GToCG 2016 - German Pilsner Analysis

Great Taste of Cottage Grove 2016 – German Pilsner Results

Gold Medal – Sixpoint The Crisp

Silver Medal – Firestone Walker Pivo Pils

Bronze Medal – New Glarus Two Women

Other Participants: Metropolitan Flywheel and Victory Prima Pils

Analysis

For this category, there was a best, a worst, and 3 in the middle.  Sixpoint walked away pretty convincingly.  I would say this is the most hopped of all the entries and that proved to be the deciding factor.  The 3 in the middle all scored the same.  New Glarus and Metropolitan created much more traditional varieties, while Firestone Walker had a more hopped presence, but not to the level of Sixpoint.  Prima Pils just didn’t fare well outside a few people with the most consistently low scores

My Ballot

1) Pivo 2) Prima 3) The Crisp 4) Flywheel 5) New Glarus

The Takeaway

In an era of hops, it proved to be a winning formula once again even for a traditional style.  And the more, the better!  This category definitely had a bit more nuance from entry to entry and required tasters to really take a closer look.  This revival of traditional styles is great and super enjoyable.  If you like a good pilsner, get yourself The Crisp!