Czech Republic

Like fragrant Zatec hops climbing their trellises, Czech history, culture and beer are intertwined in a way that even the Bavarians can't match for sheer ubiquitousness. The beer style of choice has become known as pilsner (see below), although dark lagers are available and wheat ales have begun to pop up in the Czech Republic's new emerging microbreweries.

• Czech Country pubs

Pilsner Urquell

Pretenders are numerous, the term "pilsner" is notoriously misappropriated, and Pilsner Urquell remains the original pilsner beer. It is the yardstick by which all others are measured. Pilsner is a specific style of lager beer: Richly golden in color, with a tight, clean body, a sassy hop bite and an alluring ssoftness in all the right places.

• http://www.pilsner-urquell.com

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