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Pilsener / Pils / Pilsner
The classic “German Pils” - also known simply as “Pils”, “Pilsner” or “Pilsener” - is a light-bodied, highly-attenuated, gold-colored, bottom-fermented bitter German beer showing excellent head retention and an elegant, floral hop aroma. Crisp, clean, and refreshing, it showcases the finest quality German malt and hops. The use of the term Pils is more common in Germany than Pilsner to differentiate it from the Czech style. Lighter in body and color, drier, crisper, and more fully attenuated, with more of a lingering bitterness, and with higher carbonation than a Czech Pilsener. More hop character, malt flavor, and bitterness than International Pale Lagers and more hop character and bitterness with a drier, crisper finish than a Munich Helles although the helles has more malt flavor, but of the same character as the Pils. The style also includes the 2 following substyles. The “Italian-Style Pilsner”, an hoppier Pilsner generally using old-world German hops for dry-hopping. The “New Zealand Pilsner”, a slightly maltier and less crisp take on the German Pils showcasing New Zealand hop varieties.
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Name | Ratings | Score | | | 1 | Hill Farmstead Poetica 2
Hill Farmstead Brewery Greensboro, Vermont | 11 | 3.97 | Find |  | 2 | Suarez Family Palatine Pils
Suarez Family Brewery Livingston , New York | 67 | 3.85 | Find |  | 3 | Nepomucen From The Woodland
Browar Nepomucen Jutrosin, Poland | 48 | 3.83 | Find |  | 4 | Hill Farmstead Mary
Hill Farmstead Brewery Greensboro, Vermont | 230 | 3.8 | Find |  | 5 | Nómada Naturepils
Nómada Brewing Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain | 21 | 3.75 | Find |  | 6 | Highland Park Timbo Pils
Highland Park Brewery Los Angeles, California | 29 | 3.74 | Find |  | 7 | Live Oak Gold
Live Oak Brewing Company Austin, Texas | 19 | 3.74 | Find |  | 8 | Suarez Family Qualify Pils
Suarez Family Brewery Livingston , New York | 45 | 3.74 | Find |  | 9 | Sly Fox Keller Pils
Sly Fox Brewing Company Pottstown and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania | 27 | 3.71 | Find |  | 10 | Suarez Family Cabana
Suarez Family Brewery Livingston , New York | 18 | 3.7 | Find |  | 11 | Schilling Hanse
Schilling Beer Co. and Resilience Ale Project Littleton, New Hampshire | 18 | 3.7 | Find |  | 12 | Persephone Amarillo Pilsner
Persephone Brewing Company Gibsons, British Columbia | 26 | 3.68 | Find |  | 13 | Les Trois Mousquetaires Pilsner
Les Trois Mousquetaires [LTM] Brossard, Quebec | 15 | 3.68 | Find |  | 14 | Funky Fluid Tomyski Pils
Browar Funky Fluid Warszawa, Poland | 48 | 3.67 | Find |  | 15 | Bierstadt Slow Pour Pils
Bierstadt Lagerhaus Denver, Colorado | 40 | 3.67 | Find |  | 16 | pFriem Pilsner
pFriem Family Brewers Hood River, Oregon | 107 | 3.66 | Find |  | 17 | Birrificio Italiano Tipopils
Birrificio Italiano Lurago Marinone (CO), Italy | 502 | 3.65 | Find |  | 18 | Allagash Truepenny Pilsner
Allagash Brewing Company Portland, Maine | 38 | 3.65 | Find |  | 19 | Birrificio Italiano Extra Hop
Birrificio Italiano Lurago Marinone (CO), Italy | 81 | 3.65 | Find |  | 20 | Red Rock Fröhlich Pils
Red Rock Brewing Salt Lake City, Utah | 15 | 3.65 | Find |  | 21 | Trzech Kumpli ITAPils
Browar Trzech Kumpli Tarnów, Poland | 64 | 3.64 | Find |  | 22 | Finback Telephone Lines
Finback Brewery Queens, New York | 17 | 3.64 | Find |  | 23 | Ängöl Mästarpilsner
Ängöl Kvartersbryggeri Kalmar, Sweden | 17 | 3.63 | Find |  | 24 | Jack's Abby Post Shift
Jack's Abby Brewing Framingham, Massachusetts | 72 | 3.63 | Find |  | 25 | Burdock Westcoast Pilsener
Burdock Toronto, Ontario | 22 | 3.63 | Find |  |
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