This contrasts with, say, Sam Adams Boston Lager at 35 and Pilsner Urquell at 43.
There are the typical golden styles like pilsner, or pils, and dark versions such as dunkel.
Back in the '50s, my father, who had an advertising agency, represented Pilsner Urquell beer.
Pilsner quickly flooded the globe, as technological innovation made it easier to produce.
The town clings to the Czech border, where sweet-beer drinkers are replaced by pilsner sippers, car makers give way to glass artisans.
Whatever: The Plzen lager now known as Pilsner Urquell (German for "Plzen's Original Source"), came out lighter-bodied and more golden-colored than its Bavarian forerunners.
It gets two points for having delicious and refreshing Radeberger pilsner on tap, but loses one of them for serving it in a plastic cup.
Bavaria's brands Aguila, Cristal and Pilsner dominate in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama.
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SABMiller's main brands include Castle, Miller, Pilsner Urquell and Peroni.
In time, the temptation to take pilsner several steps beyond--to go lighter and lighter, until the lager neither offends nor intrigues any potential drinker--overcame dozens of giant breweries around the world.
SABMiller, the London-based maker of Miller Lite, Peroni and Pilsner Urquell beers, said Thursday that lager volumes for the third quarter declined 1.0%, down from the 1.0% growth analysts were expecting.
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