Style Breakdown 1: The Best Pilsners Ever Made in Central Texas

Welcome to a new CBA series: Style Breakdown.  In each issue, we’re going to take an in-depth look into a single beer style and compare every one of these beers ever released in Central Texas.  This is a companion series to The Best Beers of the Year (So Far), in which we will use Untappd data to measure the highest-rated beers and find out which ones come out ahead.  Since we’re focusing on specific styles, we will do two breakdowns: the best of each substyle, and the best of a few multi-year periods (including breweries that no longer exist – enjoy the nostalgia!)  If you haven’t yet, I recommend reading the first issue of TBBotY(SF), which goes way too in-depth about Untappd data and how it’s being used.  Please remember that this is based on crowdsourced data and not the opinions of the CBA team; so don’t take it too seriously if your favorites don’t make the list.  With that out of the way, let’s take a look at today’s subject:

Here are the top Pilsners EVER made in Central Texas

First, the classics:

Czech

German

And now for the new age stuff:

Italian

Imperial / Double

Other

Next, let’s look at all pilsners over time:

2010-2014

2015-2016

2017-2018

2019-2020

2021

2022

2023

You’ll have to wait a bit longer for this one.

Finally, here are the overall top 10 pilsners ever made in Central Texas (one per brewery):

And there we have it!  If you enjoyed looking at the data or have other feedback, please let us know on Facebook or Instagram.