​4.5% 
​ABV

crisp complexity

This beer is on a rotating schedule with CERRO Czech-Style Pilsner. Ask for current availability.

Pilatus, brewed with Germanic malts, hops, and yeast, is a traditional German-style Pilsner. The malt body is soft but complex and offers a slightly nutty, toasty finish. Tettnanger hops balance the flavors in signature Bavarian fashion!

backstory

Pilatus Pilsner is named for Mount Pilatus in Lucerne, Switzerland. This mountain features Pilatusbahn – the steepest rack railway in the world with its maximum gradient of 48%. The uphill climb (15,151 feet) takes 30 minutes to reach the summit – elevation of 2,073 meters.​

​While on vacation (July 2, 2018), your favorite Brewery owner, Rod Stahl, decided to go for a run...​ Up. The. Mountain. Yeah, the one with the uphill climb of over 15,000 feet!  

Halfway there, he realized this was a challenging run and he had no water. He took the picture at right. And yes, he did snag a drink from the goat's water trough! ​​

Thanks to Rod's sacrifice, YOU don't have to drink goat water - you can drink Pilatus Pilsner! :)

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While almost every mountain in Switzerland has a railway, only Mount Pilatus has a dragon, or at least a dragon legend. In the Middle Ages, people believed that dragons with healing powers lived inside the Pilatus…​

​We believe it still. Harness the healing power of Pilatus Pilsner!

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Pilatus Pilsner brings all of these stories together, both on the label and in the makeup of the beer.
Reach the summit of beer enjoyment with a crisp clean pilsner that will heal your soul. 

2020 original pilatus label

2022 pilatus label

In 2022, we rebranded Pilatus (design by Joey Barnes). This version used a dragon more similar to the Mt. Pilatus icon, but with the original dragon head.

 

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(There are more interesting references about Mount Pilatus, such as “Pileatus” means “wearing a hat”.
​And it is also said that Mount Pilatus was named after Pontius Pilate.)