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Bottled Czech Lagers

Sat, 29/08/2009 - 10:49 — DM

My ranking of bottled Czechⁱ lagers;

Brewery	Beer	Style	Notes	ABV	Marks out of 10
Staropramen	Staropramen	Lagerⁱ	Good bitterness, fresh cut grass aroma / taste, smooth	5.0	9.0
1795 Original	1795 Original Czech Pils	Lager	True to style	4.7	8.0
Bernard	Dark	Dark Lager	dryish, full mouthfeel, roasty almost stout-like	5.1	8.0
Budweiser	Budvar	Lager	soft, not very bitter, easy drinking	5.0	8.0
Krusovice	Cerne	Dark Lager	Dry, no toffee or butterscotch,	3.8	8.0
Pilsner Urquell	Pilsner Urquell	Lager	Good bitterness, fresh cut grass aroma / taste,	4.4	8.0
Starobrno	Czech Lager	Lager	Good typical Czech pils, soft with some hoppiness	4.7	8.0
Rakovnic	Bakalar	Lager	Fairly typical Czech pils	5.0	7.0
Bohemia Regent	Golden	Lager	Not much flavour, dry, biscuity	5.0	6.0
Bohemia Regent	Premium	Lager	Not as dry as German pils, innofennsive	6.0	6.0
Herold	Premium Lager	Lager	Ordinary Czech pils, a little grainy, mildy hopped	5.0	6.0
Staroslav (Aldi)	Staroslav	Lager	ordinary Czech pils, a little grainy, mildy hopped	5.0	6.0
Wylam	Bohemia	Lager	sweetish, moderate bitterness & noble hoppiness	4.6	6.0
Bohemia Regent	Dark	Dark Lager	Caramelly, toffee, butterscotch	5.0	4.0

I used to think that Budweiser Budvar was my favourite, but a blind tasting proved me wrong.

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