Review
Posted in: Beer > Pilsner
07 / 12 / 2007
A few years ago I spent sometime working in Prague doing Australian events for our government as well as teaching some of Prague’s best chefs on Australian Food. In return, the Prague chef’s taught me the appreciation of drinking Czech beers. Czechs actually call beer “Liquid Bread” and consume it accordingly. It fact, Czechs drink more beer per capita then any other country in the world.
One of the beers which I remember and enjoyed was Staropramen, a classic Czech pilsner. Pilsner is one of the world's most famous styles of beer and originally described beer produced from Pilsen (Plzen). For Czechs Pilsner means beer from Plzen and nothing else. Outside of the Czech Republic it is often spelled Pilsener or abbreviated to Pils.
Staropramen is an easy drinking beer with a crisp, malty palate with a bitter and hoppy finish. Staropramen has been brewed in Prague since 1869 and still is today, where it is also the Czech Republic’s the top selling beer, outpacing rivals like Urquell and Budweiser Budvar.
Staropramen which is now being imported to Australia by Fosters Brewing and is available at most major liquor stores.
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