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Some semi-ignorant questions incoming from a pilsner fan that doesn't actually know much about brewing. I am wondering what is up with really short period lagering? What exactly is being achieved? My understanding is a lot of lagers take a long time to finish given the cold fermentation process. What is allowing for some breweries to finish a beer very quickly? For example, this mumford pilsner that was lagered for three days. Are they just covering up a poorly executed base beer with a bunch of non-traditional hopping?


Says "pilsner by name", I'm guessing they used a German ale yeast fermented at cold temperatures. You can get away with the short lagering with those.
 
Gor the record. Some people are still abusing the style and producing absolutley **** versions.

This sucked
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Well that was good timing. LBS just posted 15 packs of Solid Gold, will report back.
Skipping over the other parts (to avoid suarez jealousy). Had solid gold a couple times this weekend. It's totally solid but a) nothing outstanding, and b) probably not a pilsner. Tastes like a slightly cleaner Schlitz to me, with the touch of honey maltiness. Very well worth the buy though, especially if it's priced as well as it is here
 
Dovetail Pilsner is the best locally, imho. Half Acre Southern Range was great, more of a new-school hoppy lager though.
New Glarus does some great ones now and then. Unplugged Bohemian Lager killed, but that was 10 years ago now.:(
Got to try Palatine Pils and Rothaus Pils recently, both were very solid.
 
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