General Beer Pages And Breweries

And, of course, we can't leave out the breweries' homepages!

In February of 2000, I was able to visit Prague (Praha) and Munich (München). Both had great beer, but I was astonished with the depth and brilliant flavor of Czech pivo tmavé (dark beer). If I was forced to live on a single style of beer, that would be it! Yet somehow, it is not even recognized by the BJCP (and consequentially by the AHA) as a distinct style! It gives very different flavors than the closest recognized style, München Dunkles. Still worse, you can try very few of them here in the states. Kozel is available, but it is not one of the better examples, IMHO; and it typically sits on shelves for so long that it loses much of the flavor that makes tmavé so wonderful! Staropramen (who makes a very nice tmavé) only seems to ship it's light beer to the states (regretably, Czech light beers never seem to survive the journey)

For anyone who finds themseleves in Prague, check out pivovar Novomestský (my personal favorite, near Wenceslas Square [Vaclavske Namesti]) and U Fleku; (the oldest brewpub in the world, founded 1499).

	Breweries		General Beer sites
	Staropramen actually owned by Bass nowadays		Association of Brewers (AOB)
	Budejovický Budvar aka Budweiser Budvar (the real Budweiser). While this is a light Bohemian beer (and one of the world's classic beers), it actually doesn't fit the category of Bohemian Pilsener (or any of the continental light lagers for that matter). It is closest to a München Helles, but has a deeper, maltier flavor and less hop bitterness.		The Real Beer Page
	Plzeòský Prazdroj more commonly known by its German name, Pilsner Urquell.		Michael Jackson's Beerhunter Page
	Great Lakes Brewing Company		Pubcrawler
	Paulaner		Beer is my Life
	North Coast Brewing Company		Michigan Beer Guide
	Spaten		Michigan Brewery Guide
	Fuller's The best in England!		The Austrian Beer Guide

Stoney Creek Brewing Company
The Arbor Brewing Company