Friday, January 25, 2002, 8:07:34 PM, Timo wrote: TH> Tim & Frantisek talked about: >>So what is the best beer in Prague?
TH> I have to answer to this also, because I love beers ;) TH> I visited Praque in 1999, and I really love the city. TH> My favourite Czech beer is Krusovice lager.. TH> Timo Well, that's going to be WAY OffTopic ;) Nevertheless... The Pilsen beer is probably quite renown, although, it is now made by a huge multinational concern. Problem with those big breweries is that they have to sell LOTS of beer, it's like P&S cameras ;) They want their stuff to be not have too much personality, or only a minority of people would like it. To have most people buy it, the taste must not be nice to all the people, and with all the people having different tastes, it must be the least offending to the most majority... Nothing against these beers, though, but it's like cameras - I like my cameras have a distinct personality ;) From the big makers - Pilsen is very good. So is Budvar (Budweiser). Stay away from Staropramen, although many like it <g>. Krusovice is very good too. But I would recommend going for the small breweries, some family-owned (although the Big Bad Boys use to buy out a small brewery and shut it down, just for "free trade"'s sake). From these - and many can be had in Prague - from the more smoother blends like Litovel (Moravian family owned), Svijany (the black, 13 degree, is really good), to the refreshing sourness (?) likes of Bernard, Cerna Hora, and others. Konrad is good too. Some of the small ones even let you specify a taste and make a batch of say 50-100 litres entirely for you only! Unfortunately, with the big money of the big companies, lots of these small breweries, which sprang from nothingness of 40 years of communist rule of one party, one brewery, one ... <g>, are disappearing, either bought out by the big multinationals or lacking funds for out-advertising the big ones ;-( It's a big pity, as any diversity is great. With the fusions of the big breweries, we will soon have only few brands to choose from, made by same company in disguise of few smaller, "independent" ones. Or perhaps Foster's will take over, phew! (Australian members, please take no offence, but...) Enough of beer, let's talk about wine! Any Magyar members, what about Tokaj? ;-) Good light (after a long night), Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
