
The company’s beer portfolio is vast and adventurous, but its Pilsner is the flagship beer, a significant nod to the abiding love for the style. This gem from Oregon is no exception, and is exceptional in any case, from a 9-year-old brewery that has been cleaning up brewing competition awards. Pilsners have the added virtue of pairing well with most foods - meat, fish, poultry, spicy dishes. Pilsner (4.9%), pFriem Family Brewers, Ore. Yet Scrimshaw remains the brewery’s best-seller, available nationwide, a German-style pils like the engravings it is named for, fashioned by 19th-century whaling men - both delicate yet sharp, a clear-eyed beauty. And strong in terms of some of their classics - Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout (9%) and Old Stock Ale (10.2%). Old by craft brewing standards, North Coast has been going strong since 1988. Scrimshaw (4.5%), North Coast Brewing, Calif. For now routing flights through Austin might be the best option the brewery is across the street from the airport. One can hope this exemplar of a Bohemian-style pilsner, the brewery’s flagship beer, is one day distributed outside of Texas. Live Oak has almost been around 25 years, established in 1997 and educating Texas palates ever since, no doubt an originally daunting task with mostly German-style lagers. Prima Pils checks all the boxes and is easy to find, distributed in over 30 states. Pils use German hops and are often more highly carbonated, drier, with a more lingering bitter finish. Were big fans of lagers, especially German-style Pils. This beer exemplifies what we as brewers look for in one of our favorite styles: malt and hop flavor working. 2016, 2017, & 2018 Great American Beer Festival Brewpub of The Year.

Most will find the differences all but indistinguishable, but in general Czech-style pilsners tend to be more golden in color, richer in malt and softer in the finish. H-Town Pils is a classic Bohemian-style pilsner. Prima Pils is a German-style pilsner, hence the more common Pils moniker. Victory has been around for 25 years and I put it in the same can’t-miss category as, say, Sierra Nevada - meaning anything they make is bound to be of superior quality. Prima Pils (5.3%), Victory Brewing Co., Pa.

Available in the northeast, mid-Atlantic and midwest. There are distinct floral aromas and a touch of citrus in the palate, no doubt due to the addition of New Zealand and Pacific northwest hops along with Czech hops. This Queens brewery is best known for high ABV double IPAs, but its pilsner has game, with a slight haze and a typically generous white head. Easily one of the finest American made Pilsners, Prima Pils has clean and spicy. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their German Pilsner, Prima Pils, is flat-out fantastic. Plaintop Pils (5.2%), Singlecut Beersmiths, Astoria, N.Y. Yes, DirtWolf, Victory’s Double IPA, was a pleasant surprise, but the Pennsylvania brewery’s bread and butter is anything German in nature. Pilsners are among the hoppiest lagers and. Phil Mickelson, Golf's Renaissance Man, is a Natural for the Match A subspecies of lager, pilsner beers are distinguished by their water, which varies from neutral too hard.
