Prague — the Best Beer City in Europe

Prague is the best city in Europe for beer lovers. That probably sounds outlandish, at least at first glance.

Release time : 2019-01-21 15:04:17

source : Prague city tourism

flagship beers at any brewery, and include the most famous of Czech brands.

NEFILTROVANÉ PIVO - unfiltered beer. Not the same as Kvasnicové pivo, though the terms are often used interchangeably.

PALE ALE - a type of gold to amber top-fermented beer, often with pronounced hop bitterness.

PILSNER - in the rest of the world, Pilsner is a general term used to refer to pale lagers. In the Czech Republic, Pilsner is reserved for Pilsner Urquell.

PORTER - a legal term for dark beers made from barley with a wort containing at least 18% extracted sugars before fermentation. A secondary meaning may refer to one of the many porter styles of beer: dark, often bitter, top- and bottom-fermented beers originally brewed in Britain and the Baltics.

PŠENIČNÉ PIVO - “wheat beer,” a legal term for beer made with at least 33% wheat malt.

RAUCHBIER - in German, “smoke beer,” a type of beer which uses beech-smoked malt, resulting in a combination of sweet malt and smoky campfire flavours. In Czech: nakuřované pivo or kouřové pivo.

ŘEZANÉ PIVO - “Half and Half beer/ Black and Tan,” a legal term for a mix of pale and dark beers, generally produced by tapping two types of beer into the same glass. Technically not the same as Polotmavé pivo, though the two are often confused.

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT - a type of strong, dark, very bitter, top-fermented beer, usually over 9% alcohol.

STOUT - a type of bitter, top-fermented black beer common in Ireland and England.

SVĚTLÉ PIVO - “pale beer,” a legal term for golden brews made primarily with pale malt.

TMAVÉ PIVO - “dark beer,” a legal term for dark brews in general.

VÝČEPNÍ PIVO - “taproom beer,” a legal term for the category of basic beers, made from wort with 7–10% extracted sugars before