Pilsener or
pilsner (optional capitalization) is a type of
lager beer. It originated in
Pilsen in
Bohemia (now part of the
Czech Republic) where brewers noticed that beer had a better taste if it was stored in cold caves and kept on ice.
Commercial pilseners:
- Beck's
- Great lakes Dortmunder
- New Glarus Zwickel
- Gluck pils
- Pinkus Ur-pils
- Pilsner Urquell
- Czechvar
- Radegast
- Victory Prima Pils
- Wild River Bohemian Pilsner
- Sprecher Amber and Pale Lager
- Millstream German pils