Grolsch Premium Pilsner September 23, 2019

What's up peeps. I hope you all had a nice weekend. The weather in NYC was amazing with Summer still holding on, not wanting to give up its place to Autumn. With my last post, I examined the Italian beer Peroni Nastro Azzurro. For today's post I wanted to move North on the European continent to shed light on the Dutch beer Grolsch, which has been made in the Netherlands since 1615.

The brewery was founded by Willem Neerfeldt during what is known as the Eighty Years War aka or the Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648.) The struggle was for the independence of today the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg from Spain. The brewery was built in the Dutch town of Grolle. The operations would remain there until 1922. The man who made the decision to move the brewery from Grolle to Enschedesche BierBrouwerij in Enschede was Theo de Groen. de Groen was influential in introducing the "Swing Top" bottle that is distinctive for the Grolsch Premier Pilsner.

Through World War II and accidents, the Enschedesche BierBrouwerij is still making the four Grolsch beer offerings: Grolsch Premier Pilsner, Grolsch Weizen, Grolsch Radler and Grolsch 0.0%.

The Grolsch Premier Pils is the company's flagship beer and is made in the same way since the early days of production. It is made using two hops harking back to Willem Neerfeldt's apprentice Peter Kuijper who brewed his beer with the two hops. One was used for aroma while the second was used for bitterness. Here is how the Grolsch Premium Pilsner is described on the Grolsch website:

Our Premium Pilsner has a naturally green hop aroma, a crisp finish and a clean, confident bitterness from the combination of two Hallertau hops: Emerald and Magnum. This is joined by supporting malty flavours from both pale and specifically chosen malts. The result is a pilsner with depth of taste, that naturally appeals to a more developed palette.

I had a nice cold Grolsch Premium Pilsner at home last week which I posted about on my IG-TV: SiscoVanilla Has a Grolsch Premier Lager 09-19-2019. So what did I think of it? Clocking in at 5.0 ABV and an IBU of 28, I found it to be crisp and clean. It was tasty and bitter, which I would attribute to the two hop beer making process. I found it to be a nice pilsner but nothing too mindblowing.

Ok folks, I'm going to pack on the virtual airmiles with the next post. I'm heading to Singapore via the Bronx Zoo 🦁🐯🦍🦏🐻 for a taste of the Asian Lager: Tiger Beer 🐅🐅🐅. Keep an eye out for it.

Unitl Then Happy Drinking,
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