Ocelot / Deciduous Polvo Pils

Polvo is back. Kinda. Not really. We brewed a beer with Polvo. It’s a 4.6% Czech-style pilsner called… Polvo Pils.

Our collaborative pale lager aspires towards the platonic ideals of Czech classicism: satisfying malt depth balanced by firm, but not distracting, hoppiness. Naturally, we went to the source for both inputs. Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner Malt – floor malted in Czechia using regionally grown heirloom barleys – imparts notes of earthy honey, bread, and biscuit. Czech Saaz counters with a bouquet of fresh-cut herbs and grounding earthiness. In a lager conditioned for months, the two seamlessly enmesh. It’s total immersion, one might even say.

There is perhaps some irony in this equilibrium given Polvo’s penchant for off-kilter rhythms and a general aversion to orthodoxy. But the Czech pilsner is an undisputed classic, and as far as we’re concerned, so is Polvo. Plus, as it turns out, the band just really digs a clean lager.