Worldwide Beers! Pilsner Urquell and Mythos

This past Friday night I was at church, drinking. No, seriously. WAIT COME BACK.
 

Actually, it was a Greek Orthodox church for a cultural festival. A buddy at Lost Leaf had told me about it, as I had been looking for something...anything...that would get me a long way away from home that particular night (long story). Lots of yummy Greek food, they had the best gyro, and these little donut things, loukoumades, that are covered in honey and filled with cheese and joy, omigod you guys. There were also cash bars serving beer and wine, and there were a lot of wine bottles floating around. They had this lager on ice called Mythos (love the name), a Greek import.

I can best describe it as like Budweiser if they actually cared about making a good product. It's your basic lager, nothing unique about it, but very well made. Its taste is crisp yet inoffensive, and it's light bodied. A good beer to relax with company.

In my pursuit of "slaying the dragon" at the George & Dragon, that's how they call filling out their beer flight for a t-shirt, the bartender Jana suggested I try Pilsner Urquell, a Czech beer they had on tap which was also on the Big Beer Flight list. I'm always down for what's on tap. I had tried this before in the bottle but it was a couple years prior so I'd forgotten everything about it.

Mmm. It tasted like sourdough bread, which I quite like. Otherwise light on the palette, and there was a hint of cloves in the aftertaste which I really liked. Now the BBF book describes it as "blend of Moravian malt and aromatic Saaz hops," which is probably where the sourdough taste comes from. It also says "the aroma is dominated by a floral, spicy hop character," but I didn't pick up on that. It's a quality pilsner that stands out because of that unique flavor.

And there you have it. Mythos wasn't in the BBF, but it was still a good night, good times, and good drinks. Pilsner can be found anywhere, and both are worth trying. I'm your Beer Blogger, and it's beer o'clock somewhere.

Photo credits- Mythos Beer, source: Wikipedia Commons, original author Shadster.
Pilsner Urquell, source: Wikipedia Commons, original author Gent Thaçi.