Comments on Pivní Filosof - Beer Philosopher: Imperial my ass!

Ah! Good, I thought the answer was going to be som...

2010-02-26T17:43:57.864+01:00

Ah! Good, I thought the answer was going to be something that would make me look silly with my fans...:)

Kaiserlich Pilsner. Now, that would make a lot more sense!

k.u.k., kaiserlich und königlich (or the other way...

2010-02-26T12:43:27.860+01:00

k.u.k., kaiserlich und königlich (or the other way around, can't remember), used in the Austrian Empire.

That, mate, is a very insightful comment. Either y...

2010-02-26T08:30:04.843+01:00

That, mate, is a very insightful comment. Either you write a post about it, or I will do, taking all the credit :)

This whole extreme beer shite is one of the reason...

2010-02-25T14:23:34.235+01:00

This whole extreme beer shite is one of the reasons I love the idea of the Session Beer Project. Sure a bottle of some weird and wonderful stuff is fun now and again, but I want beers I can sit in Zly Casy or PK and down pint after pint while putting the world to rights with friends.

Perhaps extreme beer is a product of a really shitty pub culture, and I am too much of a pub lover to get all that excited by something you can't drink 15 pints of without feeling like death?

I'm afraid to ask, but can resist the temptati...

2010-02-25T13:15:13.308+01:00

I'm afraid to ask, but can resist the temptation, what is k.u.k.?

"Mind you, I am starting to think that all this imperialising of various beer styles is just people getting their knobs out to compare length."

Al, that is in a way what I think much of this "Extreme Beer" craze is about. A pissing contest among brewers with a lout minority of geeks cheering like teenage girls at (insert name of newest plastic pretty boy pop-star) concert.

Surely it should be "k.u.k." Pilsner any...

2010-02-24T23:14:02.587+01:00

Surely it should be "k.u.k." Pilsner anyway?

I've suggested this before, but will again. So...

2010-02-24T17:16:14.438+01:00

I've suggested this before, but will again. Somebody should open an Imperial Brewing Company.

Then we could have Imperial Wit, Imperial Hefeweizen, Imperial Pale Ale, Imperial Pumpkin Ale, followed by Imperial Imperial IPA and Imperial Imperial Stout.

Wait, we already have those "styles."

One thing that constantly shocks me over here is t...

2010-02-24T13:39:33.911+01:00

One thing that constantly shocks me over here is the near total ignorance of the history and development of the pilsner style. The number of times I have seen beers pigeon holed as "bock" despite the label saying "doppelbock", and yes there has been a seperate space for the doppels.

Perhaps part of the problem is the dearth of quality Czech lager in the US, so that the only Czech lager most Americans have had is Pilsner Urquell, which really doesn't travel well.

Mind you, I am starting to think that all this imperialising of various beer styles is just people getting their knobs out to compare length.

Cynical? Moi?

I don't know about the rest, but those two on ...

2010-02-24T12:25:30.055+01:00

I don't know about the rest, but those two on the picture are labeled as Světlý Speciál, just like every other Czech Pale Lager with over 13°Plato.

Isn't it Central European Strong Lager per exc...

2010-02-24T12:23:01.863+01:00

Isn't it Central European Strong Lager per excellence?