tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521229482537361840.post7967093016810818610..comments2024-02-20T09:10:35.971-05:00Comments on Fuggled: Many Have Copied, None Have BetteredAlistair Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521229482537361840.post-67224603427110728012015-03-13T15:46:43.836-04:002015-03-13T15:46:43.836-04:00Excellent review, thanks very much. The ``freshly...Excellent review, thanks very much. The ``freshly mown hay`` suggests to me perhaps a DMS note which, as you know, much (not all) local helles and pils have in Europe. I noticed it in some draft Urquell in Prague a couple of years ago (probably Tankovna). It never appears in any form of the pasteurized export though, I`m not sure why. <br /><br />I agree about the softer taste. Shortly after the cold-shipped program was announced, I got to taste the draft in NYC and I could swear it was unpasteurized - it had a similar laid back quality to what you described and also, in one place it was off which I took as a good thing because a pasteurized beer wouldn`t decline in the same way. On later trips to NYC though the draft tastes more like the bottle or can, which as you say has a kind of harsh cracker-like taste. I`m wondering if SAB Miller may have been bringing in Tankovna for a while and then went back to the regular pasteurized import.<br /><br />It is interesting that the pasteurized one would be more assertive in taste than the unpasteurized one - one would think the opposite. I wonder if the exported Urquell is perhaps a different formula from the Tankovna and the super-authentic keller-style you had.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks very much and I still feel Urquell is the best pils in the world in any form as long as it is very fresh. We get the canned one in Toronto within 8-10 weeks of packaging it is very good albeit in the harsher mode you described. Harsh in a good way. :) <br /><br />Gary<br /><br />P.S. I swear that when I had that soft, possibly Tankovna draft in NYC it reminded me of Michelob draft from the 70`s. It may sound crazy, but it did, the malt quality and some of the hooping too.Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.com