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| Mama's Little Yella Pils Photo: Oscar Blues. |
"Mass-market pilsners are liquid Muzak," says Marty Jones, the "lead singer and idea man" for Lyons, Colorado's Oskar Blues. To rebut the bland, watery brews littering the marketplace, Oskar Blues -- the first microbrewery to can craft beer -- has unveiled Mama's Little Yella Pils. "We're restoring a little honor to the concept," Jones says of Mama's, which re-creates a classic Czech pilsner with American craft-beer flair.
Instead of relying on cheap adjuncts like rice or corn, Mama's is constructed with 100 percent malt and a generous dose of spicy Saaz hops. But brewing a pilsner is an exercise in restrained elegance, unlike brutish IPAs and boozy stouts potent enough to incapacitate Paul Bunyan.
I can honestly say that I've never had the desire to swim in beer. If, by chance, this notion has entered your
dreams, you're in luck. A family brewery in Prague recently opened a spa where visitors can lounge in Victorian-style
baths filled with beer and get beer wraps, massages and other cosmetic treatments. A full weekend goes for about $140,
but single treatments are offered for less. The spa's owner touts the curative properties of beer and said he hopes
that a beer spa will appeal to men who might be put off by the idea of other spa experiences.
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