Nonalcoholic Beers
Though the Czech Republic’s overall beer output rocked an all-time high of over 20 million hectoliters (12 million barrels) last year, growth is slowing as it hits the top of the arch. One category is...
View ArticleRichter Brewery’s Polotmavý Weißbier 13°
One of the cool Bavarians to show up at last year’s Christmas Beer Markets was Schneider’s Aventinus, an amber wheat beer that kicks like a Doppelbock, blending plummy stewed fruit with Weißbier spice...
View ArticleGreat Grains: Emmer Beer from Germany's Riedenburger Brewery
Today, many — if not most — European beers are made with barley. Earlier European beers, however, were made with any number of other grains. But then came the reformers: Bavaria’s Reinheitsgebot...
View ArticleWhile You Were Out: The Return of Herold’s Wheat Beer
You hit the road for a few days of peace and solitude in South Bohemia and what happens? A great beer that has been AWOL for years suddenly returns to the scene. The brew in question is the very nice...
View ArticleA New Czech Wheat Beer — or Two
You’re walking down the street in Prague, completely minding your own, when your eye hangs on a sign announcing a new beer. What stops you is an apparent error in the picture: instead of barley, the...
View ArticleThe New Dožínkové Pivo
As a follow-up from last week’s post on two new wheat beers in the Czech Republic, I’ve got more details about the new Dožínkové pivo appearing at outlets of Heineken Česká republika around the...
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