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My friend and I just did a triangle test on Pilsner Urquell vs. Czechvar. My palate might be bad, but the results were inconsistent. My friend Trisha failed to pick the odd beer on two rounds. I picked the odd beer on a nose round and tasting round, but failed on a second tasting round. 1 in 9 that the results were due to chance. (Or not... 1 in 9 after the second test. My stats suck.) I am not 100% convinced that my "successes" weren't a fluke. Thought that the PU was a bit more floral, with a bit more bite. Anyone done a blinded triangle test? Were you more successful? What differences did you think you detected? For $0.50 more a can, I'd say any differences, even if real, weren't worth it. Agree? Disagree? Fight! Fight! Fight!

Jason and Trisha

Trisha liked the banana emoticon. "It's cute."

This is reply is to make this post a team effort!

Trying to understand what's going on.

You're drinking beer!

And you made some of it!

And it's good!

Maybe better than the bought stuff.

It's Czech Pils, if I understand right.

Send me some.

No, no. Two different brands. I have also been under the impression that I liked Pilsner Urquell more, and always felt cheap for dropping it for its economy competitor when they jumped the price awhile back, but I decided to do a triangle to see whether I could actually tell the difference. Couldn't, at least not confidently. Wondering whether anyone else has strong feelings either way.

Failed miserably Guess I don't get any beer either. I tried though.

Ha ha! Didn't help that I posted in the wrong thread. Should have gone in general beer.

Did you see the tasting thread I started for Urquell http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 1&p=101456" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I haven’t tried the other one.

I think Shane has the right idea if you scroll down and see his post. You're really supposed to go over there and drink it. The filtered, pasteurized stuff in the cans at room temp in the NSLC, is probably a very poor cousin to the real thing.

Either go there or make your own maybe, or look out for someone making some and go on the scrounge. Here's where an organized "group" (gang) of beer enthusiasts (thugs) could "influence" (terrorize) a local brewery into make something like that and save travel costs to Prague.

First guy such a group should approach would be Shane at Hammond River maybe. I don’t think he’d need a lot of arm twisting.

Shane's Urquell picture from Prague:

jason.loxton wrote:My friend and I just did a triangle test on Pilsner Urquell vs. Czechvar. My palate might be bad, but the results were inconsistent. My friend Trisha failed to pick the odd beer on two rounds. I picked the odd beer on a nose round and tasting round, but failed on a second tasting round. 1 in 9 that the results were due to chance. (Or not... 1 in 9 after the second test. My stats suck.) I am not 100% convinced that my "successes" weren't a fluke. Thought that the PU was a bit more floral, with a bit more bite. Anyone done a blinded triangle test? Were you more successful? What differences did you think you detected? For $0.50 more a can, I'd say any differences, even if real, weren't worth it. Agree? Disagree? Fight! Fight! Fight!

Jason and Trisha

This is a great idea. I'm going to try it soon and I'll post the results if I get it right.

Triangle tests are sobering*. They really make you realize how much of perceived sensory differences are the result of preconceptions, with any real differences either being elusive or below the threshold of one's palate at current level of development. I KNOW that Pilsner Urquell is slightly sweeter and rounder than a German pilsner, and I was totally confident that the difference would be 100% obvious, but we did one weekend of Radeberger vs. Pils Urquell... and damn if it wasn't essentially impossible to tell the difference (except on colour).

*Well, not literally sobering, as you do a lot of little sips!