Břevnovský Benedict 12°
The aroma is what draws you into Benedict while setting this beer apart from its peers—sweet, floral notes like nettles and chamomile. In the flavor, those floral notes join a more classic spicy and firm bitterness, cushioned by a sweetish, satisfying malt body that shouldn’t be this hard to stop drinking.
ABV: 5% IBUs: 40 Loc: Prague
Únětické Pivo 10° Nefiltrované
In Prague, it pays to watch for the little green sign that means draft beer from Únětický Pivovar. This lighter lager is unfiltered; the touch of diacetyl becomes comforting once you acquire the taste. Slender malt richness joins ample bitterness, and a dry finish resets the palate. The 12° is every bit as good.
ABV: 4% Loc: Únětice, Czech Republic
Pilsner Urquell
This gigantic brewery with global presence and a key role in beer history really does triple decoct its flagship and then lager some in wooden vessels. It happens to be a fantastic beer—physically gorgeous, deep gold, lighter than it tastes, with no-nonsense bitterness and an almost tobacco-like spicy hop presence, barely softened by light residual sweetness.
ABV: 4.4% IBUs: 40 Loc: Plzeň, Czech Republic