Ever since I was asked why there are never any lager festivals I have thought that there should be.   Maybe the wrong crowd might show up & then turn nasty when all the beer turned ou

This weekend saw the Eurovision Song Contest on the telly.   So what's that got to do with beer?   Well, I got a beer each from loads of different European countries and had a t

Which country brews the best beer?   Since October 2006 I have kept a diary of every bottle of beer I've drunk on a spreadsheet and scored them out of five.   There are a total

A classic Czechⁱ pilsner taste.   A fresh cut grass aroma and bitterness.   Smooth too.

Pilsner means "of the town of Pilsen".   Pilsen is the German name for the town to the south of Prague in the Czech Republicⁱ locally called Plzen.   It

Lagerⁱ comes with political baggage. Budweiser Budvar is championed because it is constantly attacked in courts around the world by the American giant over the trading name.