You’ll find yourself making new friends thanks to the large tables that make for a convivial atmosphere. Beer of course flows free—sometimes you’ll find a new one in front of you before you ask for it! As they say, alcohol helps loosen the tongue, and since Communism is past, you won’t have to worry about expressing your views freely. Czechs are a level-headed bunch and even the most heated conversations will usually end with friendly parting.
Pubs in Prague & Beyond
So you step into a pub and you’re dying of thirst. But the big decision...what to have?
So what’s with the degrees anyway? Is that percent alcohol? The temperature at which it’s served? No! The strength of your lager is measured in the Balling or Plato scale and is expressed as a weight percentage of sucrose and is used to indicate the percent by weight of extract (sucrose) in a solution. A 10 degree states that a wort is 10 degrees Plato (or Balling) and it means that if the extract in solution were 100% sucrose, it would be 10% of the total weight. Not that easy to grasp but a 10 degree beer is about 4% alcohol and a 12 degree is about 5%. These are by far the most common but not the only types. Primator’s Exclusive 16° is 6.5% alcohol and 19° Porter from Pernštejn is 8% alcohol!
THE BEST OF THE REST
Herold and Primator both make a great Wheat Beer - crisp and refreshing. Cerna Hora’s ‘Kvasar’ is a 14° with a taste of Honey. Several breweries have a Half-Dark reminiscent of Bass’ IPA. Ferdinand’s ‘Sedm Kuli’ is one of the best in this category. In the novelty category are several Super-Strong beers ranging up to 24° (10% alcohol!), with Platan, Primator, Budvar and U Medvídku all having entries.
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