Crown Pilsner is a 5.4% Australian beer made by the Carlton & United Beverages

Carlton & United Beverages

Carlton & United Breweries is an Australian brewing company based in Abbotsford, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. In 1983 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Elders IXL and CUB was delisted. In 1990, Elders IXL renamed to the Foster's Group, and in July 2004, CUB changed its name to Carlton and...

(CUB).

Crown Pilsner was first brewed in 2006 as Foster's Group

Foster's Group

Foster's Group is a beer group with interests in brewing and soft drinks. Foster's Group is the brewer of the Foster's Lager. Foster's Group Limited is a publicly-listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange and is based in Melbourne, Victoria...

 sought to extend its beer market share. Initially, this beer was only available at selected restaurants in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The initial limited release was 10,000 cases

Crown Pilsner is highly recognisable by its uniquely shaped bottle and by its Crown trademarked logo that has changed only four times in the history of the beer.