pilsner

thumb|upright=1.3|Pilsner Urquell, the world's first [[pale lager and ancestor of today's Pilsners]]

Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager. It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery.