Lagunitas Pils: Czech-style Pilsner

With all the ales and über-ales out there, with styles proliferating and breweries making beer flavored with everything but cabbage, it's nice to sample a well-made Pilsner. Smooth and, as the big boys say, drinkable. Some herbal/flowery notes and some light sweetness. The hops are just right for the uninitiated; present, but understated, bitter, but pleasantly so, carbonated, yet smooth. Pretty nondescript, but it is a lager.