Pilsner Urquell and Czechvar (Canned Canadian version)

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I know I've already beaten Pilsner Urquell and Czechvar (Budvar in its native country) into the dirt through repetition on my channel, but fellow BeerTuber Lee (http://www.youtube.com/elharlock) sent me the canned versions from Canada per my request so I could try non-skuned versions sold in North Abmerica.

Long story short, they're much better than the green-bottle skunky stuff available to me, but it's still not quite the same as getting it fresh and locally-made. Much to my surprise.

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[mrgrimviking]

Not a big fan of either of these but they are very easy to drink. I prefer the Staropramen when it comes to Czech beers. Drank loads of it when I was in Prague. Great review mate.

[TheEndosymbiosis]

@mrgrimviking I like Staropramen as well. Most people I know who visited Prague weren't fans of that one but I actually preferred it to Budvar.

[AmzingBeerDrinkngMan]

I have always been disappointed in the Pilsner Urquell in green bottles still looking for Czechvar

[TheEndosymbiosis]

@AmzingBeerDrinkngMan Get the cans if possible. Czechvar has a fairly "grassy" aroma and flavor in the bottles -- interesting if that's what you're looking for.

[10cutler]

good stuff buddy. im in the uk and can only get the budvar in cans, pu is always in the green bottle, although it is on tap in a few places where i am. im heading over to prague in february with my wife, cant wait to get some fresh stuff, its only a two and a half hour flight for me! apparently the beers from mattuschka and svijani are amazing

[TheEndosymbiosis]

@10cutler I've heard really great things about those guys. I'm hoping to get back there this summer and really seek out some of the microbreweries that have opened up even in just the last couple of years since I was there.

[triballus]

@TheEndosymbiosis If you go, check out matuska as mentioned but also Kocour and Strahov.. three good microbreweries.. just got back from prague a few months ago.

[TheEndosymbiosis]

@Tantrum777 It's the marketing appeal I think. "Traditional" green bottles and the like.

FWIW I know that Stella Artois is actually sold in brown bottles in Belgium, and only the American export market gets the green ones. When I was in Prague I'd typically buy the canned versions of these beers.

[mrgrimviking]

@TheEndosymbiosis I love Staropramen!

[Tantrum777]

Yeah its beyond me why they make great hoppy beer and then stick it in a green bottle.