In this article, we are going to discuss the 5 highest rated pilsner beers in 2023. If you want to check out our detailed analysis of the pilsner beer, the difference between a pilsner and a lager, the world’s first pilsner beer, the shift of Stella Artois, and the most popular beer in America, head to 20 Highest Rated Pilsner Beers in 2023.
5. Twins Pils
Rating on BeerAdvocate: 4.15
Brewed with traditional German hops and barley, this crisp, refreshing pilsner has light citrus and honey flavors and finishes perfectly balanced and clean. The German Pilsner style beer is produced by the Minnesota-based Summit Brewing Company. The Summit Brewing Co. had sales volume of 103,800 BBLs in 2022, a 12% decrease from the previous year.
4. Qualify Pils
Rating on BeerAdvocate: 4.21
Qualify Pils is a ‘hop-accented’ German-style pilsner beer brewed by the Suarez Family Brewery in Hudson, New York. Established in 2016, the family-owned and operated brewery specializes in ales of mixed fermentation, unfiltered lagers, and other crispy little beers.
Suarez Family Brewery doesn’t make you feel like just another beer drinker, but accomplishes what every brewery should set out to do – It makes you feel like you’re part of the family.
3. Reality Czeck
Rating on BeerAdvocate: 4.28
The most delicate style of pilsners are the Bohemian pilsners of the Czech Republic. This 4.9% ABV beer is soft, delicate and clean, with a distinct freshness reminiscent of fresh baked bread and dreamy floral hops.
Established in 1992, Moonlight Brewing is an award-winning brewery based in Santa Rosa, California. In 2017, a 50% stake in the brewery was acquired by the Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing Company, but this stake was eventually sold off to Patrick Rue, the owner of The Bruery and Erosion Wine Co., in 2022. Moonlight founder Brian Hunt retains his 50% share of the business.
2. Palatine Pils
Rating on BeerAdvocate: 4.31
Palatine Pils is a particularly focused and lush expression of the house pilsner of New York-based Suarez Family Brewery. This 4.9% ABV German-style pilsner has a creamy texture with pronounced notes of earl gray tea and a nice clean snappiness. A 4-pack of Palatine Pils will set you back $18 on the brewery’s website.
1. Slow Pour Pils
Rating on BeerAdvocate: 4.33
Slow pouring is a long-standing German technique that softens the beer’s carbonation and opens up its delicate flavors. In the American craft beer scene, this technique of pouring beer can be attributed to Ashleigh Carter and Bill Eye, owners of Bierstadt Lagerhaus in Denver, Colorado. Both subsequently created the Slow Pour Pils, the actual name for their beer.
A slow pour is a technique of pouring beer with a side-pull faucet, something that can only be done slowly through a series of around three to four pours in the same glass. The process can take anywhere between 5 to 7 minutes. Slow Pour Pils has been called the ‘Best Colorado Draft Beer’ in recent years and is the Highest Rated Pilsner of 2023 in our list.
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