Monday, June 25, 2007

Czech Beer

Smoky pubs with wooden seats, slips of paper covered in pen strokes sticking out from under ashtrays, beer heads two inches deep, bottles of Bernard, fried cheese and beer sausage, dark Svijanský Knižé, unfiltered Urquell and ten crown halves of Gambrinus desetka in the long afternoon gap between classes.

Both The Guardian and The Times have articles on the world's greatest beer. Read them and salivate.

2 comments:

Garry Nixon said...

Personally, I recall the dumplings and the barmaids.

Michael said...

Bar staff in Liberec tend to be bearded men with big purses. The exception is Potrefena Husa, where they only have moustaches.