German Pilsner is a light, clean-tasting lager that was modeled on the namesake Czech variety. It is brewed from barley malt, and it typically has a flowery, herbal, and spicy hop bitterness that is balanced with a moderately malty backbone.
First brews that were branded as German Pilsner were introduced in the 1870s, and though pilsner as a style first appeared in the Czech city Plzeň (Pilsen), it was created by a Bavarian Josef Groll. It is generally said that a separate German version was perfected following WWII and the introduction of modern brewing techniques as well as using local hops.