Phluffhead is a German-inspired pilsner brewed with our friends at Urban Roots Brewing up in Sacramento. Peter and Rob from Urban Roots came down and met up with Firestone Walker Brewmaster Matt Brynildson at The Propagator in early December to channel some of the magic that Urban Roots has been conjuring in their lager program and focus it into a new pilsner on our system.

We started with a base of Weyermann Extra Pale Premium Pilsner malt and then added large additions of German Tettnanger and Herbrucker hops throughout the boil for a powerful hop flavor that perfectly balances the crisp, crackery malt character. Notes of alpine herbs and flowers and a firm bitterness evoke the best German pilsners from both the north and south of the country.