Czechish beers

The winner of the evening with an excellent scoreline was Svijanská Desítka, an excellent 10%-Plato pils from Pivovar Svijany with notable diacetyl. I find it fascinating that a beer with only 3.8% alcohol can be that tasty and complex. Second place was clinched by the earthy, dark Kláster Tmavé 10% from Pivovar Kláster. Two other favourites of mine was Bernard Svetlé 12% and Broucek 10%, both of which had among the strongest diacetyl flavour I've tasted. I really like that oily, butterscotchy note when in Czechish pilseners. The only Czechish beer that wasn't really up to it was Staropramen Dia, a Czechish version of a light-beer I assume.

Unless you fly from Sweden to the Czech Republic,there are a couple of countries you need to pass through to get there. And in both Germany and Denmark are beery places, so why not pick up a couple of brews there to?

Of the German beers two were interesting. Brauerei Landskron claims to be the easternmost private brewery in Germany, and their Pils was unusual in that it was more like a Czechish pils than a typical German. Berliner Weiße is an usual and rare style outside of Berlin. But we managed to pick up a bottle of Schultheiss' version, which was slightly more alcoholic, and also less dry than Berliner Kindl's.

Of the Danish beers only Maribo Pilsner was worth a mention. Boon Rawd brews a number of decently malty beers in Thailand. Their Singha Draft Beer is no exception. Not exciting - but a decent lager.