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A Pilsner Urquell dray begins the long trek to Johannesburg… Pic: Pilsner Urquell I’m one of several writers who’ve complained in the past about the way in which the fanciful notions of marketing departments inform so much of the received wisdom on the history and heritage of brewing, and recently I’ve witnessed the […] Top Tastings 2012 (Kroužkovaný ležák 12°) ABV: 5% and 4.7% Origin: České Budějovice, Jihočeský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.budejovickybudvar.cz Budějovický Budvar kroužkovaný ležák 12° straight from the conditioning tank — note security device on glass. These are the unfiltered, unpasteurised draught versions of Budvar’s flagship golden lager (labelled Budvar Czech Imported Lager in […] European Beer Bloggers Conference 2011, Top Tastings 2011 ABV: 4.4% Origin: Plzeň, Plzeňský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.prazdroj.cz Plzeňský Prazdroj's head brewer Václav Berka serves up his Kvasnicový at the European Beer Bloggers Conference, London, May 2011. Pic: Reuben Gray, www.taleofale.com The second word in the name of this famous Bohemian brewery […] Pivovar Restaurant Hotel Modrá Hvězda Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 4.5% Origin: Dobřany, Plzeňský Kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.modra-hvezda.cz Mash tuns were fired again in Dobřany, once an important brewing town a little south of Plzeň, in 1998 when the ‘Blue Star’ hotel sprouted one of the first of a new generation […] Beer sellers: Zlý Časy / Pivkupectví Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 5% Origin: Humpolec, Vysočina, Czech Republic Website: www.bernard.cz Bernard Sváteční Ležák The Bernard brewery, in the hill country between Bohemia and Moravia, traces its history to 1597 but its current reputation is strictly post-Velvet Revolution. In 1991 a team led by Stanislav Bernard […] Beer sellers: Zlý Časy / Pivkupectví ABV: 5.2% Origin: Polička, Pardubický kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.pivovar-policka.cz
Poličské Záviš světlý ležák 12° This intriguing brewery in the birthplace of composer Bohuslav Martinů traces its history back to 1517 when it was founded by a cooperative of townspeople, thus its full […] |
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