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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 | Nómada Naturepils R
Nómada Brewing Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain | 23 | 3.75 | Find | | 2 | New Glarus Two Women Lager (2010) R
New Glarus Brewing Company New Glarus, Wisconsin | 131 | 3.69 | Find | | 3 | Les Trois Mousquetaires MacAllen Pils R
Les Trois Mousquetaires [LTM] Brossard, Quebec | 39 | 3.69 | Find | | 4 | Le Trou du Diable / Dieu du Ciel! La Divine Comédie R
Le Trou du Diable (Six Pints - Molson Coors) Shawinigan, Quebec | 70 | 3.69 | Find | | 5 | Persephone Amarillo Pilsner R
Persephone Brewing Company Gibsons, British Columbia | 26 | 3.68 | Find | | 6 | Victory Saphir Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 31 | 3.68 | Find | | 7 | Emerson's Pilsner (Organic) R
Emerson's Brewing Company (Lion Co. - Kirin Holdings) Dunedin, New Zealand | 171 | 3.66 | Find | | 8 | Other Half / Creature Comforts Grits 'N' Greens R
Other Half Brewing Brooklyn, New York | 24 | 3.66 | Find | | 9 | Victory Harvest Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 122 | 3.63 | Find | | 10 | Tuppers Keller Pils R
Tuppers' Hop Pocket Beers Bethesda, Maryland | 285 | 3.62 | Find | | 11 | Basqueland / Cloudwater A Lager A Day R
Basqueland Brewing Hernani, Spain | 10 | 3.61 | Find | | 12 | Sierra Nevada / Firestone Walker Beer Camp Torpedo Pilsner R
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Chico, California | 412 | 3.59 | Find | | 13 | Cloudwater Our Highs, Their Lows Pilsner (Crop Year 2019 - Series 15) R
Cloudwater Brew Co Manchester, England | 17 | 3.59 | Find | | 14 | Victory Spalt Select Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 20 | 3.57 | Find | | 15 | Vrooden Hopfen Pilsner R
Brasserie Vrooden Granby, Quebec | 11 | 3.56 | Find | | 16 | Victory Hallertauer Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 28 | 3.56 | Find | | 17 | Sly Fox Standard Pils R
Sly Fox Brewing Company Pottstown and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania | 20 | 3.55 | Find | | 18 | Fourpure Outpost Dry Hop Pils R
Fourpure Brewing Co. (Odyssey Inns) Bermondsey, England | 13 | 3.54 | Find | | 19 | Russian River It Takes A Lot Of Great Beer To Make Great Wine R
Russian River Brewing Company Santa Rosa, California | 120 | 3.53 | Find | | 20 | Das Bierhaus Chill Pils R
Das Bierhaus Menomonie, Wisconsin | 26 | 3.53 | Find | | 21 | Beavertown No Wiser R
Beavertown Brewery (Heineken) Tottenham Hale, England | 15 | 3.53 | Find | | 22 | Oxbow Freestyle No. 38 (German Style Pils) R
Oxbow Brewing Company Newcastle, Maine | 12 | 3.53 | Find | | 23 | Victory Saaz Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 17 | 3.53 | Find | | 24 | Victory 2014 Hop Ticket #3 Dry Hopped Pils R
Victory Brewing Company (ABV) Downingtown, Pennsylvania | 95 | 3.5 | Find | | 25 | Urban Chestnut Hopswitch 6 R
Urban Chestnut Brewing Company St. Louis, Missouri | 17 | 3.5 | Find | |
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