Pilsner or Pilsener?

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Message ABUSEDGOAT beers 4141 º places 64 º 23:07 Tue 10/11/2005 When I rate a beer that’s a pilsner/pilsener, the bottle always says pilsner, the site says pilsEner. Which is it? Is there a difference? Is it the same thing with a different spelling?
Message dortmunder beers 961 º places 10 º 03:27 Wed 10/12/2005 Pils, pilsner, pilsener all the same thing. I tried to make out a regional differences in nomenclature of this style in Germany, but judging from the results I got, I don´t think there is any. Maybe a higher occurance of "pilsner" in Southern Germany, but apart from it seems totally arbitrary.
Message Sigmund beers 13310 º places 446 º 07:11 Wed 10/12/2005 Originally posted by dortmunder Pils, pilsner, pilsener all the same thing. Same thing in Scandinavia. Get used to it. "Pilsener" is "closest" to the German name of the Czech city Plzen: Pilsen. But all versions are okay.
Message Nekronos beers 5000 º places 178 º 07:39 Wed 10/12/2005 Pils, Pilsen, Pilsener, Pilsner, Pills Inner, Pillgrimm, Pills errr... .

Message Walt beers 2449 º places 189 º 10:52 Wed 10/12/2005 Kinda like Gueze and Geueze.
Message willblake beers 2654 º places 81 º 10:55 Wed 10/12/2005 Originally posted by Walt Kinda like Gueze and Geueze. gueuze
Message Walt beers 2449 º places 189 º 10:57 Wed 10/12/2005 Shut up jerk.
Message willblake beers 2654 º places 81 º 10:58 Wed 10/12/2005 Originally posted by Walt Shut up jerk. jirk

Message fly P beers 1490 º places 271 º 10:59 Wed 10/12/2005 I’d blame the damn Americans Came from Pilsn ya know
Message whaleman beers 2178 º places 25 º 11:06 Wed 10/12/2005 Trivial stats: Googling German language pages: "pilsener" - 413,000 hits "pilsner" - 206,000 hits pilsener wins 2:1 Googling Czech language pages: "pilsener" - 888 hits "pilsner" - 167,000 hits pilsner wins 188:1 Googling English language pages: "pilsener" - 235,000 hits "pilsner" - 1,130,000 hits pilsner wins 5:1
Message 3fourths P beers 9492 º places 1576 º 12:45 Wed 10/12/2005 from Plzeň, or Pilsen in German