Bronze in Czech Pale Lager
Czech Your Head
Hermosa Brewing Co., Torrance, CA
- Category
- Czech Pale Lager
- Entries
- 104
- ABV
- 4.8%
- IBU
- Not Found
- Style
- Czech Pilsner
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Not Found
Hops
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Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Czech Your Head is a Czech pilsner from Hermosa Brewing Co., which brews in Torrance, California, and runs a second taproom in Hermosa Beach.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51, Czech-Style Pale Lager | Bronze (3rd place) | 104 | Hermosa Brewing Co. | Torrance, CA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Czech Pilsner | BeerMenus: Hermosa Czech Your Head |
| ABV | 4.8% | BeerMenus: Hermosa Czech Your Head |
| IBU | Not Found | Not Found |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Not Found | Not Found |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No brewery description was found; the only description is a BeerMenus listing line, "Clean malty refreshing czech pils" (BeerMenus: Hermosa Czech Your Head).
Tasting Notes
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Ingredients
No ingredients are published by the brewery or on BeerMenus.
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Czech-Style Pale Lager calls for a slightly sweet, toasted, biscuity or bready malt character, 4.6 to 5.1 percent ABV, 22 to 40 IBU and 4 to 7 SRM. The listed 4.8% ABV fits; IBU cannot be checked.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Czech-Style Pale Lager | Bronze |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
Hermosa Brewing Co. is in Torrance, CA.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website.
Related
- Brewery: Hermosa Brewing Co.
Links
- Hermosa Brewing Co.
- Hermosa Brewing: tap lists
- BeerMenus: Hermosa Czech Your Head
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked hermosabrewingco.com, hermosabrewingco.com, beermenus.com, hermosabrewingco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.
- Not Found: IBU. Checked hermosabrewingco.com, hermosabrewingco.com, beermenus.com, hermosabrewingco.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
Research Notes
- Field pass 2026-10-13: The matching Untappd Czech Your Head page publishes no IBU or named hops. Searches also found same-named beers from other breweries, which are excluded. No new Hermosa beer page was verified.
- The beer is not on the brewery's current Hermosa or Torrance tap lists, and the brewery has no beer pages, so there is no beer url.
- All specs come from BeerMenus, which places the brewery in Hermosa Beach; the brewery site lists the Torrance Taproom & Brewery at 1855 Del Amo Blvd.
- An Untappd search page fetch returned no results for the beer; web search budget ran out before other sources could be tried.
- No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery site was read; it has no Czech Your Head description.