Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:57 20:01:99 +0100, Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com> wrote: >Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com wrote: >> PS the best beer (at least the lager type) is Czech beer. > >Jiri, >I know only 2 Czech beers: Pilsner Urquell and the (original) Budweiser. >The Pilsner gave the generic name "pils", still used today in Europe to >qualify lager (a Stella Artois or Maes or Jupiler is ordered in Belgium >by: "une pils, patron!"). > >Pilsner Urquell and Budweiser were the only good lagers available in >local currencies in Comecon countries till 1990 (there was also a >drinkable DDR 'export' lager at the time). It was kind of weird to order >a Budweiser payable in rubles in a bar in Novossibirsk... But nice, >served in big 500 ml dark bottles with lousy labels. > >As good as those two Czech beers really are, they are confronted to a >very competitive market: some great German lagers, Belgian lagers and >even Dutch lagers. Not forgetting the two great Danish lagers.... The last time I was round one of the beer stores in Vancouver I came across a local micro brewery product labelled at 11% alcohol by volume .......... that is *strong* beer !! jh