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> > > > > > Our gourmet club is meeting (and eating) this weekend.
> > > > > > The theme is German cuisine, and it's our turn for soup and
> > > > > > appetizers.
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> > > > > > We are making potato soup and I'm bringing a keg of my
homebrewed
> > > > > > German Pilsner beer. We still need an appetizer, and my wife is
> > gung
> > > > > > ho to grind our own sausage.
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> > > > > > Any suggestions?
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> > > > > I thought that Pilsner was Czech (Bohemian), not German.
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> > > > The Ur(original)Pilsner is, for sure, but there are many German
> pilsners
> > > as
> > > > well. If you want to be truly anal, there was no country called
> > > > Czechoslovakia until after World War I.
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> > > Yep, that's why I specified Bohemian.
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> > You're always right, but wouldn't you agree that enough time has passed
> > since creation of the Urpilsner that a German Pilsner would be
completely
> > welcome with German fare?
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> How could I disagree with someone who starts their message with the phrase
> "You're always right?" One never hears that enough! Yes, I'm sure that
> the beer would be completely welcome. I though maybe someone could
explain
> what differences there might be, if any, between Bohemian and German
> Pilsner.
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Well, why dintcha say so?? There's no difference. Pilsner is the lightest
of beers (not counting the 'lite') and was first brewed to create a
different beer from the dark murky ales that were all the rage in Europe at
the time. 1842, sez the Pilsner Urquell site.

Jack Bier