
Our trip to the supermarket yielded the biggest haul of the trip so far with 13 different beers selected. It was a mix of lagers, both light & dark, some fruit radlers, an absinth beer etc. You may notice a conspicuous lack of Pilsner Urquell from the lineup, that's because we visited the brewery in Plzen which I will elaborate on below.
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Staropramen; Prague's Best |
Back in Prague, at dinner times I normally stick with Staropramen, either light or dark. Staropramen is brewed in Prague and is the most readily available beer. Both the light and the dark (Cerny) are very serviceable beers, while not world beaters both are very drinkable in the hot Prague sun.
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One to look out for! |
One of the things I learnt this time in Prague is that many locals do not order beer by the brand. It's not like back home where you walk into a bar and ask for a Carlton. In Prague they walk in and ask for a 12 or a 13. This number isn't the alcohol content, it's the gravity of the beer (measured in degrees Plato). As most Czech beers are similar they don't care which brand's beer they get they just want the different thickness (and by extrapolation ABV...).
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Circle Paddle from Pivovarsky Dum |
It's unlike me to give a plug, but I really think this tour is worth it! Tom was able to talk technically to me about beer, while was still able to explain to Lizzie things like gravity of beer, which I have made a complete hash of above! It's a hard thing to explain... Anyway; here's the link. If you love beer, or even if you don't this is a must do tour!
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Save your money!!! |
All Czech beer is of similar quality, is something that is bandied about alot. So the question becomes how to pick the worst of a good bunch. Well in that regard 2 stood out from the pack. Branik, the beer that you see a lot of locals drinking in the street, is an awful lager. While the Absinthe beer is a nice novelty but completely undrinkable, so undrinkable that I poured it out!
The range of easily accessible beers in Prague is by far the most extensive of any country I've been in so far on this trip. I will stress again that I'm buying the beers from supermarket's so to get this much variety in style is impressive. The Czech Republic is probably the ultimate beer destination in the world, with maybe the exception of Munich's Oktoberfest. I can't recommend it highly enough. If you only ever take one piece of advice that I write seriously, go to Prague and drink the beer!
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Quite a large range from the Czech Republic |
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