Aesop:
That is a long drive indeed, I would recommend contacting the local distributor if there is anywhere you can get it closer, check out the back of the bottle to see who the distributor is.