A pale lager brewed in San Salvador since 1906 and the country’s default beer, long marketed alongside the national football team. It is poured cold with pupusas and grilled meat.
It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into it
- malted barley
- maize adjunct
- hops
- lager yeast
- water
How it is made
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, then fermented cool with lager yeast and cold-conditioned for weeks before filtering and bottling.
How long it takes: three to four weeks from mash to bottle
How it is eaten
Cold with pupusas, carne asada and at football matches.
History
Brewed in San Salvador since 1906 and the country’s default beer, long marketed with the national football team.
Frequently asked questions
What is Pilsener?
Pilsener is a wine & spirit from El Salvador: pale lager poured cold with pupusas and grilled meat. Brewed in San Salvador since 1906 and the country’s default beer, long marketed with the national football team.
How is Pilsener made?
Malt and adjunct are mashed, the wort boiled with hops, then fermented cool with lager yeast and cold-conditioned for weeks before filtering and bottling. It takes three to four weeks from mash to bottle.
Can I make Pilsener at home?
No, and the atlas gives no method for it. It is one brewery’s commercial lager, and brewing beer at home is licensed or restricted in much of the atlas’s readership.
What goes into Pilsener?
Malted barley, maize adjunct, hops, lager yeast, water.
How is Pilsener eaten?
Cold with pupusas, carne asada and at football matches.
