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Pilsener or pilsner (optional capitalization) is a type of lager beer. It originated in Pilsen in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) where brewers noticed that beer had a better taste if it was stored in cold caves and kept on ice.

Commercial pilseners:

Beck's
Great lakes Dortmunder
New Glarus Zwickel
Gluck pils
Pinkus Ur-pils
Pilsner Urquell
Czechvar
Radegast
Victory Prima Pils
Wild River Bohemian Pilsner
Sprecher Amber and Pale Lager
Millstream German pils

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