Craft beer advocates of the Northwest, what beer do you judge a brewery by? Is it an Amber, a Red, a Blonde, a Porter, or maybe a Brown Ale? Then again this IS the Northwest. Which translates into lust for India Pale Ales, Black India Pa...
Craft beer advocates of the Northwest, what beer do you judge a brewery by? Is it an Amber, a Red, a Blonde, a Porter, or maybe a Brown Ale? Then again this IS the Northwest. Which translates into lust for India Pale Ales, Black India Pale Ales, Cascadian Ales, Double / Triple / Imperial India Pale Ales. So why in the heck would you want to drink anything different? How about during the Summer? Summer, the one time of the year when water doesn’t inject into your veins like a beer can. That one time of the year when something yellow and clear means more to you than something purple that screams “Oh Yeah!”. To that we say, where’s our yellow craft beer?! Stepping up to the challenge Firestone Walker announced the released of their Pivo Hoppyt Pils, a spin on the classic light-lager. “Lighter beer styles like pilsner have been hijacked by industrial lager beer in the United States, and it’s time for craft brewers to take it back,” says Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. “Pivo Hoppy Pils is our contribution to the cause.” More on the anti-mass-produced light-lager Pivo Hoppy Pils is a classically rendered pilsner with a West Coast dry-hopping twist. Brynildson cites influences from Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic as instrumental in the development of Pivo Hoppy Pils. Along the way, the brewing team sought to accentuate the traditional pilsner profile with an extra measure of hop character that is reflective of the American craft beer revolution. “A lot of pilsners have the malt element down, as well as the dryness and drinkability, and even the bitterness—but they lack hop aroma,” Brynildson says. “We’re trying to elevate that hop aspect, but we don’t want to beat you over the head with it. I think it makes for a very interesting beer that remains true to the pilsner style with a lot of drinkability.” He adds, “Authentic craft pilsners are still relatively rare. With Pivo Hoppy Pils, we want to do justice to the style and to help the beer drinker rediscover American pilsner as a serious beer.” Look for six-packs and draught configurations of this new release from Firestone Walker. As with everything ‘released’ you are encouraged to nag, yell, scream, and beg, your server to get a case or keg of this beer. Enjoy. Cheers Required reading while staring at your mobile device, drinking a Pivo Hoppy Pils. A Brewer’s Beer… “Pivo Hoppy Pils is a brewer’s beer,” Brynildson says. “At the big beer events, after all the hoopla is over, it is typical for a few of us brewmasters to meet afterward at some bar down the street, and we all order pilsner beers to clean the palate. It’s like a razor that scrapes all the double IPAs off our tongues.” He adds, “Pilsner is one of the most difficult beers to perfect. It seems so simple and commonplace in the world. It’s so light, yet it incorporates so much, which is why any off flavor just comes screaming out. It’s this naked beer that doesn’t hide anything.” German Ingredients, International Inspiration Pivo Hoppy Pils is made with 100 percent German malt, yeast and hops, including the new German Saphir used for dry hopping. Brynildson says that Pivo Hoppy Pils blends aspects of the more hop-driven Czech pilsner style with the bright refined dryness of the German model—along with a New World aromatic twist courtesy of the dry hopping. “Oddly enough, the original inspiration for this beer comes from Italy,” Brynildson says. “It’s a dry-hopped pilsner called Tipo Pils made by Agostino Arioli at Birrificio Italiano, just over the Swiss Alps from Germany in Northern Italy. Ever since I first tasted it, I’ve been dreaming about making a dry-hopped pilsner.” Tasting Notes Pivo Hoppy Pils is a bright straw colored lager beer with playful carbonation topped with beautiful white foam lace. Delicate lightly kilned malt flavors underscore noble German hop character. Hallertau-grown Magnum hops deliver the lupulin foundation while generou
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