The stated purpose of our web site is plain and simple – dad and I do a review together. We allow anyone to come in and comment, as you did, and share their reviews, speak their mind, or offer whatever feedback/suggestions they might have.

For your oddly requested Dogfish Head 120 Minute interjection – I don’t know where to start – we’ve reviewed it and love it:

http://www.thebeerfathers.com/dogfish-head-120-minute-ipa/

Comparing it to Pilsner Urquell is not a level comparison, but it gets to the heart of our reviews – we rank beers against each other, not against style. Unfair? Our site our rules. And we happen to have a taste more for flavorful beers like stouts and IPAs than pilsners and our ratings will probably always reflect that. If you want to get thousands of people to validate PIlsner Urquell for you hit BeerAdvocate or RateBeer.

Cheers mate,

-John

When Ive had Pilsner Urquell for first time, I quite didnt like it. I dont know if its because you have to drink more of it to find the taste, or because I was too young for this beer (like 16,17), or pipes were not in good condition, but then i started to go to one pub in Prague and everything changed. Since then this is beer number one for me, 10/10. One think is, that beer on tap tastes different than in bottles and Ive had most of this on tap, other thing is that some pubs can really f**k up their beer because of their pipe maintenance, way of poring or whatever. Was your PU brewed in Czech rep. or in USA ? That might make also big difference.

Now Im already 10 months in New Zealand and im sooooo much looking forward when i come back to CZ, sit in pub and have PU on tap. Here its really hard to get it, ive had it like 4 times and im starving for good beer. I can drink here Waikato, Steinlager, mostly im drinking here Heineken or Stella, but its just best option for me here and not really enjoying drinking it as I was enjoying Pilsner Urquell or some other Czech beers.

Seriously, you have to give it second chance, try to get one brewed in CZ, because this is the beer… and its taste is really something special, at least for me

Mark

Cheers,

The BeerFathers

That said, where we’ve coming from in rating it against all beers we’ve done and not just lagers or even pilsners, is “our site, our rules.” The site was started and is still intended for dad and I to have a reference of how much we personally like the beers we try. Not trying to be mainsteam, just trying to do our thing. If you want mainstream hit BeerAdvocate and RateBeer. And we’re definitely not saying all the experts are wrong, we’re just saying what’s right for us two beer drinking guys who happen to like porters and stouts more than lagers. To that end our 3 out of 10 may be low, but it does fit our definition of 3 out of 10:

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3 out of 10: Not too bad.
More points of interest and better balance. Could drink it again or not. Could take several and pretend to like if given to you.
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We’re not saying we wouldn’t drink a Pilsner Urquell if it was given to us, it just ain’t coming home in our shopping cart if we’re writing the check (not that anyone writes checks anymore). We’ve tried it once more since the review was posted as we started to doubt ourselves a bit from all the comments, but we still feel it reflects how much we like it.

All that said, I think it’s great that our reviews can encourage people to passionately defend their beers – craft beer drinkers should be passionate and you are my friend.

Cheers to that,

-John and Dad (The BeerFathers)

The Romans already said: “de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum” (“There’s no arguing about tastes and colors.”). This review (with the resulting 3/10) is however nonsense. John is stating himself that they are not rating “best in style”. It just makes no sense to e.g. compare a lager style beer to a triple style beer and then say, I am giving the lager 3/10 and the triple 8/10.

I live know for 1 year in San Diego. There is the obious fact the the average American beer drinker/lover likes totally different beer styles compared to the European beer drinker. Americans tend to like unbalanced beers (I not talking about But, Miller, …) with one or two pronounced tastes in the beer. Personally, If I drink a beer, I and can immediately say: “This is heavy hop”, “this is candy sugar”, “this is heavy spiced”, “this is heavy citrus”…, then I think it is not a good beer.

Have to end this comment. I think Pilsener Urquell is a 9/10 (only 9/10 because the metallic aftertaste, but it is a very minor issue in this beer)

John and Dad: keep up the good work! I agree with most of your review on this beer, but I totally disagree with the 3/10 and the “not rating within style”

Kind regards,
Filip

That is most absurd thing I have ever heard!

You have gotten a severely mishandled batch.

You owe it to yourself~ & your readers~ to try it again.

It is a very mellow & soft beer, yet it stands as one the great beers.

This is a nice change of pace because I have been drinking a lot of pale ales over past few months.

Being Irish I cannot abide Guinness …figure that one out rofl.

Keep the reviews coming ….and if possible list the store you may of gotten the beer at …Fred Meyer, Safeway, QFC, Albertsons, etc.

Thank you,

Fred