I sure cant tell the difference between pale & pils in any ale recipe, it looked to me like he was looking for style correctness above all else. To satisfy the inspiration part, I was tempted to type out Noel Blake's essay and recipe (no pils) that won him the contest that led to Ommegangs Three Philosophers, but it wasn't on the internet, and I don't know him, and I don't know if he has copyright on it, and I was too lazy to type it out. But everyone should buy the book just to read it.