Pilsener


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pil·sner

or Pil·sner  (pĭlz′nər, pĭls′-) also pil·sen·er or Pil·sen·er (pĭl′zə-nər, -sə-, pĭlz′nər, pĭls′-)
n.
1. A light, golden lager having a strong flavor of hops.
2. A tall, thin, footed beer glass.

[German Pilsner, Pilsener, of Pilsen (Plzeň), Czech Republic, where the beer was first brewed.]
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Noun1.Pilsener - a pale lager with strong flavor of hopsPilsener - a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen
lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
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Pilsener

, Pilsner
n (beer)Pils(e)ner nt
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Pils or Pilsener lager takes its name from the town where it was originally brewed in 1840.
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Elk Horn Brewery & Cider House placed third among 98 entries in GABF's American-Style Pilsener or International-Style Pilsener category to earn its first-ever GABF medal for its Lemon Pils.
After two hours of barren tedium, Huddersfield's record PS1.8m signing from Munich 1860 was cool as a freshly-poured Pilsener from the spot, and Terriers manager David Wagner had the last laugh.
I enjoyed the Dry Hopped Lager (4% abv, Ocado) with its citrus and malty vibe; and the Glorious Pilsener (4.5% abv, glutenfreebeers.co.uk) was a winner with my chums.
Santa Monica is very much a beach town, and nothing says the start of the season like sipping a Smog City Little Bo pilsener on our patio at sunset."
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Analysts remarked that Anheuser-Busch InBev sees a buyout of SABMiller as its easiest route into the fast-growing Africa market, where Anheuser-Busch InBev has a relatively tiny footprint and SABMiller is the continent's dominant player, generating about 30% of its profits with sales of such beers as Hansa Pilsener in South Africa and Chibuka in Zambia.
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But this is no substitute for "drier and crisper than a Bohemian Pilsener, it has a bitterness that tends to linger more in the aftertaste due, I suspect, to higher attenuation and higher-sulfate water.
"You have to drink the Michelada," Claudia says of a lighter take on the Bloody Mary, made with hot sauce and the local Pilsener 100 beer.
Words like cannoli, ravioli, ministroni, bougiloni, aria, basso profoundo, fortissimo and impressario have taken their place in a regional dialect alongside terms like white tailed deer, extra sharp cheddar, butter fat content, pilsener, taconite, and cranberry.