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Most popular style of beer in the world now brewed in Saskatchewan.


Saskatchewan's Great Western Brewing Great Western Brewing is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. When Molson decided to shut down their plant in Saskatoon in 1989, the employees purchased the brewery from Molson and founded Great Western.  Company is proud to announce that they have a new brew on the shelves just in time for summer. Western Premium Pilsner is now available across Saskatchewan.

"Pilsner is the most popular style of beer in the world," states Ron Waldman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Great Western Brewing Company. "So this brew is in direct response to consumer demand, and we are very happy to be able to now offer them a true premium pilsner, at regular pilsner prices."

The pilsner style of beer was first brewed in the 1840s in the town of Pilsen in what is now known as the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. . This delicately flavored golden lager represented a dramatic shift in appearance and flavour (jargon) flavour - (US: flavor) 1. Variety, type, kind. "DDT commands come in two flavors." "These lights come in two flavors, big red ones and small green ones." See vanilla.

2. The attribute that causes something to be flavourful.
 from the dark, sweet beers that were more common at the time.

"We've taken that traditional recipe, made it our own and developed a premium product," adds Waldman. "Western Premium Pilsner is a clean and crisp brew with a light golden hue. It has immense flavour thanks to its unique aromatic aromatic /ar·o·mat·ic/ (ar?o-mat´ik)
1. having a spicy odor.

2. in chemistry, denoting a compound containing a ring system stabilized by a closed circle of conjugated double bonds or nonbonding electron pairs, e.g.
 hops, and the perfect amount of malt essence really sets this beer above other pilsners. It's going to become one of our most popular beers."

The Great Western Brewing Company has been in operation in Saskatchewan since 1989. Their award-winning product line includes Western Premium Lager, Western Premium Light, Western Premium Honey Wheat, Great Western Gold and Brewhouse Brew´house`

n. 1. A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
. Western Premium Beer is now available across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Title Annotation:OFF THE WIRE
Publication:SaskBusiness
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Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:May 1, 2005
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