Czech-owned breweries take on Pilsner

Thanks Tomas.
Will visit there when next time in country.

Jiri, here are two pubs that serve unpasteurized Pilsner Urquell:

Pivnice Malostranská beseda
Malostranské náměstí 21
110 00 Praha 1

Plzeňská restaurace Hlubina
Lidická 37
Praha 5 - Smíchov
150 00

You can also take a day trip out to Plzen and tour the brewery. There they also serve unpasteurized Plzen. Another quite interesting experience is a trip down (south) to the castle Zvikov. Right under the castle there is a brewery which servers very good beer (Zvikov). Here is the web: http://www.pivovar-zvikov.cz/

Regarding pivo; Krusovice after noon, quit 3pm; sleep; 7pm onwards Plzen pilsner; go to mens bar, midnight AAA original taxi; driver might help open door to home.

"When visiting Czech Republic,I tasted few different brands and although Pilsner Urguel is better than Budweiser(too sweet for my taste)I found best beer is Bernard,I am not sure if you guys in Prague ever tasted that but I rank it first in the country."

Not sure I would agree that Budvar is a "sweet" beer at all. Has a rather woody taste, which I like. Bernard is a good mid-market beer, but not among my favorites.

"Matter of fact, Pilsner Urquell can be found in certain downtown Prague bars unpasteurized...."

Which ones Tomas?
Next time I am in country I will try it.
I still think that the beer from barrels tastes better than from those big metal cisterns-I forgot what they are called in Czech.

Probably one of the best tasting beers in the CR is Bernard non-pasteurized lager. Due to its very short shelf life, probably no one outside of the CR will ever be able to taste it. One day I was talking to a former client of mine at SABMiller in Plzen. He was explaining to me how the pasteurizing process works and how and when it is done. Basically, the longer the beer is thought to "sit" somewhere, the more pasteurizing is done to it. And hence a worse taste. Beers for export to faraway lands tend to have more pasteurization so you guys on the other side of the world will open the same "Pilsner Urquell" and puke at the taste not realizing that that same beer has a completely different taste here in the CR. Matter of fact, Pilsner Urquell can be found in certain downtown Prague bars unpasteurized..... completely different taste than that found in the bottle. Nevertheless I agree.... Bernard (unpasteurized lager) is the best.

Not much into beer these days, Jiri. If anything it's wine, and I don't even drink that very much either. In my opinion, during a hot spell, of which we have had a few during the past few months, the best thing to quench your thirst is a glass of cold milk, not beer!

Down here Czech beers need to be served colder than they are in the northern hemisphere, and suffer as a consequence.

My favourite Aussie beer would probably be Toohey's Dry.

"I for one find it an outstanding beer, and it has joined the short list of my favorite Czech beers. Here's to KBT's success in 2010 and beyond!"

Most Czech people would not like any ale I venture my opinion.They are weaned on lager and will stand by it unless they take effort to learn the taste of ales.
Speaking for myself I learned by repeated tasting and my prefference switched from lager type of beer to english style of beer -namely ale.
Here in Victoria(across the strait from Vancouver where Olympics are going to be staged in couple of days)we have in area and population of Brno several micro-breweries that produce a varietyof beer -from lager to ale to stout.
Personally,I am not a fan of dark and black ales and stouts but really like the taste of amber and pale ales especially if they are strongly of hoppy taste.
For myself,I do not drink a commercially produced beer anymore as I find it (almost without exception) boring and at times even distasteful.
When visiting Czech Republic,I tasted few different brands and although Pilsner Urguel is better than Budweiser(too sweet for my taste)I found best beer is Bernard,I am not sure if you guys in Prague ever tasted that but I rank it first in the country.
I am not sure Karel if "Steffelbrau" is Australian or New Zealander beer but I do not mind that one too.

I actually had 3 of their beers here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA about 5 years ago. I'm sure it was a promotional pack with 2 of each which were the Knight (a traditonal Czech lager), Prince (a blonde bock), and Baron ( a premium dark lager). The one I liked most was the Bock.
It's good to hear that they are giving the big boys a little competition.

"After all, it was a hard road getting to the top, wasn't it?"

Not at all Karel.It was easy!!!
Who cares about occasional "wallop" with valecek na nudle when coming home late?

Good news for Pivni Filosof and Jan Fleur.

According to a report in my Australian newspaper the Czech Republic again in 2009 boasted the highest per capita consumption of beer in the world - 155 litres per person with Ireland coming in a distant second at 133 litres. It would appear you have, for the time being at least, an unassailable lead. But don't let complacency set in, and make sure you do your bit for the country. After all, it was a hard road getting to the top, wasn't it?

Tasting party?; free pivo?; and I missed it...gawddd..

There are other beers.... then there is Plzen dobre pivo... end of debate.

I disagree entirely with Pivni Filosof's assessment of Lobkowicz Premium as a "subpar pale lager". I for one find it an outstanding beer, and it has joined the short list of my favorite Czech beers. Here's to KBT's success in 2010 and beyond!

hope lobkowicz wil compete pilsner. The taste of beer is much bette then pilsner. I drinked it in hybernska mazany kotatko and there super quality.

Although I welcome KBT's taking on the big boys, I wish they would do it with a better beer. Lobkowicz Premium is a subpar pale lager, KBT have in their portfolio much better beers than that one.