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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 […] Great British Beer Festival 2011 ABV: 5.8% Origin: Roseland, Virginia, USA Website: www.dbbrewingcompany.com Devils Backbone Brewing Company Many people assume UK lager is a relatively recent phenomenon, dating from the 1960s when the emerging big brewing groups first made a concerted effort to market a handful of rather undistinguished national brands. In fact […] Beer sellers: Zlý Časy / Pivkupectví ABV: 4.2% Origin: Chodová Planá, Plzeňský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.chodovar.cz Chodovar Zámecké Černé Incorporating ancient cellars cut into granite and completely dominating its small village home west of Plzeň, the Chodovar brewery traces its written records back to 1634, though much of today’s structure is the […] Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 4.7% Origin: České Budějovice, Jihočeský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.budvar.cz, www.budweiserbudvar.co.uk Budějovický Budvar tmavý ležák / Dark Lager Alongside Plzeňský Prazdroj (Pilsner Urquell), Budvar was already a famous Czech name in international beer circles before the Velvet Revolution, thanks in part to the international currency of the […] Beer sellers: Landbierparadies, Nürnberg. ABV: 5.5% Origin: Höchstadt an der Aisch, Franken/Bayern, Germany Website: www.Brauerei-Blauer-Loewe.de Brauerei Blauer Löwe Another of those Franconian brewpubs with a long, long history, Blauer Löwe (Blue Lion) opened in 1633 as one of several breweries in Höchstadt to replace the old town brewery, destroyed during the Swedish invasion […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 5.1% Origin: Vierzehnheiligen, Franken (Bayern), Germany Trunk Vierzehnheiligen Nothelfer Bier I tried this wonderful unpasteurised Dunkel fresh from its cask at the Pigs Ear festival. The brewery, in a rural setting behind a basilica in a Franconian village named for […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4.9% Origin: Glasgow, Scotland Website: www.westbeer.com West For four decades cask ale has been the focus of the British beer consumer movement, and the technical specifications for its production and dispense have become embedded in the ideology of beer appreciation as if they’re judgements of value and quality, with […] |
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