Well, you have to make do with what you have. Of the imports that we receive, Staropramen is still in my opinion one of the finest tasting beers we get. Though it could be a case where I am too young to have been able to purchase it in a bottle.
Kozel is another regular purchase for me. From the region of Czechia closest to the border with Silesia where one side of my family is from.
Though if you were to ask the beer snobs on that side of the family, they would claim that all the above were terrible mass produced factory beer, and point to tiny breweries in villages in the Moravian countryside for "genuine" beer. I wonder what they would think of buck a beer.
Kozel is too sweet and it's recently been dropped .2% for some reason.
On a recent camping trip, after finishing a case of Plzeň, a friend gave me a Kozel and I spat it out after a sip.....tasted like sugar water after that much Plzeň (Pilsner Urquell).
It's fine on its own....just can't mix it with its big brother.
Speaking of which, Kozel has been brewed in Plzeň by Plzeňský Prazdroj for as long as I can remember.
Also, Velké Popovice are outside of Praha. That's not exactly near Silesia.
And Plzeň is even farther west.
Maybe you're thinking of a different beer?
Speaking of which....and closer to Silesia: Radegast.....the LCBO used to carry it back in the day. That's the best Czech beer.
Also, I think you'll like Zlatý Bažant/Golden Pheasant. Slovakia gold.
Also Budvar/Czechvar is good. Still in bottles....wait, that might be in BC only.
Staropramen went full can in....2006, I think it was. Maybe early 2007...I think it was shortly after I moved out of Parkdale...so early 2007.
Yeah, I think your family wouldn't even dignify buck a swill with such a thing as a thought. Not when good beer is triple that.
Yeah central Europe is probably king for beer.
Honestly, try to find some Radegast next time you're there. It should be possible to find it on the Polish side as well.
