A toxic scandal?

Poison in the national drink? Really? Not quite, but an independent test on 50 Czechs has produced rather controversial results, and the industry has reacted.

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When a pub won’t do (III)

Third installment of the series about non-pub places to go for a beer. This time, we go to my surrogate neighbourhood, Dejvice-Bubeneč

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Czech Beer Festival News

This year’s Czech Beer Festival (16/5-1/6) is being held again in Výstaviště Praha – Holešovice, with a few changes, unfortunately, not all of them for the better.

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Tag teaming Pivovar Marina Holešovice

Pivovar Marina Holešovice is one of the three new breweries that have opened in Prague this year alone. And it’s a pretty ambitious one, too. I joined my colleague Fiona Gaze to review the Czech half, its food and beers.

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The beginning of a new fad?

In these times of Radlers, the company that is perhaps most happy with them goes a bit against the flow introducing Krušovice Pšeničné, a proper Weizenbier brewed in the Czech Republic

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The state of Czech brewing

The Czech Brewers and Maltsers Association report that Radlers and exports have fueled a slight growth for the Brewing industry in 2012.

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Simple

Simple can be beautiful, beautiful can be simple. And it’s beautiful to go to a simple pub that simply does simple beers in great condition.

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Misguided beer populism

After finding out that Pilsner Urquell is sold cheaper in Germany than at home, Vít Bárta has decided to boycott the brand and the company that makes it. His outrage

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When a pub won’t do (II)

The second installment of the Cafés with interesting beers series takes me from Vršovice to I.P. Pavlova.

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Bamberger Rindfleisch

The weekend is coming, it will be cold and probably gray. This easy recipe with beer will warm your belly and your soul.

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