American Tries the REAL Budweiser (Czech Republic) VS Budweiser (USA)
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Makes me remember the old Monty Python joke:
"Your American beer is a lot like making love in a canoe"
"How is that?"
"Fucking close to water"
A "Bruce" joke :D *Canoe
You beat me to it :)
Here in Iceland the real one is named Budwar Budweiser :)
The original joke referred to a punt rather than a canoe and was labelled at Wortington E, a common weak cask beer in UK.
pretty much sums up all american beer, a german friend went to the US a few years ago and when i asked him how the american beer was i knew he would have something interesting to say "might aswell just drink bottled water" was his response
Czech Republique really makes good beer - even I as a german have to admit that ;)
I would say, the Czech and German beer culture is very similar.
Gruesse aus Grossbritanien :)
As a Czech i am also buying time to time some german beers in supermarkets and of course if i am going to Germany i am drinking local beers and i can´t say bad word against them.🙂
Of course they do. Pilsen (that's where the name Pilsener comes from) is a Czech town. I am German too and everyday I prefer a Czech beer over a German (my favourite is Pilsener Urquell).
Oh yes, both countries have excellent beer. I don't like beer from northern Germany that much, I prefer Frankonian beer, but Czech beer is awesome 😊🍻
@@ReisskIaue Bavarian brewers brought the beer to Pilzen when it was still German...
Hello sir. A czech here. Here's how you pour the beer:
First make sure the glass is clean, cold and wet. Clean it with a modest amount of detergent, then submerge in cold clean water. If small bubbles form stick to the sides as you pour it's not clean enough. Yours is not too bad actually.
Then you pour the beer -- steadily and under a 45 degree angle. The point is to avoid air getting it and oxidizing the beer too quickly. If it foams too much then you're not doing it too well, the beer will just get flat. Only when you're almost done you raise the can, you can shake it a little, and pour more quickly so that the hat (which is supposed to be wet and creamy) forms.
Czech don't drink beer too quickly -- they tend to stay in bars long, socialize, and the bartenders keep the beers coming as you finish them. This is why they care about the hat, use cold mugs with thick walls (so that the beer stays cold), care about the proper hat, and drink beers that are weak compared to e.g. belgian ones.
Also, the beer is supposed to be 7 degrees celsius (no idea how much is it in fahrenheit, sorry). Some people find it too warm, but the thing is that if it's chilled too much it suppresses some taste/smell. Sometimes it's desirable, with good beer it's not.
This may sound like too much hassle, but it makes a ton of a difference when it comes to lagers, because they're sort of gentle and easily ruined. If it's tapped at a good bar it really really makes a huge difference.
Note the Budweisser Budvar is generally not considered a premium beer around here, but it's one of the few "supermarket" lagers that are still brewed using the traditional method. Pretty much a gold standard for lagers.
Cheers!
nicely summed up, but it wont say much to americans im afraid. beer is one area in which they lack horribly
Pivo z plechovky si takový přístup nezaslouží
@@ESTERZEOFF asi tak
This guy beers
seriously though, czechs know their way around beer.
@@weebontheweed1328 kdyby zkusili točený, to už by do toho Améru ani neletěli zpátky
I live in České Budějovice and worked in the brewery one summer. Come visit! City is lovely! Glad you liked it!
Coming from Poland: Chech obsession with beer really pays off, they know what they are doing.
Je to v naši krvi. Its in our blod. Also look at beer consumation per person
Coming from germany and this polish mate is absolut right 🍻
I´d say polish beer is as good. Been to Poland 3 times and man, Tyskie is one of the best lagers ever. Cheers from Finland.
well, you do pretty good vodka....
@@kheldaur2107 In Poland Tyskie is considered to be one of the worst beers mate...
the guy enjoying his beer, baby noise in the background, wife recoding video, damn bro what a life, awesome video
bro won life and doing sidequests now
@@matejkis8935 real
:DD
FINALLY IM THE 1000TH PERSON WHO LIKED THIS COMMENT btw true af
oh haha thanks for the update i just saw this. This guy is living the dream@@matess2775
Jsem rád, že Vám to chutná! Originál je originál!
To ještě neměl zlatého Kozla 😄
Bohu dík radegast :D @@demoiscry2806
To si ještě nedal čerstvé z hospody
Od pekne kozate servirky!@@TheNapoleon82
Zgadzam się. Oryginał najlepszy.
As a czech, i am really inpressed that an american is so fascinated by our small, ordinary czech country. Love you man
We might be small, but we're not that ordinary and we hold many many world's best titles :) Broaden your horizons and be proud to be a Czech, brother.
He is fascinated by the beer, not the country.
Zkus se podívat na další videa
@@Thedennatiskvěle napsáno
@@jakub3851 Díky :) Máte krásnou profilovku!
Greetings from Czech Republic. Glad you liked our beer!🍻
he need to try pilsner urquell
It's okay. But if you'd like to taste good Czech beer, try something from Rohozec, Primator, Radegast. @martindohnal4134 And, in advice to @IWrocker: if you want to try the best Polish beer, you have Pinta available on the US market.
@@Mariuan19 Primátor xD NNNNn Polička,Poutník,Dalešice ♨
@@Mariuan19 the fact you mentioned redagest is funny to me
plzen a kozel tmavy
.
I respect our neighbors' beer!
Greetings from Germany ❤
Děkuji.
And we respect yours!
Great respect to you too, I always see people arguing about who makes the best beer. So its nice to see people agree that both the Czechs and Germans together make the best beers in the world in a respectful and civil manner!
@@Studio.Op5001 and we can all agree that American beer is shit
Czech beer is awesome! Tried Budvar some weeks ago and wow, won't be the last time :)
Greetings from Germany
God, I read the comments from all of our neighbors and distant friends and I'm touched by how people value our work. Thank you to all of you who have enjoyed our beer and I really recommend that you all come and try all known and unknown brands straight from the beer tap.
Yes, that's the best way. These days there are so many microbreweries aside the big players that offer a great experience of tasting unique and delicious Czech beers.
I'm a Czech backpacking around the world for 4 years and counting. I tasted many different beers, awesome craftbeer in Argentina, great Cusqueňa in Peru, decent Singha in Thailand, mediocre Heineken in Malaysia and anything between, down to downright disgusting warm beer that is served with ice cubes that you just put in in. I kid you not. It was in Laos. Imported Czech beer usually leaves much to be desired due to bad local storing etiquette. Having said all this, I'm not gonna lie, I got a tear or two in my eyes watching you enjoy beer from my country so much. And wait until you taste Pilsner Urquell, the one and only original Pilsner lager. Like literally the first one from 1842, which gave the name to this style of beer.
The unltimate nirvana of a beer enthusiast is visiting the brewery in Pilsen, Czech Republic, going for a tour, and tasting unpasterised, unfiltered Pilsner right from the tank in those huge, ancient vaulted cellars full of enormous wooden kegs.
Damn, why am I even travelling?
So you can appreciate the treasures at home more once you come back ;)
I would like to have a little beer pipeline from Pilsen to Germany! Let’s built one, will you?
I am from Germany but I have to say - our neighbors are really good in brewing beer - and Budweiser is one of my favorrites....
Glad to hear it, even Budweiser here in Czech lands is considered more like average beer. :)
Cheers mate 🍻 But imho we have a lot of better beers, mainly from smaller, or local microbreweries 👍
@@davidpelc I've heard that about every brand already, what about we stop bitching on every beer :D Taking beer too seriously. I had a classmate (girl) that start crying that we are going to have a Gambrinus beer, that it's F-ing shit. It's actually not bad beer (just for masses). Seriously beer break in pub on the high school, this happened.
Radegast is better in my humble opinion.
@@DaweSlayer I am not bitching. Just saying that here in Czech lands original Czech Budweiser from city of Budweis is considered as average beer. Where is bitching in that? 🤷♂️
People all over Germany screaming at the screen:"Those are the wrong glasses!!!". 😂
exactly my reaction!
My apologies 🤣🤣
My first though as well as i saw the glasses. And yes i am german.
Ach, das sind halt Weizen-Gläser, aber sooo schlimm ist das nicht. Kann man verwenden. Ich trinke zu hause aus einem Krug. Übrigens: Deutsches Bier ist Scheiße, ausgenommen ein paar Sorten aus Bayern ! Liebe Grüße aus Österreich !
@@dachecker79Ach, was. Das stimmt nicht, und Du weißt es.
Pure Love to you mate from Czech Republic🇨🇿🍻
Hey! Czech wiever here! I must say, we are really proud on our beer. Im glad you like our beer!!
If you will ever do some more czech beers, you can try the most popular Plzeň, or my personal fav Radegast 12 :D
im from Germany, and i love Budweiser from Czech Repulic.
It’s your beer as it is yours since our common history in Czech land 🇨🇿❤️🇩🇪
@@marekmusil0387 funny part of history tho: there was a german-owned brewery in Budějovice. The brewery that became the budvar brewery was founded 100 years later, in 1895, by specifically czech people and as somewhat of a expression of growing national conciousness amongst the czech. The shared history of czech and german speaking people in bohemia often took the form of the germans having all the good-paying jobs and owning all the big buisnesses, so this was a concious step to establish a stock traded brewery by czech people. The forementions german brewery, Budweis Bürgerbräu, was re-established after the collapse of socialism, nowayday it belongs to Annheuser-Busch (which bought it probably in an attempt to underwrite their claim to the Budweis name) and does a beer named Samson.
As a Czech I hate Germany so much, but thank you man!
@@byljsemtu2291 beside your german style beer i dont care about you at all :-)
There is no such thing as a German style of beer. It's just that there are more of you, so you're better known in the world :)@@jorgjorgsen7528
I'm German, and Czech Budweiser is one of my favorite beers. And I've tried A LOT of great beers. I knew you were going to be blown away, your face didn't disappoint :)
US beer is trash This is his first good beer
@@feariingz American IPAs and other craft beers are excellent, though.
@@JohnyDoe9 😂
@@JohnyDoe9I know taste is different. I tried a lot of beers like ipas and craft beer and at least they are nothing compared to a nice traditional German beer and Czech beer is also great.
@@Warrior6350 yep, it’s a matter of preference only. I’m from Belarus and have been all over Europe, including the Czech Republic and Germany multiple times, so I can definitely appreciate a glass of fresh Pilsner Urquell or Hacker-Pschorr. However, IPA beers have been my favs for years now, and the US has an amazing variety of them :)
Hey from Czech Republic, glad to see some recognition from you guys :) Well, of course Budweisser is Czech beer, I don't give a crap about what some international court said but, well, the goddamn name of the CITY in Czech Republic, where the beer was made, is BUDWEIS.. what more evidence do you need over the ocean?? :D
Anyway, if you enjoyed this Czech beer, you need to also try these jewels:
1) Bernard (relatively new brewery, cca. 30 years old) but very authentic, very good quality beers.
2) Pilsner Urquell - well, obviously, lol. This is a must try, no discussion. I wonder if in USA people know that the term "Pils" is not american too, lol.. again, the city where this beer style was created is also in Czech Republic and it's name is PILSEN, and the beer is still made there by centuries old recipe.. so.. yeah..
3) I personally like Krakonoš beer, it's smaller brewery but very good, their beer is very, very bitter so be aware of that.. also I don't believe it is avaiable in the USA, but I also believe that in some Facebook group you would find people from Czechia travelling to USA willing to bring you some bottles. We like to share the happiness, lol.
4) Many people like Staropramen beer, which is like unofficial Prague beer, but I'm not really fan of that one.
Not sure how hard it would be to get Zichovec in the US, but they're my favorite new generation brewery from the Czech republic!
Investigate it dude !! maybe possible ! GoodLuck !!@@mariankosco8444
Dont be ridiculous, Staropramen is catpiss, Krakonos has little bitter, Bernard is too "trendy".... go try Radegast or maybe Starobrno BITR. I stay away from Bugweiser, its not a proper pilsener, rather a mild lager.
Bernard byl založen doslova v roce 1597
Krakonoš? Really good joke. With Bernard I had to agree. It is our very good customer and I like its beer.
@ 2:13 I immediately thought: no worries, pal, there is no way you could mix those two up 🤣🤣🤣
😂
On tap, you’d give it 11 out of 10, I reckon.
Oh definitely 👍 I can see that 🎉
I had a Kozel from tap in Slovenia a while ago... It's a totally different experience.
If I had to decide on one beer to drink for the rest of my life, it'd be a czech beer on tap...
@@liquidminds that narrows it down to about 20,000 different beers then.
@@IWrockerthere is no beer that has good taste out of a can.You have to by it in botles,0,5 or 0,33 l,i prefer the green botles,Tuborg,Heineken,Carlsberg.
@@liquidminds Slovenia or Slovakia? Kozel is from Slovakia.
you have to try Pilsner Urquell Czech beer from Pilsen, the name of the beer comes from the place where it is brewed, but the original name is Prazdroj after the Plzeňský Prazdroj brewery This beer also has a rather interesting history (but I'm too lazy to write that)
Ah yes, the original Pilsner. Love it!
Thanks for writing this comment. I was going to suggest the same thing.
Love it (From New Zealand)
I love it. Because it's the best. The hops taste is superb.
Meh... It is not as good as it used to be. Blame the Japanese (yep, Prazdroj is owned by Asahi since 2017)
You should try Pilsner Urquel. One of the best Czech beers. Greetings from Czech and glad to see us mentioned! ❤
It has been about 10 years since I was in you're country for the last time. I'm not shure about Urquel? I seem to remember it was a bit to hoppy for my liking? But when I bought the Bud brand in the Netherlands about 5 years ago I was like: Is this a scam? But after some research I came 2 the same conclusion as this man.
Bro i've tried Urquel even though im not Czech, its one of the greatest beers
You should come to Vienna/Austria in the 'Schweizerhaus' where they have (European) Budweiser from the keg in a wonderful shady garden. This is 10/10, especially in combination with their famous pork knuckles. BTW: the beer carriers there do not wait for your beer order, they just walk through the garden with a tray full of beers. If you want one you call them and they serve it/make a mark on your beer mat. They serve about 10.000 half liters of beer on a good day. Wonderful!
Hi, I'm glad you gave a truthful review of our beer and clarified the dispute between Czech and USA Budweiser.
Thanks David from České Budějovice, Czech Republic
For those who don't know:
České Budějovice = Budweis
Taky Budějčák :D
My máme zubra.
Měli by jsme mu něco poslat na vyzkoušení. Ješťe další druhy. :D Asi by si typek uvědomil že celý jeho pivní život doposud byl lež :D
#metoo😅
you want 9 or 10? get it cold from tap.
Also preferably somewhere in Czechia. I have noticed that their exports don't taste as good as the stuff you get in there.
@@arikauraniemi9383 On a terrace ! with friends ! while watching girls !
And Pils, not Lager
pilsner urquell from the tank!
A bottle would be better too
Cheers! 🍻Greetings from the Czech Republic and hello 🖐American friends ... 🙂
As a Belgian, there are very few countries that I would say match our beer culture, but the Czech Republik is definitely very high in the ranking!
Czech here, hi. I agree, i love our beer styles, they are suitable for just casual drinking and very refreshing in summer. I also love belgian beer styles and the Gulden Draak 9000 quadruppel is my favourite belgian beer. There is actually one pub in Prague called Gulden Draak Bierhuis and they have like 10 belgian beers on tap, also dozens of bottled belgian beers, it's the only place in Czech Republic to my knowledge where you can buy those beers on tap.
German here: Love Belgian beer but for me, the carbonation is too extreme. You drink two and feel like you had a full dinner 🤣
czech > belgian any day, but i’m biased cuz i’m slovak
@@richardkinier3493 Yes, you are based. Belgian beers are in a league of their own.
@@nowave7 depends on what you like. Belgian beers tend to have much more alcoholic content and are really rich and tasty. If I wanted to taste some amazing beer I would go for some heavy Belgian ale. On the other hand if i were with friends I would very much prefer lighter Czech lagers (more drinkable, crisp, refreshing)
Although I'm Czech and we drink mostly lagers, my most favorite beer style is New England IPA. So I tend to be quite reserved when it comes to these heated discussions on what country has the best beer:)
PS: many tourists in Prague try only Staropramen (which is disgusting beer imo) or Pilsner Urquell (which is definitelly overhyped - not that tasty either imo, and it's not even traditional, because they changed recepture - I heard from solid source, that the brewing procedures were sold to Belgium, which makes sense - I very much prefered Belgian and Netherland pilseners i tried)
For the other cans... Fridge them it has to be around 6 °C... Correct temp. Next - wash the glass you wanna have super clean and WET glass for czech beer. And pour the shortest way - not from the air.
Yeah, one can tell from the bubble clusters on the glass that the glass was a little greased, not entirely clean.
@@shieldmate7444 Not greased... Actually i would say its from the dishwasher - polish... Grease and dirt causes more like streams of bubbles going through the beer. This type of agregation is very much typical of dry dishwashed glass.
Thanks for the tips 🎉👍
@@IWrocker By the way, you really should visit the Czech Republic 😁.
We have the best beer (you can visit Pilsen brewery forexample), castles, very nice cities, amazing food, etc.
@@ValentinCoder Czech beer is worldwide known as best in category of pale lagers.
Pale lagers are the most sold beer type in the world.
Děkujeme za krásné zhodnocení našeho národního pokladu👍
No Budvar to určitě nebude je tu spousta lepších piv
I just want to say hii from Slovakia and you have great videos!!!💯💯💯keep going man!!🥂
Hello, I'm from the Czech Republic and your rating warms my heart, we have many great brands, you just need to try them, for me I would recommend Radegast 12
Ja som chcel tiež napísať že Radegast 12ku nech skúsi, že odpadne 😂😂😂
Vychlazený Radek je prostě po práci topka
kurva teď jsem kvůli tomu dostal chuť na Ráďu
Do US vyváží jen Pilsner a Budweiser. A to na svoje náklady. Ostatní si to nemůžou dovolit.
Já taky všem píšu Radka 😂😂. A osobně jsem si nejvíc oblíbil ROG 11ka, ta se jim fakt povedla
The Czechvar Cans really look like the ones you get in Europe, except for the Name of course, where it spells the Accurate Budvar/Budweiser Name.
Hi from Czech republic! I'm glad you've tried a little of our beer. I'm glad that we aren't that forgotten
Hi I am from czech republic and I just wanna say that if you like Budweiser that much wait to try Pilsner or Matuška (that is from smaller brewery in czech republic) they are the real deal in my opinion. 😁👍
I was waiting for you to try Czech beer for sooo long!! Thanks for following through 😍
Thanks! More to come 🎉😎
Austria, Germany, Czechia......Top 3 of the world !
It's not that strong 🤢
@@kernowman2768 Yes but very tasty !
Now you know why Europeans saying your so called beer tastes like dishwater.
Just FYI, during the medieval period, it was a customary law in the Czech kingdom, that when a settlement exceeded certain population, the king granted them three rights: 1) to build fortification, 2) to organize markets, and 3) to brew their own beer (which was related to commerce in point 2)
The town of České Budějovice (Budweis in German, hence Budweiser beer) got their rights granted in the 1200’s.
They’ve had a continuous brewing tradition there for 800 years.
I´m not a beer guy but occasinally I drink beer and I everytime I´m ending up buying Czech beer. Greetings from Sweden.
you guys have an amazing brewery called Omnipollo, I think I remember some of their cans being sold at systembolaget but they also have a pub somewhere near Medborgarplatsen (with good pizza too)
I'm British living in England & you've chosen a very good beer mate! European beer variety is amazing, sad to say, not too many American beers win any awards over here.
I once tried to get drunk on holiday in Florida by necking your beer for about six hours, but I felt no different from having THREE "proper" beers at home! I tried. 🍻😂🍻
It's so sad that the only Czech beer i found in the UK supermarket is Staropramen, which I have a strong dislike for. Worse still, it's sold in 660 ml, so that the poor consumer can suffer for longer. It's great against constipation though.
Watching this video from Czech Republic , drinking beer from Kamenice/CZ :) so cheers and nazdravi :)
Greetings from the Czech republic. I hope that one day you will enjoy a draft beer directly in our beautiful country. You are very welcome here!
Czech beers realy are from the best. Especially craft beers you can try on the spot. Cheers, from Hungary!
i was in hungary last year and i bought dreher and i must say that it was the best beer i ever had and i thought that czech beers are the best😁
Me as a German also really like the Czech Budweiser and even prefer it over many German brands.
Whats it called?
@@1marcelfilms the one in the video
Krombacher,Veltins...
"If you're gonna have beer you wanna have beer" pretty much summed it up nicely.
Greetings from the beautiful city of Ceske Budejovice where Budweiiser is brewed. There's a nickname for budweisser lager here called "the O-ring" or ring, because when you have it on tap, the foam gets thick on the top and makes rings in the pint as you drink it. Glad you liked it!
As a Czech person I love it. Although it's also sort of because of patriotism as it's made near my town and it's also one of the few companies that is owned by the state itself. By drinking Budvar, you are technically helping our economy! Budvar/Czechvar is made in the city of Czech Budweis (České Budějovice), that's also where the name originates from. Ironically it's not as popular outside the southern region. Many Czechs prefer brands like Pilsner, which is the golden standard of Czech beer. Another fun fact, the American Budweiser actually bought a smaller brewery in the city of Budweis (Samson beer) so that they can keep the Budweiser brand.
Also if you're ever gonna come to Czech Republic, there's a certain thing about the pouring that tourists often complain about. You see, when you order a beer here, you're ordering half a liter - a normal pint. However we use bigger glasses so that the foam gets to shine more as it's an essential part of the flavour. Therefore you are actually getting more than you've paid for. Tourists often however complain because they expect the full glass to be full with beer. You can tell if it's half a liter by looking at the glass itself - if the beer reaches a line slightly below the top, it's perfect. Everything above that should be foam.
So that's why they bought Samson.
They would do the same with Budvar if it was ever for sale...
And I don't like Pilsner (another brewery named after the city) so much, but it is the golden standard for all Pils (Pilsener) and that's what the majority of all beers we drink in Czechia.
My favorit is Radegast lager.
Always fun when an American discovers why the rest of the world has so many jokes about them.
Keep it up. Fun to watch your videos
Hi. Viewer from Ukraine here. Other Czech beer I would recommend is iconic Kozel beer
I send greetings from the Czech Republic. I'm glad you like our beer. No wars, but business. That's the way it should be. We have much in common, all nations. Cheers!
Sorry for ruining American beer for you 😅
Greetings from Poland
Eh, only ruined the cheap one. Nothing much lost
Speaking of Poland, thanks for making Tyskie
Warka Strong.... Absolute bliss. 😁😎👍
How could you ruin the American Budweiser anymore 🤢🤮
@@Desu-Desu-Chan-SanThe real one costs like 0.74$ in the Czech Republic… I don’t know how much costs American Budweiser in America, but I don’t think it costs more…
Czech beer culture offers a lot of variety. My favourite is Staropramen Granát, a dark amber coloured Lager from Prague based brewery Staropramen. The taste is rather malty, almost fruity and it reminds me of my time at university since it was offered in one of the student clubs at a quite student friendly price.
Unfortunately it is quite hard to get your hands on bottled or canned Granát here in Germany, even in specialized shops. The don't produce it for the german market, so with a bit of luck you can only order it online or you have to actually drive to Czech Republic.
But, on the other hand, that way it remains a drink for special occasions.
Sad thing is that on their German website, they even mention Granát in their history..."We're telling you about it, but we're not selling it to you, muhahahaha!"
Staropramen Granát - That was the barrel that someone from the Czech Republic once brought me. The best beer I've ever had. 6°C from a well-adjusted German tap system in summer.
Unfortunately I can't get it here in Germany and haven't found it in the Czech Republic either.
You are very welcomed to visit Czech, man! You looked very amazed by Budvar. The thing is - it's basically average beer in here.
There's a lot of pubs that have their own breweries, or they buy beer from private breweries. And man, those are top notch.
I love when he said it’s edible at 3:29 that just proves that half liter beer can be a lunch too.
The original is common in germany too, and I was so confused that its easily recognizable, just with Budweiser brand name on it missing
As a long time lurker and a dude from Czechia I'm happy to see this. The bastardization of the brand of Budweiser in the US is still kinda surprising but I guess that's what happens with weird trademark and brand deals and stuff. If you ever have the opportunity, I'd recommend trying some Pilsner or Radegast beers from Czechia, also quite good ones XD
Hmm, Radegast. do recommend
Rohozec dvanactka. Also Svijany and Kutna Hora. But I doubt those would be available on the other side of the pond.
Essentially, any beer from Czechia. With the exceptio nof Primator. That one was a disapointment.
@@monkusp9541And Starobrno :D
@@MouseGeist If by "you" you mean Czechs, I am the wrong person to ask. I am Lithuanian. Myself, I used to drink Staro Brno quite a lot some twenty or so years ago, when I was into sweetish dark beers. No I usually go for Bernard whenever I want a dark one.
I have friends who used to run a bar in Slovakia, close to the Czech border.
They had Staropramen on tap (2 different versions I think) which was nice & fresh. I did have bottled Radegast and liked it a lot. There are some decent Slovak beers but it's funny that my friends didn't have that on tap. :)
Pilsner Urquell, either bottle or tap, is not something that I like. It has a similar aftertaste to Becks which disagrees with me very badly! Starobrno... I've had that in Brno, enjoyed it, have never seen it anywhere else.
Hey, a czech here. Our beer is one of the things we are really proud of. I would say our Budweiser is one of the better ones. But, if you liked it, I would really recommend trying other czech beers when you have the chance.
It is hard to recommend specific brands, as everyone seems to prefer different ones here. However, most of them are really good. Even those we consider mediocre taste good, tbh. The only one I can specifically suggest is Pilsner Urquell. That one is not favourite of that many people, but pretty much everyone here likes it. It is also being exported quite a bit, so it should be one of the easier to come by.
Can you recommend a good Czech black beer? I’m a huge Urquell fan as well. Are there also wheat beers (Bavarian call them Weißbier) in 🇨🇿? Maybe I go all Czech!😊
Interesting test, thanks.
You might be interested to know that beer has been brewed in České Budějovice since the 13th century AD and "Budějovický Budvar" means "beer brewed (budvar) in Budweiss (České Budějovice)"... .
So, today's "Budějovický Budvar" was founded in 1895 under the name of the Czech Stock Brewery. Today, the brewery is owned by the Czech state as a state-owned enterprise; Anheuser-Busch is currently owned by Belgium's InBev, along with the SAB Miller group - so it is technically a Belgian brewery ;-)
We Czechs mostly consider Pilsner Urquell to be the best Czech beer (but there are a huge number of other breweries in the Czech Republic), so it was juicy for us to see Pilsner Urquell (then owned by SAB) and Budvar in the same group :-) However, to allow the fusion of AB InBev and SAB Miller, the EU ordered some brands to be disincorporated and Pilsner Urquell ended up in the ownership of Asahi.
Whatever the ownership of these breweries, I have also tested the American "Budweiser" repeatedly and I have to say that for us it is not really something we want to drink and it is probably pointless to bring it to the Czech Republic.
IMHO - the world of beer will be divided into "America" - where only the American brewery uses the Budweiser brand and Budvar beers carry the Czechvar name, and the European part almost exclusively under the domination of Budvar, where American beers from Anheuser-Busch InBev carry the Bud brand (around 70 states). Only in the UK have both breweries been allowed to sell under the name "Budweiser" with the addition that customers should choose according to their preferences. They showed an unprecedented amount of common sense for todays England, indeed.
Just the privatisation of the national company Budvar and the theoretically successful participation of Anheuser-Busch InBev in it could deal the cards again.
But we Czechs don't give a s***t and we drink beer according to how we like it only - now everyone around me is trying to brew 'their own' in microbreweries....
Best regards from Prague 🙂
Some info about real Budweiser:
www.budejovickybudvar.cz/en/home
As a Belgian it warms my ❤ that you got to try our Czech friends Pilsner. You deserve it 😂. Pilsner Urquell is another really good one.
Remember if you're going to try more European beers : I prefer German and Czech pilsners to drink in volume on a night out or just as refreshment on a sunny day. Belgian beers i would say , sit down, kick back and take your time. Especially the trappists. Treat them more like you would drink a fine wine or whisky. I've met many overconfident tourists starting of a night out on heavy belgian beers at 21h and they were in bed by 22h 😂.
Greetz , and Prost, Scholl, Zum Wohl, .. 🤘❤️🇪🇺🇺🇲
Btw: dont go for the obvious Stella Artois, we've got way better stuff to offer
Skol 🍻🇸🇪 or Schulz 🤙🇩🇪?🤣🤣 Belgian whit beer is great...
With a good, dark Belgian beer I treat it like a small meal!
I've had both Trappist and Chimay and they are great beers but given they are around the alcohol level of wine I could not spend the whole day drinking them :)
Stella is known as 'wife beater' in England as it has a deserved reputation for making some people aggressive. Also it's not great, there are loads of much better beers.
@@speleokeir absolutely, stella is like our heineken ( still better tho😂), we export the worst, market it as premium and people buy it. I hate it coz it ruins our reputation a bit. It works in the US as they dont know any better, it worked in the UK for a brief time in the 90s but Brits knew what was going on pretty quickly. I regularly used to bring a crate of Jupiler over to my friends in Newcastle when i was still a student 20yrs ago, which was greatly appreciated. Jupiler is our actual standard of pils, not stella. ❤️🤘🇧🇪🇺🇲🇪🇺🇬🇧
Try Pilsner Urquell if you want a good Czech beer. That one is one of the most famous in Europe and usually brewed in Plzn, Czechia where the name Pilsner gets it name from.
Pilsner Urquell is not brewed anywhere else but in Pilsen - and owner of brewery (Asahi) promised that it shall stay like this.
@@toruvalejo6152It actually used to be brewed at two different locations for a few years but they closed the factories 😁
@@IQEGO Because of poor quality in the other one (in Poland) - and that was the reason of Asahi promise... 😏
@@toruvalejo6152 Indeed.
Both are very good and its no punishment to drink 😋
Beer brewery is big part of out culture here in Czech Republic, there is lot of festivals happening where people can try beers from small family breweries. And some of our older breweries are even located in castles which you can visit, Svijany is good example of it. You can even go there for holidays because they have their own hotel with beer SPA
As a Czech, I would like to mention - for someone who is going to travel to Czech Republic - that Budweiser aka Budvar is an "ordinary" beer such as Gambrinus, Radegast, Starobrno, Černá hora, Svijany, Březňák or Krušovice.
You are able to find these brands everywhere, but they are not considered as high quality. Usually cheap and for "working class".
The only beer - which is generally considered drinkable among bigger brands - is Pilsner Urquell.
If you would like to try high quality beer, seek local craft breweries.
Hi, I am from Czech Republic. Glad you tried our beer.
Try Pilsner Urquell as another czech beer. It's the origin for pilsner typed beers
Aye that and Staropramen are really well-rounded bevvies
@@NickHunter I can say as a proud Czech... that no.1 beer is Radegast 12°, then Pilsner Urquel and third is the Budweiser 12° (one in the video).
...but staropramen is like 6/10
@@nkldnm8110 Radegast 15° on tap best beer I ever had, I grew up with R12° but when I had R15° first time it got me, also Budvar 33 good one
Budwar is great, Pilsner Urquell is good, Staropramen is o.k., Radegast may not be sold in 🇩🇪. 🤔
Coming next beer episode 🎉
Glad you discovered this. I'm an American with Czech parents and I was lucky enough to experience good bear early on. Nothing compares to tank draft at a Czech pub, nothing. As for the US, craft beers are great but he mainstream Coors, Miller, Bud etc, suck. In Czech up until about 5 minutes ago, nothing but lager was considered beer but there's been a shift of acceptance among the locals and you can now get a lot of craft IPA, EPA, APA, etc at a lot of pubs now too. But Lager will always be the heart of Czech beer culture. It's cheaper than water here and Czechs drink the most beer on the planet bar none as well.
You can get Pilsner Urquell and I think also Kozel (goat) in the US and even Mexico besides the OG budweiser.
Also not sure if you know yet, but Budweiser is actually a city close to the German border and yes it's state owned. You gave this an 8 and Bud is considered an okay beer here, so wrap your mind around that :)
Cheers!
What is really interesting is that first mentions of brewing beer in Budweis ( city of Ceske Budejovice) is from the year of 1265 !!
Hi man, I from Slovakia. 34 year ago we were one country with Czechia. We also like czech beers Budweiser (Budvar in our regions), Pilsner Urquell. These two are most famous. But, when I was in the US I tasted your good IPA style beers and Lagunitas IPA and Torpedo from Sierra Nevada brewery are realy famous crafted beers 👍😉. At the end, good video 👍😉.
Dear Ian... Here's a story you'll all hate me for. I had just come of age when a school trip took me to Prague. This was during Ronald Reagan's first term in office, during a particularly cold phase, of the Cold War. The first impression of a Bohemian city in November was like a picture from Orwell's "1984". It was early in the morning, dark all around, grey in all nuances and foggy. But after the sun rise, the impression was put into perspective. It was my first time behind the iron curtain. Prague is a great city. Since we were still students, I had a budget of 150 DM for the week. But since the Deutsch Mark was so good, when exchanged for black it was worth as much as 10 or 11 Czech crowns. That meant I had about 3/4 of an average Czech monthly salary to spend in a week. And we knew how to take advantage of that... So if we ordered a beer in a simple restaurant, the beer cost 2 crowns, which was about 20 pfennigs. My budget was worth about $65 based on the exchange rate at the time. And that means a beer would have cost an American about 8 cents. For comparison... The first Superman comic was sold in 1938 for 10 cents. Sometimes, I miss the 80's...
Had a similar experience. Travelled into Central Europe just as the wall was coming down & they were opening up. One visa requirement was to prove that you had changed £10 for every day of your stay into local currency. That was a hell of a lot of Pilsner Urquell in Prague, and my friends & I were tipping the locals so well that on one occasion the entire kitchen staff came out to thank us!
@@paulewen387 Well... Not only the Pilsener. They had back in the days some fine vines, too. And did you test the duck with sweet cabbage and the czech- dumplings? It's not that far, from German food, but a bit different. Let me call this an extension or a variation, to the German cusine. In the end, we should it all call more like central European cusine. Because of the HRE, the borders are fluent...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 indeed had some nice wine both in Prague & Budapest. Don’t recall if I had the Duck, but I do recall a meal with a caviar & vodka starter & the main was Wild Boar. That was in the Panorama hotel.
I first visited Czech Republic & Slovakia in 1999 as I was dating a girl from SK at the time. The price differential with the UK was insane, especially as we were doing 'local' stuff and avoiding tourist traps. I think that the cheapest pint of beer I had worked out to about 9pence (20c or so), and could get in a full round for less than a pint in the UK. With that and my g/f's mum's home cooking I think that I put on about 10lb weight in under 3 weeks....
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Yes, you have right, dude. Czech, German and Austrian cuisine is very similar and has a connected history.
Glad to see satisfied customer. Greetings from Czech Republic.
I'm used to northern German Pilsener beer for the most part, but I sometimes like a Czech one as they are slightly milder but still aromatic and well rounded.
I am glad I am in the UK. So many fantastic British and European beers - barely a dud amongst them!
I'm also from the UK and I think saying barely a dud is pushing it a little...
In my opinion... Carlsberg, Heineken and kronenbourg are all pretty shite.... plus others I can't be bothered to list.
If we are comparing mainstream beers though the UK and Europe wins hands down in general, If comparing "craft beers" I'd say about equal, both sides of the pond can brew some fantastic craft beers.
@ChuckFickens1972 thats true, the big comerical brands arent great, but there is some eastern european beer thats pretty good, even if the brewery is owned by any of these
Can you name one British beer that is good or one that is actually british?
@@foxy126pl6You forgot Germany and some Belgium beer. It's not Eastern Europe.🤔🤔🤔
Marston Pedigree
Abbotts Ale
Butty Bach
Theakstons Old Peculier
Hobgoblin
Old Speckled Hen
Fullers London Pride
Pig On The Wall
Fireside
Holden Golden
Old Hookey
Sam Smiths Bitter
Lumphammer
HPA (Herefordshire Pale Ale)
and countless other brews I've had up and down the country.
Greetings from Czech republic. Glad you liked it!
Foam is an important part of how we drink beer here in Czechia. We even have extra big glasses to account for that extra layer of foam on top. It is sort of a measure of how fresh the beer is.
Cheers from Czechia mate!😊
As one of many chechs here in your comments I thank you for your praise on our beer :-) If you ever have the chance to get here to try our original beers here I would recomend to take long holiday :-D
Gday mate, I’m in Adelaide, South Australia. We have many good beers down here, being from Adelaide I am somewhat bias to coopers pale ale. But the beers from Czech Republic and Belgium are next level.
as a european i drank my first "Coors" some days ago - sorry to tell you so, yes it was realy "pisswater" compared to european beer. It taste like "watered" beer
I drink US beer when it is really hot and i want to rehydrate myself more than i want a beer. It really works in that context, and half a slice of lemon on the rim just makes it work.. That is where it shines, you can drink it fast and it is refreshing. It is not really a beer, more like a beer drink.
@@squidcaps4308honestly you just nailed it with the mainstream US beers. That’s about the only way they are enjoyable 🎉
Haha that’s fine I get it, especially after trying this, I can tell the more European beers I Try, I’ll get hooked 🎉 drinking the USA beers will feel stale lmao 🤣
@@squidcaps4308 I drink U.S. beer when I want to bully myself, so never. When i want to rehydrate with beer, i drink cold Beck's blue. It is non-alcoholic so you can enjoy it even if you are driving.
I had same experience with Miller
As a Pole i must admit, czech beer industry is amazing. Im a huge fan of pilsner, and they are masters of pilsner brewing. I love them so much.
I'm not a beer person (which is surprising in a Czech person), but people around me consider the barnds Kozel (= male goat) and Radegast (= one of the Slavic gods). Kozel also makes a favoured dark beer, which you may find interesting.
Lastly, you can also use beer for cooking. You can dark beer to roast ribs or sausages (-> you make buřty na pivu = "sausages on beer"), which is a treat.
Greetings from Germany. That Czech Budweiser really is a phenomenal beer. We have hundreds of great beers to choose from in Germany but that Czech Budweiser is certainly within the top 5 of the greatest beers out there. It's an absolute beauty of beer craftsmanship. I would recommend every american to buy a case of those if you're considering it.
Czech beer are the best! they have so many good beers, this staropramen,bernard,breznak, Urquell, Krusovice,kozel and so many more,always buy that if i want a good beer or a Stella Artois
Well you named only those Czech mainstream euro lagers except for Urguell which is a classic. IMHO we have many better local beers here than those you named.
stella artois?! probably worse than american bud. i tried it once and couldn't finish it. like literally i sipped one or two times and i was done. it is the worst beer i ever tried...
@@loslos4276 yes, but is is not easy to find them when you have limited time in your country and you can buy beer only in the hypermarkets. Some years ago I had been working on regional level and visited Prague bi-monthly. That was a good period: tank beer in the evenings and stocking up with Czech beer in Brno on the way home to Hungary. Sometimes we bought 50-60 liters (we were 4 in the car) :) Now craft beer is getting popular in Hungary, too with a lot of micro breweries, but unfortunately only IPA, APA are snob enough for them.
Hi, Staropramen and Breznak are pieces of shit. We have much more better beers, than those. But of course Staropramen is much better than american Budwieser 🙂
@@lubomirvlcek5922nešahej mi na starouše. Still better than StatoBrno or Primátor
If you'll ever visit CR, do try beers at local pubs from tap. Good beers without conservants taste better few more notches .. but their preservation times simply don't make it possible to export/ship afar, like bottled/canned ones can be
You can also get Czech beers in Germany from tap.
I knew I had one when I was in Dresden. I mean it is only a barrel that must be delivered and put on the tap.
Pilsner Urquell (1842) 10/10. Other small breweries that produce Pilsner tip beer from Czechia 11/10😊
As a czech man i can say that czech republic makes great beer and i am happy you like it
I just bought a Budweiser Budvar (I'm in the UK, that is what it says on the cans here) today having watched your previous video. It's chilling in the fridge now. I've not had a drink all month and I can't wait to sink it with dinner tomorrow.
You will notice the difference immediately. Budweiser is basically water and chemicals, Budvar is just flavour in a bottle.
Hope you enjoyed your quality beer, mate! 🇬🇧🍻👍
How was it to you? :D did u like?
@@evelinka262 Very good. I shall have to make it a New Year resolution to drink more!
Ayoo! Cheers from Czechia 😂❤ glad you like our beer
Nice to hear that...
Best wishes to all decent Americans from Prague, Czech republic!
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...and you should even try Venezualan beer 'couse after the WWII lot of czech brewers came there and tought them how to brew beer. It's very similar to ours and thats why most of their beer has written on them "The Pilsen type of the beer"
I once read the reason for the two Budwisers. It was a family split up. Czechs from the family set up a brewery to make Budweiser and registered it in the USA, while others in the family kept brewing in Budvar. Then the US makers adapted the beer to US tastes of the time and added rice, which isn't allowed in beers brewed to the Bavarian law that restricts beer ingredients to barley malt, water and yeast. That influenced brewing recipes across the border.
There is a lot of craft breweries in US making Czech style brews along with so many other European styles.
As a czech person I really love reading comments here. Love you guys and I´m grateful that you like our beers
Czech Budweiser is one top beer in Europe. It is even protected in EU as a regional value. Really love it! Greetings from Poland.
I worked in Budweiser as a student for a part-time job gig. Glad to hear you like it. As far as I am concerned, not many Americans aknowledge the superiority of czech beers. :p
Oh man this was fun to watch. Had to subscribe. Cheers from Finland.
Thank You 🙏 Glad You enjoyed! Many more European beer 🍺 tests incoming 😎🎉
Great video, Im happy you likeed the czech beer. I am from CZ and visited USA two times. Had a hard time to find some good beer, since I was raised on Czech beer my whole life :) The closest US beer that reminded me our beer was Samuel Adams Boston Lager. That was ok, but still, when we arrived back from US (24h trip (train from Virginia to NYC, plane NYC to Prague, train from Prague to Brno)) we went imidietly to the pub and that was the best beer I had in my life (after 3 weeks drinking all kinds of US beer)
I know the feeling Man !! years ago went back to Ireland after one year in the STates drinking the usual Rolling Rock, Coor Light, Lite, Bud etc the back in Ireland drinking Real Guinness, Smithwicks, Carlsberg, Firstenberg etc !!! No comparison
I am from Czechia and we are the second in production, right behind germany, BUT we are the first in consuption of beer
Glad you liked our czech beer! I wonder how you would score Pilsner Urquell (probably our most liked beer in Czechia) to the czech Budweiser. Have a nice day!
Loved the video, but man my bavarian heart dropped a couple of inches when you got out those wheat beer glases to drink pilsner. 😅😅
xD true
Mensch, da hat dein Bayrisches Herz ja noch mal Glück gehabt dass er gar kein Pilsner aus dem Weizenglas trinkt ;-)
@@Tuxfreak Hah, siehste und beim Schreiben hab ich noch überlegt ob es überhaupt Pilsner is.. aber dachte dann, kommt aus Tschechien, wird schon stimmen :P
Ideally pour your beer closer to the glass & while holding the glass at a steeper angle, creates less & smaller bubbles, leading to a bit less _but longer lasting_ foam & also losing less of the carbonation of the beer 👍 Can't wait for the euro-beer episode ^^
If you started with one original you should try original Pilsener/lager beer from Pilsen in Czech Republic - Pilsner Urquell, by far the most popular lager beer, bitter and smooth. But it must be properly cold and if you get it from a tank in a restaurant in Czechia, you will never want to drink another beer. 😊
One of my relatives from US after 50 years in US came to Serbia for a visit. He was shocked how strong flavor of the beer here is. But he was so used to watery beer that he disliked normal beer and he was trying out various beers to find most watery ones to drink.
I would like to use this occasion to remind our American friends that first written law in history had part about punishment for watering down of the beer.
@IWrocker: Glad you found it! When sampling all the other beers you found, make sure you include a “Rothaus Tannenzäpfle” which you will find in the German beer section at Binny’s. There are a lot of fun facts on that one such as the lady on the label “Birgit Kraft” which in German - when spoken in one - is an euphemism and would mean “Beer gives strengths”. The brewery is one of 3 State owned Breweries in Germany.