Quest for a Beer

Tarantio

This may be a long shot, but I figure I might as well try whatever I can.

This past summer, on a choir trip, in a restaurant in Prague, I had a particularly good beer, and I've decided that I want to find out what it was, and whether I can get it back home, in New Jersey. I do not remember what it was called (although I think it started with a U), or the name of the restaurant (or possibly hotel).

Here's what I do remember: on the english menu of the restaurant, it was described as yeasty, and it was the only beer with this description. The other options were, I think, dark and light.

The restaurant was just west of the Charles bridge, immediately west of an arch over the street, on the north side of that street. This google maps link is, to the best of my ability to tell, the location of the restaurant: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=50.087345,14.406688&ie=UTF8&ll=50.087355,14.406772&spn=0.0008,0.002414&t=h&z=19

On the off chance that anyone is able to help me figure out what this is, I suggest you try one, it's delicious.

Anexion

Was it Pilsner Urquell? I had that often in Prague, seemed pretty popular there.

RichardTauber

http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/directory/6/CZ

Knock yourself out.

Tarantio

Anexion wrote: »

Was it Pilsner Urquell? I had that often in Prague, seemed pretty popular there.

Nope, definitely not. There were signs for Pilsner Urquell all over the place, and it's pretty good, but this was different. This was not something anyone else at the table was familiar with.

kaliyama

The other major czech brand, and the one I prefer over Budvar( in eglish, budweiser - NOT our shitty budweiser), is krusovice (kru-SHO-veet-say) comes in both light and dark, so that oculd be what you're referring to..it never struck me as particularly yeasty tho

Hachface

Perhaps Primator? That was a supremely delicious beer that I had when I was in Prague.

Tarantio

I guess I wasn't entirely clear- there were only a few beers on the menu, between 3 and 6. Others were described as light, or dark, this one was the only one described as yeasty.

Edit: Update- I may have found it: http://www.pod-vezi.cz/beverages.html

The menu and location seem to match what I remember- I'm not certain, but it's likely correct.

The three beers listed there are Prazdroj, Gambrinus, and Budvar. I'm leaning toward Gambrinus, but I'll look into all three.

Slagmire

Well, you gave the description of it from the menu, but you didn't tell us how it set with your pallet - how did it taste? Was it hoppy or malty? Was there an undertone of chocolate, citrus, coffee or something? Did it have a high alcohol content? Was it dark, amber, red or light?

Also, are you sure it wasn't a brew specific to that place? I've heard there are a high number of brewpubs in Prague that make their own beer.

The Beer Advocate website is an excellent source, but it helps to know what kind of beer you had in limiting the choices.