A Year of Beer #15 - Budweiser Budvar vs Pitfield Lager

Part of a year-long project on the seasonal nature of beer, with a little food thrown in for good measure. This week: the weather is hot, the beers are cold. On tour in London with a couple of classic lagers.

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[tehfear]

Have you ever tried coors light?

[ZakAvery]

@tehfear Yes. It's free from both flaws and flavour.

[DenisLD]

Great review... That's it I'm subscribing! Oh yes I am +)))

[ZakAvery]

Thanks Denis - I'm in a bit of a Christmas lull at the moment, but will resume shortly

[ZakAvery]

Hmm, I always find that bottled Badvar is a pretty good standby, in that it's widely available, rarely faulty, and usually pretty good. But you're right, the draught version is streets ahead.

[nige4958]

Why in the hell would anyone drink a lager from a wine glass? It's beer mate, not fucking wine. This type of pretentiousness is why people loathe you CAMRA know it alls.

[ZakAvery]

Thanks for your question, whorst. I find a wine glass useful as it means you can easily swirl a beer round to release aroma, and also that if you always use the same sort of glass, you can compare different beers easily.

I'm sorry you don't like my approach - perhaps you might like to post a video showing what you feel is the correct way to taste and talk about beer?

[JonW9999]

Much prefer Budvar Dark! Mmmm.

[smoky2004]

Tried the 500ml bottles of budvar for the first time yesterday, best lager I'ver drank, very clean tasting, no groggy hangover this morning, Budvar is the true king of beers!

[Europimp39]

Being Czech, I do not like the final decision but to be fare I have never tasted that English beer :p

Good review of my favorite beer ;)

[mlaudio72]

Great video. I've yet to get a bottle of Czechvar (or Pilsner Urquell) here in the states that tasted right. It seems that damn green bottle is the culprit. Had it on tap for the first time a few weeks ago...night and day difference! Wonderful!