Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Pilsener or pilsner (optional capitalization) is a type of lager beer. It originated in Pilsen in Bohemia (now Plzen, Czech Republic) where brewers noticed that beer had a better taste if it was stored in cold caves and kept on ice. Pilsner Urquell is billed as "the world's first golden beer." Commercial pilseners: Beck's Great lakes Dortmunder New Glarus Zwickel Gluck pils Pinkus Ur-pils Pilsner Urquell Czechvar Ecco Radegast Victory Prima Pils Wild River Bohemian Pilsner Sprecher Amber and Pale Lager Millstream German pils Sternburger This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.