Feb 15 2009
Czech Beer 1
Czech Beer 1
Czech people drink the most beer worldwide, an average of 160 liters per head. Some sources say even more. So beer is an important part of the daily life in the Czech Republic; time to take a closer look at it. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite beer, lean back and enjoy the information. With a glass in your hand, it shouldn’t be too dry!
Huch! 10° alcohol???
First time Prague/ Czech Republic visitors get sometimes shocked how strong the beer here seems to be. Please relax, the 10° to 19° values don’t refer, at least not directly, to the strength of the beer. They stand for the density of the beer wort used. The higher this density the higher also the resulting alcohol percentage in the finished beer. A 10° beer has about 4% alcohol. If you still want to know the nitty-gritty details have a look at these wikipedia articles Brix and Plato. Most pubs in Prague offer 10° and 12° beers, seldom higher.
Light, dark or mixed?
That refers to the color of the beer and, to a certain extent, also to the taste. In general the darker the beer the fuller and sweeter it will be in taste.
Lager, Ale or Wheat beer?
Lager is the most common one and Pilsner Urquell the most famous of these. Ale is not very typical for Czech beer. Rumor has it that there might be one or two breweries around that produce it, but seriously, Ale belongs to the UK, not to Prague! Wheat beer with its yeasty-crisp taste is slightly more common, especially with microbreweries. So that was a short intro into the world of Czech beer. Don’t forget to subscribe to my feed, so that you don’t miss my next posts. See you and Na shledanou!
I am starting to really like the wheat beers - they are getting quite popular in the micro brewers in Australia to