Brewmaster Explains Why Czech Beer Is THE BEST
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Czech beer is by far one of the best beers in the world. It has the same 4 ingredients as all the others, but what makes it so unique?
When I came to the Czech Republic I was determined to discover the secrets of the Czech lagers, the Czech pub culture, and unique brewing and pouring techniques.
I set on a beer tour of my own, trying different beers in different Czech pubs around Prague, but I didn’t find what I was looking for, so I went straight to the source: Brevnov monastery brewery, the oldest brewery in Prague and in Czech Republic to learn about the history of brewing beer and to Dva Kohouti, a brewer with a tap room in the center of Prague to learn all about how to pour the perfect Czech pilsner and some unique ways of doing it that COMPLETELY CHANGE the taste it has!
Big thank you to Dva Kohouti and Brevnov monastery brewery for teaching me about the beer culture and history of Czech Republic.
If you're curious where they are in Prague, you can check their Instagram accounts
Dva Kohouti / dva_kohouti
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00:00 The Czech Republic and its beer
02:04 The oldest brewery in Czechia
05:52 History of the Czech beer
08:24 Brevnov Monastery Brewery of St. Adalbert
10:45 Brewery and Tap room - Dva Kohouti
12:30 Is beer cheaper than water in Czechia?
14:26 How does a brewery work?
16:34 The art of tapping beer
22:22 Beer tasting
25:39 Pouring my very first beer from tap
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As a czech I must tell you this was really great documentary
yeah exactly. I've seen a lot, but without this i still didn't really knew much and it was just well made.
Thank you really appreciate this ☺️🙏
Nazdar hesky dentist. 😂
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial I agree, you visited rly nice places and ppl who have a lot to say about this topic...greetings from fellow brewmaster!
Yes it was, so great that as a Czech, I need to go for a beer now.
Every Czech is shaking with pride watching this. Good doc brother!
Thank you 🍻🙏😊
not true as czech im disgusted by it .. the only thing we are famous are beers and castles both made by our predecessor ... out politics are still corrupted our police uneducated ignorant and non existant most of people here rather ignore every thing and drink them selfs with pride thats not even theirs .. roads are in disarray ... politicians rather close down shops and production then supporting them growing and keeping them alive ... we sell everything we have for cheap products that are litteraly garbage for every one els even the car industry is not ours anymore we sold every thing we are NOTHING but ... czechs are stupid and rather drink then face reality
litteraly if any country in the world will be able to pay our debt we will sieze to exist becouse by law country thats unable to sustain it self pay properly its debt and take care of its citizens can be litteraly over taken by some one richer and smarter then us and no one coud move a finger
you are shaking because you are an alcoholic and need a beer.
I am not shaking. Just speak for yourself
As someone who went a lot off times to Czechia I have to say that they have the best beer in the world and this is said by someone from Belgium ,a country with an big beer culture .
Very good video
Belgium is more interesting
I think it is super hard to compare, Belgium beer is amazing. I even traveled once extra from Amsterdam to the La Chouffe brewery. But I think every beer in Belgium is very special, for some regular lagers or pilsners though I think Czech is really having the best ones
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial Clearly you have been to the UK and Carling. It defines larger, there is no competitor. In all serious I have been to Belgium twice and had many beers (different one every time normally) and all of them very nice. Czech I have only tried Staraprahmen and Budzar, I was in Prague when I was about 23 but honestly can not even remember what I was drinking haha.
I love Belgian beer, cheers from South Africa
As a Czech from Pilsen (maybe the only case stating the specific place is relevant hehe), I can tell you on the other hand that especially the younger generation here is starting to appreciate beer culture that is not that conservative and is a bit more innovative, so there is also many youngsters appreciating Belgian beer! That being said, I think even the market here noticed, so there is a boom of new artisanal breweries and I reckon there is a lot more to come! Cheers and greeting to Belgium!
With regards to "beer cheaper than water", it was never cheaper than tap water (and all of our tap water is drinkable). It is comparing prices of beer with prices of bottled water which were all over the place for quite some time. Even today you can buy specialty bottled water that's more expensive than beer.
"Beer is cheaper than water" has been valid in Czech restaurants for some 20 years. It's primarily about the fact that restaurateurs usually charge more for water than for beer, and it doesn't matter if it's bottled or on tap.
@@goldenfish3017 From personal experience, before 1989 it was possible to get tap water in restaurants for free. And it wasn't even that hard, except they'd frown at you if you didn't order anything else. I guess you could manage to achieve that in some pubs today too but majority will sell you bottled water. And for some time, beer was more expensive than bottled water even in shops.
It was also much cheaper than Coke or other fizzy drinks with the price being the same but the fizzy was only 0,3l bottles.
@@goldenfish3017 Yea, non-alcoholic beverages like Coke are usually more expensive than beer :D
@@kasuha its not 1989 anymore, a lot of changed, and the beer is more cheaper then any other non alcoholic or soft drink in almost all restaurants. If you dont believe come again and visit Czechia in 2023/2024. :)
Something about "šnyt" that wasn’t said in the video.
Gentlemen in the early 20th century would be ashamed to drink small beer from the small glass (it wasn’t manly), so we invented šnyt. It is basically small beer In a big glass. It was often called beer "na odchod" = farewell beer.
You would order it as your last beer, pay and go home.
This tradition kinda holds on as we make fun of the guys that order small beer. I once ordered it in a pub on the countryside and everyone, even the lady behind the bar, started laughing at me. She then poured a big one saying "you’re a man, here’s a big one".
I was 16 y.o. btw, it really sticked with me:D
Hope you learned something new, great video!
I had the same experience, but I was 1 year older than you and I was told something like "You order a small beer only to annoy the innkeeper." and got a big one. xD
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Or first. When you're really thirsty and need it immediately before the right beer is shot the right way. And some beers take time :)
There is a nice story (not sure if true) that Jiří Grygar was telling in the "Okna vesmíru dokořán" show: that Albert Einstein who was teaching on Charles University for some time used to explain the idea of energy quantum using the half liter glasses of beer in Czech pubs which also cannot be divided into smaller amounts. And then he added: "The morale of the story is that not even great Albert Einstein would dare to order a small beer in a Czech pub." :-)
I'm Czech and here's a joke I heard on the matter:
A little boy gets into a pub and orders a beer.
The bartender asks him kindly - Oh you little guy, wouldn't you prefer a soda?
To which he replys: Yes sir - very much, but I'm five crowns short... :(
😆😅
In the countryside beer is still cheeper then soda 😅🍻
@@jerryefk 🍻🍻
When I was 6 I used to drink milk off the cow’s teats and wine off the faucet of my father’s wine barrels in the cellar! No need to go to the bar! Country boy through & through
When two young Germans visiting Canada told me the Czech's had the best beer, my ears perked up.
During communism, workers were given free beer during working hours in some factories (especially those with high temperatures like foundries). Up to 10 units (5 litres) per person per day. Usually it was 8° beer with lower alcohol content, but if it was not available, it was normal lager.
I'm glad you had a good time in the Czech Republic.
very interesting. Was the reason that they gave the beer that it had some alcohol or because of the bubbles it is refreshing?
Thank you, Czechia was really amazing with extremely friendly people
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial They used to give beer for hydration. But why beer instead of water, I have no idea.
Alcohol was common under communism in all workplaces.
Interesting 🤔 thanks for sharing 🙌
Since this was an available ion drink for sweating. Not only foundries but also in glass blowing manufactures.
@@taburian oh true the electrolytes actually make lots of sense
The "Beer is cheaper than water" phrase is still valid, but not because the beer is cheap, some (even most) restaurants won't pour tap water and the bottled mineral water is overpriced. For example, if I look at the drink menu from the restaurant I go to, they have cheapest beer for 42Kč (around $2) and cheapest non alkoholic drink for 32Kč ($1.5). But the beer is 0,5l and the mineral water 0.3l, so the beer is cheaper.
I've been living in Czechia for 12 years now and I have come to conclusion that the Czech beer is the best in the World. Czech's call their beer ''Ceska chleba'', which means Czech bread. For me Radegast is the best.
Or liquid bread haha, as we often joke that every bread is a sad story of a crop aspiring to become a beer but eventually getting milled and baked lol
There is one for you, Radegast has spot in TV last year, for two days spot ended with "drink beer, save water" 😂 then someone complain about it and they delete this last semtence from add :/
"Český chleba" (masculinum), not "Česká chleba" (feminimum).
Svijany gang assemble!
For the first time I tried real draft Czech beer in one of the Slovak restaurants, this restaurant is called Plzenska Reštauracija named after the town of Plzen in the Czech Republic, and for this beer I was recommended by my two doctors who actually drink this beer and say that it is good for those who had kidney surgery, I did not have one kidney stone, I had 2,specific case was and remained 😂😂😂 , beer is called Pilsener Urquell or Plzensko on Czech and i have to say its THE BEST OF THE BEST no coment i had for the first time, and still continue on till this day to drink this beer, my friends who actually also beer to drink they say, and i quote they words : what the hell men is this 😂😂😂😂 i died 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣 now they also drink Pilsner, now and until i die.
Greetings from Serbian fan of Czech beer
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Thanks for enjoying our beer, you just got to the best we have. Good luck with those kidneys, slav bro
I had kidney stone and my doctor literally told me to "Plzeň" it out .. the beer breaks the stone apart and make you pee it out. lmao its aweosme
Actually my brothers thx to that beer no kidney stone for me, well they told me continue ti drink it and you will be safe, and gues what i DRINK EVERY DAY 🤣🤣🤣🤣, i dont care how much the price of draft beer is i love that beer honestly, i even want to come next year in Prague
P. S
Is it true that there is a place that u can bath in beer???
@@xoresgaminghub5412 i hope u are ok now, cuz i em, i drink 3 cans of Plzen every day, happy as little kid, last year when i was home in visit my parents i brought my father Plzen beer hi was suprise how much good is, imagine my first time, or yours when u tried. Any way thx bro i hope be ok and bless u 🍻🍻🍻
@@thatmadbro thx for kiddness, i'm ok now one kidney stone i burn out after a year ( true story) but the other one i had to go to the operation so they removed, but my doc told me that i can drink only Plzen imagine that 😄 best doc ever, right, good luck my slav brother wish all the best
As a Czech myself I think it needs to be pointed out that we are specialists in bottom-fermented type of beer - lagers. It's what made our beer famous and after tasting many foreign lagers I can firmly say our lagers are best by far.
But when it comes to ales, top-fermented type of beer, the was not really our thing for a long time. Recently though we saw quite remarkable proliferation of so-called micro-breweries with outputs far below big breweries like Pilsner, but they typically focus rather on ales, IPAs etc. So right now if you want to enjoy beer in the Czech Republic, you can taste both our tradition and our take on Western tradition.
Any american, british or aussie should check this video before visiting Austria, Czechia, Germany or Slovakia. Cause by drinking beer without foam or cochtan they don´t know what their missing and they don´t really know what is good for them.
Another great tradition is 'mixed beer' which is a half light and half dark lager mixed together. It doesn't stay separate, but tastes great. Kozel even makes a 'polotmave' or 'half-dark' beer that is like a premixed lager. Very good.
Oh I tried that one somewhere, it was actually very nice 😊
Not "mixed beer" but "cut beer" (yeah it's mixed but we call it "Řezané") otherwise yes, light and dark beer.
@@kOstA8pSychO I guess that would be a pain to pronounce by foreigners. "Míchané" is pronounceable, I guess...
@@radardev8889 yeah, řezané is probably unpronounceable for most foreigners, thats why it's called "cut beer" in english :)
Yea its such a tradition that i as a czech never seen anyone order it in my 24 years of life
Cleaning of glasses there is spot on. When you learn that you will judge cleanliness of glasses in every pub/beerhouse for rest of your life.
Also important to note, that along the cleanlines of glasses taking care about the tap faucets and pipes is also crucial.
You can have the same beer from one of the big breweries in two different pubs (or even in the same pub, but different days of the week, when different ppl are at work) and the taste and quality difference can be incredible.
Cheers!
@galaxya40s95 yes. Very true. Some places clean their pipes daily. Also, the length of pipes is very important.
@@chalibanec1 Honestly all places should do that.
Drain the beer from the pipes (clean them) and fill the pipes with water for the night. Then drain the water and replace it with beer.
And here the lenght of pipes comes in, the longer the pipes, the more beer gets 'wasted'.
Also, during hot days the tap faucets need to be washed regularly (unless they pour one glass after another whole day), as the foam hanging from the faucet can spoil really quick.
That guy in Dva Kohouti looked super nice. Very helpful, friendly, showing almost all of the "magic" of brewing beer.
Yes he is amazing and super kind. You can really tell passion ☺️
As Czech person that doesn't drink and like beer (I know I'm basically national sinner here :D) I love that it like ''make us famous'' in world and I always love seeing videos of foreigners talk about us :D
Much love, great video, learned some new things myself
Btw when you were talking about how these old building had to see so many people and like ... wow I sometimes don't even like realize how blessed I am living here and walking through so many old buildings like it's crazy. We take it for granted that we have so many old buildings and castles everywhere and whenever some foreigners arrive and they are so blown away by it, it's so cool
Thank you for the comment and the nice words 😊🍻🙏Czech is a really amazing country with super super friendly people, which make the old buildings actually even more amazing
HERETIC! ...But naw, if you drink wine or slivovicu (plum brandy? would be direct translation) we are fine. And yea, I am moravian.
Wow what a treat of a video. I have to go to Dva Kohouti soon, it’s a great place. I had no idea about the meaning of their name, nor did I have a clue that different pouring results in a different taste nor had I a clue about Brevnovsky Klaster being the oldest brewery, and I live 10 minutes from it. As a Czech, I learned a lot
Great to hear! Thank you. 🍻🙏😊 And yes definitely try Dva Kohouti a really amazing place and the beers as well
As a czech my self i can tell this is really nice documentary. Anyways im really happy that someone remember this country to be completely honest, but the funnest part about being Czech is when we go on vacation and we try the locals beers. It like " yeh its good, but its not like ours" every native Czech that likes drinks beer knows they sayed this sentence at least once. Anyways great video. Really well put together. Keep it up
Thank you 😊🙏🍻
Our beer is always the best... everyone knows it... :D
Recently I visited Harrachov glass factory where they blow the glass using ,, píšťala " and since they are working right next to the furnices they are allowed to drink 5 glasses of beer. Also the glasses they have in their museum are absolutely crazy, in shop you can buy some of the designs they have.
Super video, from Czech republic.
Our beer is simply the best um😁🙂 My favourite are Pilsner Urquell and Kozel.
I'm from the Pilsen region, which is called the region of beer, and our Pilsen brewery is, at least as far as I know, very well known abroad, and probably the only thing I'm proud of in our country is our beer and our Pilsen brewery. Beer has a long history here, which is also known abroad, I can't think of other things that I would proud be here for, so at least that 🙂
Thank you 🍻😊 Kozel is also one of my favourites. Was super interesting learning about the history of the beer in Czechia
As a proud man from czech republic and loving beer as a father, Im proud of this vid
Glad to hear 🍻🍻🍻🙏
Those two breweries are awesome! I was there last May and I would love to return soon.
Very cool! My father is half Czech and my parents went to Prague in the early 90’s. You could buy a beer at that time for around 10 cents US. They even brought me a bottle of actual Budweiser. I believe that is the only state owned brewery left there. Since it’s American counterpart would probably swoop in and try to buy it otherwise. It definitely tastes much better than the Busch one.
It actually is true, Anheuser Bush even gave a offer to buy the real Budweiser when the entire law dispute began, fortunately it couldnt be sold due to the shares being held by the state. From the bigger breweries there is one more purely Czech and thats Bernard brewery which caused quite a show while trying to expand to USA with campaign based on czech humor which is, quite frankly, hard to explain to outsiders. There was for example a Dark twelve degree beer depicted with young black women holding beer while rest of the campaing was the Memphis beauty like 1920-ish posters with sparse dressed pin up girls around various types of beers. In the end the brewery had to deal with both feminists and anti-racist folks to such point that Mr.Bernard said ... oh fuck this shit, i aint gonna sell stuff to these morons :D
@@JarekBaldrian I've visited Bernard's official shop in Humpolec several times and I've bought, besides the beer, some of their merch with those pin-up girl drawings. They are awesome and funny. Set of postcards, a cup and a few t-shirts. They also have cool small beer glasses.
No, I'm not paid by Bernard. :-D But I support them since the media fueled hysteria a couple of years ago. Cancel culture is bs.
@@juliannewarren5466 thats great, unfortunately i wasnt able to get them anymore so i bought the "beer jewelery" set of posters, but then again, the jewels are on a woman body so i expect some kind of shitstorm very soon too even here in CZ
Every beer is better than the US "Budweiser" which is thin, tasteless and without any character.
This is great video. Thank you for making it.
I wish you have also explained the degrees of the beer (10º, 11º, 12º are the most sold now days). Someone in the comments already said that foundries were giving people 8º beer. I feel like people outside of Czech and it's beer culture don't understand this or know about this. Why, it's important. You can get the same beer in different degrees in any store or pub in Czech Republic. I think most people outside of Czechia don't even know this is a thing.
Great suggestion! I wanted to include it but overall it would have become too long but actually thinking more about it I think it should have been part of it.
My favorite style is Lager & Pilsner Czech and small batch Bavarian Breweries are my favorite Nobody in the world has the “sauce” on how to make beer like they do! It’s not just the hops but the Yeast with their House mother leaven!
the main historical reason for "šnyt" is that when men drank like 10 beers in a pub and couldn't handle the 11th, they'd order a "small beer", which is served in small beer glasses... other men would make fun of that and so "šnyt" was born. You get small beer in big "man worthy" glass.
Very happy I found this. I always wondered about the different pours here; the background and history were excellent.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🍻🙏😊
About the "beer cheaper than water" thing:
In the early 2000s, some fancier restaurants attempted to get more money from their guests through drinks. You can't really overprice beer, that would be outrageous, but you can only offer soft drinks and water in small fancy overpriced bottles and not offer tap water or other cheap alternatives at all. And it resulted in restaurants where beer was actually the cheapest drink (per volume). Since 2016, this practice is actually illegal - pubs and restaurants are required by law to offer at least one non-alcoholic beverage cheaper than the cheapest alcoholic one.
But still on average ordering Bonaqua in restaurant is gonna cost you more. Or even if its cheaper its in 0,3 l bottle so if you wanted 0,5l of water it would cost more then 0,5l beer
I enjoyed the video. Thank you. Single infusion will never produce beer as high quality as beer made from decoction method. Craft brewers in America use single infusion and sell quick and easy to produce beer at a very high price. Craft brewers were home brewers before they became craft brewers and they use the same ingredients they used for making homemade beer to make craft beer. They use low cost, very high modified malt and one fermentation. There is nothing like the taste of beer made with double and triple decoction.
Honestly I always of course drank beer and could tell the difference of some kind and be able to tell if I like it or not 😂 but everything behind, the brewing, fermentation, ingredients etc etc are really fascinating and gave me a complete new appreciation for beer 🍻
Great! Especially the part at Dva Kohouti - super nice brew master/tapster. Fantastic beer and good to see the different pours.
Thank you! Dva Kohouti is really an amazing place
i don't think you mentioned it, but pilsner is actually named after plzeň (or pilsen in english), the city that made the very first pilsner beer.
It is the same for Budweiser, also named after a Czech city - Budějovice, it's what the Germans originally called the lagers brewed in Budweis (their name for Budějovice). I always found it funny how the name became so americanized..
this was thorough, well done
Thank you 🙏☺️
Man I really need to get on with a Czech beer vacation, just visit the country, experience the beer and food, amazing.
Hi from Czechia! Thanks for such a great video :)
Thanks for watching! 🙏😊
Love this video! I’m in Prague right now and the CZcams algorithm just knew that I had to watch this.
Awesome! Thank you!
It's crazy that I've learnt the most about bear from this video. Thank you. It was very well made.
Glad to hear 🍻🍻
Ah yes, the famous Czech *bear*
When a young French man visiting Mexico told me the Czechs had the best beer, my ears perked up. Literally.
Great video as always 😄
Thanks 😋
This document is incredible, i very surprised you only have 2k subscribers
Not yet: Almost 2k 😆 Thank you very much for. the comment 🙏🍻
As a russiam alcoholic guy living in czech republic yes i agree. I can smash 12 beers a day when walking around the city, discovering new pubs and cool places. I just love czech beer :D
so definitely avoid going to the brewery in Strahovsky klaster (the first spot in the vid) if he offered him beer in a plastic cup :))) Disgusting and telling about the owner...
@@tomasfuk8439 i wouldnt ever visit brewery i guess because i love walking around city stoned visiting random pubs (pajzly) and getting a good walk around the city
@@fuzkforyou well, the plastic cup aside, Brevnovsky klaster is gonna be a risky adventure for ya walking steep downhill from there stoned :)
Finally someone who can make a video and appriciate our beer culture. Very nice video and although I am a huge supporter of Pilsner Urquell (best beer in the world) I really love how they make beer in Dva kohouti and next time I am in Prague I will visit them. Really great explanation how our beer is made and MOST importantly poured! My favorite is "hladinka" but "šnyk" is close 2nd :o).
Thank you, really great to hear 😊🙌 - Yep I can really recommend to visit Dva kohouti super nice people and excellent beer!
Pilsner Urquell is export beer. It isn't much popular in Czech Republic.
@@zintoki8211 is it? It seemed in most places in Prague and Brno pilsner Urquell was sold
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial You are right, we drink it a lot, probably the most of all beers! The fact that it is well known in the world is just a cherry on top😅
If you want a good beer, you’ll go with Pilsner Urquell. But if you want really to enjoy the taste, you’ll go to places you have shown in the video. Mass production beer like Urquell cannot provide such experience as these small businesses.
Great video!
I’m from Czech Republic and I still can’t accept that whole world thinks Germany is expert on beer and has the biggest beer culture
I don't think people really think that, except of maybe white beer
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial Germans think that. *silently, under the beard* (assholes...)
Nice video and for me (I'm Slovak) very, very funny ending, cause your pronunciation of "dva kohúty" is super fun 😂😂😂
Haha I even practised beforehand 🙏🤓 (just not successful)
I open the video and the guy is sitting at U Sadu, right next to where I live. Great choice too.
Oh nice! I think it is one of the best places in Prague 😊
DISCLAIMER: Thank you to everyone in the comments pointing out a HUGE mistake I made. At Břevnov I met with Jan Suran, not Aleš Potešil (I guess the beer did wonders on me 😅)
And of course, thanks for watching this video! 🙏 Do you have any unique or special ways of enjoying drinks in your country? Is there anything I missed about the beer culture in Czechia🇨🇿? Let me know!
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If you are in Prague, make sure to pay a visit to either one of the breweries, or, why not, both? 🍺
Dva Kohouti instagram.com/dva_kohouti/ Brevnov brewery instagram.com/brevnovsky_klasterni_pivovar/
That was a banger of a video! I always lost it to you trying to pronounce Czech, your accent is very funny. Good luck trying to pronounce Ř...
Edit: You also got yourself another subscriber!
The Trdelník stands are menace of Prague :D
still did not find out wether it is Czech or Hungarian, everyone seems to have a different opinion 😆
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial Some say Romania, but the majority thinks it came from Hungary. Slovaks nicked it from Hungary and re-branded it. It was also being made in some obscure frontier areas in Czech Republic, but the Czechs as a whole never heard of that thing until some crafty hagglers started to sell it to the tourists in the centre of Prague.
I'm Czech and I never eat trdelník in my life and i don't plan to change it :D
@@juliannewarren5466 Of course we nicked it form Hungary, even the God is hungarian. Although they have no idea what Trdlo means - the root of this word,
is the name of the wooden tool the cake ingredients are wrapped around during cooking which gives it its traditional hollow shape.
Love what our southern neighbours can call hungarian without no shame at all.
Like they're calling their famous "national" drink Pálinka without even knowing what páliť means.
Dva Kohouti is pretty damn great pub. Good choice
Story of my life...
Hi from Prague
When the video ended I was like, what, it's over already??
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I must give Like even before I start watching - so pleasing title of the video (I am Czech) :D :)
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For non-czech speakers:
mlíko=milk
hladinka=level
Schnitt (transcribed as šnyt)=cut in German
Čochtan=name of the lead character from a Voskovec&Werich adaptation of "Finian's Rainbow" 1947 Broadway musical.
Based on the leprechaun Og, he is famously portrayed as a "vodník" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodyanoy) by Jan Werich.
Knedliky=love❤
To get all of that understand, CZ is the country, where beer is not considered as an alcohol :)
Beer is a food group.
Yes ( ano )😂
I’m not an Ales type of guy all the craft gurus swear by it but before Craft brews there were Micro brews and before that there was home brews! Ales are easy and cheap to make!
Really great video
Thank you 🙏😊
As a Czech:
"Beer is cheaper that water." is accualy true, but refering to prices of standart beer at normal pub (not at turistic locations).
So if you order beer and glass of sparkling water.. yes waster will coast more for same amount.
Also beer in pubs and restaurant has lowered tax.
Great video! :)
Thanks! 😊🍻🙏
Even tho I haven't been there myself (in the two mentioned breweries), I'm pretty sure you went to a so called mini-brewery, which are way different and make up only a portion of the Czech beer market. The majority of consumed beer are from the big breweries like Staropramen, Pilsner Urquell, Kozel and so on..
I also want to mention that although the different pouring methods are somewhat traditional and are interesting, I've never seen anyone order anything else than "hladinka" -the standard.
And for added context: the "myth" with our beer being cheaper than water it was true, but only in pubs and restaurants, until the government put up a law that forbids that happening. You could find a bottled beer that's cheaper than some brands of bottled water in the supermarket but there should always be water cheaper that beer (CZK per litre).
Overall enjoyed! In my opinion the most traditional thing about Czech beer culture in this video was how he prompted/offered you to drink instead of more talking at that moment 9:30 :D
And a slight detail: 7:50 here he said "CC tanks" (CK in Czech) which stands for cylinder-conical tanks (cylinder kónické tanky)
Thanks for the comment 😊🙏
Snyt is pretty common as well, eg if my wife wants just small beer.
Very nice video, as a Czech i approve :D
Thanks! 🍻🙏
That shot at 6:44 is not Czech Republic, its Belgrade, Serbia, blok 61. The gray building is south and white is northern block 61. The camera is flying over the street Dr. Ivana Ribara.
Thanks for pointing out and apologise for the mistake, I will note it in the description of the video!
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial If you think its necessary, but it shouldnt bother anyone, i just felt like pointing it out, i lived 150 m from that spot where drone was flying :D
As a Czech permanent resident for the past 16 years ... I approve of these facts
Glad to hear ☺️🙏
This is great research for my Czech Republic trip next year. But I can say, Bavaria ruined beer for me. All I want anymore are fresh, clean and crisp lagers or pilsners.
Glad to hear ☺️🍻 I need to say personally I really don’t like wheat beer, so I think you will like Czech ☺️
Stay in hotel ADALBERT, inexpensive and right beside the Brevnov brewery. Beer and food is really good there with 30 steps to the hotel.
as a czech, i can't really think of any beer 'culture', the most cultural thing about drinking beer is to go to a local pub in the countryside where you sit down and talk to local drunkards. Sure there are some beer-tasting clubs, but it's not really what you picture when you talk about czech beer.
I say that beer is best to enjoy with your friends, locals, or some random students that make you do shots of zelená afterward xddd
>>>I say that beer is best to enjoy with your friends, locals, or some random students that make you do shots of zelená afterward xddd
I would have to try the Mikla Foam Style Serve! 🤔👍😎
I was at the beginning sceptic but it is really tasting amazing and refreshing 🍻
Its "mlíko" and its means milk
Dark beers there are so quality and delicious..
You got that right!
13:40 Ya in Prague where they have salaries +- 30-60% higher than rest of the country... paying for beer below 1€ is kinda weird.. but having the high prize in low income zones.. literally kills pubs because locals that were going there every evening or every other evening for 3-6beers to end the day (it was.. normal, younger generations are not into that pub culture anymore..) they just cannot pay 1,5-2+€ per one mug of beer.. so at best they come for one or 2 and go home to grab a bottle that costs 0,4€...
Out of curiosity how much costs a pint in those regions?
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial It is often around 0.6 euro or around 0.8 usd... It's not that the beer is bad... it's still really good and as a czech you look forward to it. Tap beer is obviously best way to drink it as it is present to outer pressure for the first time since it was brewed as it is usually stored in tanks or barrels. In terms of quality after tap beer comes glass bottled beer but those need to be put into fridge to be on the top of their tastiness. After glass bottle comes can. If it's stored properly you don't really need to cold it that much, sometimes you are even fine with it as it comes. As the can pressure makes it colder than the glass bottle. Ofc best is to cool it anyway. After that there is plastic bottle beer. That... you drink that as a poor guy or if it's the last possible way... or you just want to get drunk or use it as a brake when you are drunk already so you don't care. Pilsen glass bottle is usually at price of 1.25 euro and on the tap it can be up to 2 euros. Even in those regions with lower income. That's why there are more often used other brands as Krusovice or Kozel. Those come in 0.8 to 1 euro on tap. Or can be bought in local stores around 0.4-0.6 euro in glass bottle. It's still good. And even though I am proud of Pilsen. I am more of a Kozel enjoyer. Or on special day I go to our local tap here in my town. Zichovec they serve 15 degree beer which has around 1-1.5 % more of alcohol in there. I don't know if you are familiar with degrees of beer so I will write them here. 8° > 3 - 3.4%alc, 10° > 3.5 - 4.5%alc, 11° > 4.6 - 4.8%alc, 12° > 4.9 - 5.3%alc. stronger options have more than 5.5%alc.
Where I'm from šnyt is kind of a gamble because it means you pour it in single pour no matter how badly it goes so you can end up with a normal beer or most of the time way more foam than usual, BUT, it always costs you less. It's for when you want a glass of beer quickly. At least that's how we do it here in Morava
Hehe I see. With quickly you mean sort of a small beer or just like something you finish quickly?
I mean quickly made because many pubs don't have such proffesional, adjustable taps and sometimes a beer takes many tries to pour (tap? idk), this way it's done on sngle pour but probably with more foam
great video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏😊
As a czech i can tell that ours beer is one of the most top classes beer around the world, but if you are considering to visit czechia again you could try ours wine its not that good as beer but at Morava whitch is part of czechia closer to Slovakia borders you can taste one of the most greatest vines around europe and some good beers too. But still Kozel 11 is best beer
Oh yes I was reading about the Wines, hopefully I get a chance to visit it next time 🍷
Kozla si strč někam
že prej kozel 💀
I had my first wedding in the Brevnov monastery and it was the first wedding in;the monastry after the reconstruction. It was beautiful. Unfortunately they didn't tell us about the brewery in that time (1999). Pity.
There was no brewery at that time. This one was opened ten years after. Or maybe even more. I am living in walking distance :-)
U Sadu, lovely place! :)
I think one of my most favourite places that I found in Prague
If you are in Czechia you should try řezané pivo, it's mix of pilsner and dark bier.
If it's tap correctly it don't mix in glass and it's separated.
I actually wanted to try this one but honestly I don’t know why I defaulted to asking for a regular pint 😅next time I go to Czech Republic will definitely do! it must be an interesting combination of tastes and things going on for your tongue
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficialnobody drinks it that way, it's just for tourists and some special cases like gentleman above.
@@justnadaaa8434 When i was young i drank rezane everywhere it was possible. But in many places, it was just mixed together.
It is lady's beer. All my grandmas drank řezané. It is sweeter.
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial I agree with you on ladies and kids. Makes sense!
The "beer is cheaper than water" saying is true. At least it used to be, I didn't check water prices for some time, but beer used to be ~30 crowns and water used to be ~20 crowns. But when you get beer, you get half a liter, with water you get only small bottle, one fifth of liter, so when you compare per-liter price, beer was ~60, water was ~100. Crazy, right?
Of course, tap water is quite cheap, as far as I know nowhere here tap water costs even close to the cheapest "beer" sold in supermarkets (and I'm not sure if we should call something with price tag ~6 crowns for bottle "beer", but that is what those shops call it). The cheapest "beer" is ~10 crowns per liter, while the most expansive tap water here is ~120 crowns per 1000 liters, so ~0.12 per liter, or about one hundredth of cheapest "beer".
nice video
Czech Republic is mother of all beers, Im glad you found the truth.❤
It's quite exagenerating but it is true that we established beer culture in Asia like Japan and Korea.
Im Czech too!
Thanks for your countries amazing beer then 🙏😊
Nice vid from the view of a beer passionate. Just one thing, that's not Aleš, that's Jan Suran.
Yep, that was a small error, we were supposed to have the introduction with Aleš and we realized the mistake only after it was published, I will mark it also in the description and the pinned comment. Thanks for flagging 🙏
super
Thank you 🙏😊
Yup
Guys you have it wrong. It is not brewmaster Ales Potesil, but it is Jan Suran - former President of Czechia-Moravian Mini-Breweries Union. And he reopened this monastery brewery. Ales Potesil is new brewmaster there and he is much more younger :D
kazdopadne nabizet pivo pri ochutnavce v kelimku, to je fakt sila... :)
Yes, thank you for pointing this out. There was a mistake, we were supposed to meet Ales and somehow in the captions, we did not change the name to Jan 😬😇 I made also a note about it in the pinned comment and the description but sadly we can not change the video anymore. Still hope you enjoyed the video
Great content! I just found some of the transitions a bit agressive. The red smoke was like a punch in a face. Keep it up.
Thanks Appreciate the feedback it! 🙏😊
Next time you have to try Pilsner from Pilsen in Pilsen...
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I live in the area where you were drinking, you went to my favourite hospoda and my least favourite - I'm not saying which one is which :)
I liked both 🍻 but would be curious to know which one 🤓
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial U sadu most favourite, Proper Czech pub.Beergeek least favourite. Very hipstery. Very overpriced (I paid 109 Kčs for a tin). I didn't see you in Vinohradský Pivovar though. That's the local brew and it's FIIIINE.i
aprooved by a czech 👍
subbing to the channel, i like learning about countries
Thank you 😊🙏
1:51 Czech it out :D
Mlíko gang here🤣
The cheaper beer then watter was also because the pubs wanted you to drink beer. They had like half litr of beer for 30 krouns and for the same price you could get like thirth of a liter of boteled watter and soda (pop) was even more expensive. Then they made a law that you had to have at least 1 nonalcoholic drink in a pub cheaper then alcoholic drink. They just basicly wanted you to drink beer so they pumped the prices of other drinks up. I am not very sure, but I guess if you had a pub and did somethink like this the bruery gave you parasols for the garden and the pint glasses for the whole pub or even the tap for free... Strategies that made you buy beer no matter what :-). I do not think it is that bad anymore, but there were times.. :-D.
boteled water (and other drinks) is expensive, because you don't drink 10-30 of them in one evening. It's just quantity discount
hello, writing from moravia, czech republic, fun fact...we outdrink gernmany in bear almost in double of liters drung in 1 year by person....
a co jako?
@@robajzrobajzovity8474 no nic no...
U Sadu, good choice.
amazing place 🍻😊
To be honest, lately it has changed to "The beer is cheaper than Coca-Cola". Since Coke is too expensive and too sugary, we rather drink beer-
And yeah, I have a liter of beer in me, probably gonna do 3rd 0.5... Just how we live, we love our beer!
One correction - in Břevnov, you are talking to Jan Šuráň. Aleš Potĕšil is an entirely different person.
Hi, thanks for pointing out. Indeed we were supposed to meet Alesh and while writing the script we missed to correct mistake was not correct. We added in the pinned comment and the description the correction
Kozel is good i like kozzie
Everyone said to me 'just drink it, it is an acquired taste'. And I chose not to acquire it. I hate the taste of beer, but I recognise that I am in a minority. And that is just fine.
Beer is definitely not cheaper than water. In Praque on Staroměstky Náměstí (the Old Town Place) you pay over 100 Crowns (4€) for a half litre.
I think also as Lukas said, it very depends where you are going, but yes overall I think in most places now beer is more expensive
Try honist gide they made It petfect
I just have to ask, how did you enjoy Břevnov?
The neighbourhood? Very nice especially very calm. And the park is awesome (used it for running :-) )
@@UntraveledRoadsOfficial I see I see, I used to go visit the graveyard that's up the hill around evening and usually just gone for a walk when I went from school back home etc., It's a really nice place. Oh also, Obora is nearby, have you checked it out?
1:05 BeerGeek Bar as a "traditional Czech beerhouse", LOL.
Haha I was waiting for this comment I actually had a different footage but it got corrupted. But it is a really nice place ☺️🍻
Just a thing about beer being cheaper before 1989: Well, the fact is that beer (at least bottled beer) was actually more expensive than nowadays if you consider average and mean salaries then and now. You simply couldn't buy as many beers as you can nowadays for an average salary. However, living costs (rents, water) were significantly lower during the Commie era.
Before the rule that breweries have to use hop pellets and all makers have to bit change the recipe i was a patriot and drink Zlatý bažant 12. After that i switch to Staropramen for its strong full bitter taste of hops and its not that heavy like Budvar and have even fuller taste then Pilsner Urquell.