Staropramen lager

Advantages: Readily available, inexpensive but top quality
Disadvantages: None

...top quality product. STAROPRAMEN have been brewing quality beers since around 1870 right in the centre of Prague. They brew a range of differing ales, but their most successful, and best-known, is a golden lager called...um, STAROPRAMEN LAGER. Like just about every brewery in Europe these days, they're now part of the colossus that is the Interbrew family. http://www.pivovary-staropramen.cz/web/en/ Speaking of family..... One day, Mr. Clumpett rushed ...
...colour." STAROPRAMEN pours a bright, crystal clear, golden-honey colour, with a lively carbonation forming a creamy white head. The dissipates slowly and coats the glass with abundant lace. The aroma is crisp and clean, and very fragrant with what are probably Saaz hops - a little similar to freshly-mown grass. There is also plenty of good malt aroma, and some earthy tones. The first taste I notice, is a pleasant, biscuity malt character. There's ... Read review

Advantages: Price, availablity, taste, quality
Disadvantages: Boring people to death talking about its merits

...the pubs of the UK, Staropramen is three things which the others are not - inexpensive, tasty and widely available. Lagers such as Stella Artois, available in almost every pub, are pricey and frankly not-that-great. Becks, Carlsberg, Carling and Heineken, the cheap alternatives, are weak and completely untasty. There are a few other lagers which are either local brews or specialist lagers, which can be tasty and cheap but are often only available ...
...Staropramen, on the other hand, combines all these qualities. Usually cheaper than Stella Artois, it is great tasting (refreshing, full-bodied and punchy) and is sold on-tap at most pubs. Of course, in some pubs they opt to sell San Miguel as the "alternative" premium lager, but where available, I'd recommend Star' as the only lager worthy of consmption. ... Read review

Advantages: tastes great, nice glass
Disadvantages: can be overpriced

Staropramen is a Czech lager, first brewed in Prague in 1869, but didn't get its brand name registration until 1911. Today, it is the Czech Republics top selling beer and is sold in many countries all over the world. I hear that is very popular in Ireland, sold almost as frequently as Guinness. It is now widely available in many UK pubs and clubs and is reasonably priced too. Right, enough with the introduction, now to the important part of any drink ...
...great. Although its full bodied, Staropramen is smooth and surprisingly light, meaning it is very easy to drink. It also has tremendous thirst quenching potential, so is lovely on a hot day in the beer garden of you're local. Another nice feature of the beer is that unlike many modern lagers you get a nice head to you're pint which is quite thick and frothy. The glass is also nice, tall and with the Staropramen logo on the front. As well as being ... Read review

Advantages: classy, authentic,'i feel like I'm on holiday', beer.
Disadvantages: it's not British.

...I cannot understand why Peroni Nastro Azzuro is not more widely available. If you look at all the premium lagers available in supermarkets these days there are lots and lots of pretty awful excuses for beer. especially the Australian rubbish that is figuratively stuffed down our throats by the advertising moguls. The trouble with Aussie beer is, it tastes like something a kangaroo left behind unless you chill it until it is almost solid and then it miraculously tastes of.......nothing. Fortunately Nastro Azzuro belongs to the genre of classy, well-brewed and flavoursome European lagers that we have become accustomed to since we have been more widely travelled. Nastro Azzuro is as good as, if not better than most of the Eastern European lagers like Staropramen and Pilsner Urquell.It is also far superior to te Belgian and Dutch... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting Historic Beer from Interbrew. Serve as an occasional curiosity
Disadvantages: Acquired taste.

...premium/specialty brands - Beck's, Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Leffe and Bass Ale - with the strong local brands which are at the heart of our operations, including Jupiler, OB Lager, Labatt Blue, Cass, Ozujsko, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivski, Staropramen and Borsodi Sör. “ [Abridged from the Interbrew website: www.interbrew.com] HOEGAARDEN WHITE BEER. Belgian white wheat beer is brewed by a top fermentation process. It contains 55% malted barley and 45% unmalted wheat. Amongst other ingredients added to the mix are hops, coriander and dried orange peel. After it has been put into the keg or bottle further yeast is added so that a second fermentation process takes place. This causes several effects: the final brew is cloudy (it is not filtered), it has a natural carbonation and the yeast aids the keeping qualities... Read review

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Advantages: In Holland you may know what you are drinking
Disadvantages: IN the UK who knows what you are drinking?

..., and the newest global brewer. A public company based in Brussels (Belgium) (INTB – Euronext Brussels), Interbrew runs operations in 20 countries, across North America, Western Europe and the emerging markets. The strategy of Interbrew, The World's Local Brewer©, is to build strong local platforms in the major beer markets of the world. Our strength is our brand portfolio, which gives us a number one or number two position in almost every market where we operate. This portfolio combines international premium/specialty brands - Beck's, Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, Leffe and Bass Ale - with the strong local brands which are at the heart of our operations, including Jupiler, OB Lager, Labatt Blue, Cass, Ozujsko, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivski, Staropramen and Borsodi Sör. Oranjeboom - Netherlands The Oranjeboom brewery has been... Read review

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