Tucked right into a nook of the sprawling grounds at Pilsner Urquell in Plzeň, Czechia—the birthplace of pilsner—a brand new chapter in that story is growing. Now in its third 12 months, Pivovar Proud is Pilsner Urquell’s experimental playground—a fantastically outfitted 30-hectoliter package producing a spread of each ales and lagers and different creations much less simply categorized. Its head brewmaster Lenka Straková has entry to Pilsner Urquell’s assets—together with malt from its personal maltings—however she additionally has inventive license to dabble in New World hops, numerous yeasts, barrel-aging, and extra.
On this episode, Straková tells us extra about what she and her workforce are as much as at Proud, together with:
- how Pilsner Urquell’s proprietor, Asahi, agreed to go together with a considerable experimental brewery centered on craft beer
- how Proud’s personal flagship pale lager, Ventill, relies on Pilsner Urquell and but markedly its personal beer
- her strategy to diacetyl discount in Czech lager
- brewing with 34/70 yeast—the identical used at Gambrinus—and her trials with numerous new Czech hop varieties mixed with conventional lager-brewing strategies
- brewing ales and craft types for a Czech viewers, with their very own spin
- adjusting Plzeň’s famously smooth water
- joyful accidents and barrel-aged imperial brut IPAs
And extra.
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