Archive for May, 2007

List of Beers in Czech Republic

May 24th, 2007

The last post made me want to list all the different beers we drank on the trip, starting with the first beer in the San Francisco Airport — Sam Adams. Here is the full list:

Sam Adams
Boddindgton
Carling
Pilsner Urquell
Velkopopovicky Kozel
Budweiser Budvar
Gambrinus
Stella Artois
Staropramen
Staropramen Dark
Pivovarsky India Pale Ale
Stepan Svelty
Pivovarsky Master 18
Primator Weizen
Krusovice
Singha
Pivovarsky Klasiky Lezak
Pivovarsky Banana
Pivovarsky Sour Cherry
Pivovarsky Koffee
Pivovarsky Nettle
Pivovarsky […]

By the Numbers

May 24th, 2007

Here are some stats regarding my last few weeks of traveling.
Overall:

Number of countries visited: 5
Number of new continents visited: 1
Number of new passport stamps: 18

Czech Republic:

Total number of beers we had: 64
Total liters of beer we drank: 20
Unique types of beer we drank: 25
Number of new beers we tried: 22

Not too bad…

Trip Log: Czech Republic 4

May 15th, 2007

As our final hurrah in Prague, Ricky and I wanted a beer at the Golden Tiger. That name is the translated version of its Czech name (U Zlateho Tygra), and this pub is well-known for being one of the few very traditional pubs still in Prague; in fact, then-President Havel (of Czech Republic) brought Bill […]

Trip Log: Budapest 2

May 11th, 2007

Budapest is apparently the food capital of Central Europe, and with tasty dishes like veal stew it is easy to see why. Something else they are famous for is palinka, a traditional fruit brandy that is very flavorful and strong.
I only know this because our last night in Budapest we were taken to dinner by […]

Trip Log: Budapest

May 10th, 2007

Budapest — the capital of Hungary (in case you didn’t know). It is equally pretty as Prague but without the tourists and huge crowds. Most people don’t know that it is made up of two sections, Buda and Pest — each formerly independent cities on their own — separated by the Danube River. On our […]

Trip Log: Czech Republic 3

May 9th, 2007

Fooball (aka, soccer) — Europe’s favorite sport. We decided to experience the action of a match first-hand, so we went to see AC Sparta Praha play (AC Sparta Praha is usually the top-ranked team in the Czech Republic). A short metro ride took us to the Toyota Arena where, to our amazement, we found out […]

Trip Log: Czech Republic 2

May 5th, 2007

We took a choppy 3-hour bus ride to the city of Ceske Budejovice to visit the Budweiser Budvar brewery. The Czech Republic is most proud of this brewery as it was the country’s first beer — and if their name sounds familiar, it’s because of the American beer with the same name. The Czech Budweiser […]

Trip Log: Czech Republic

May 3rd, 2007

Time for another trip. We are now in the Czech Republic, staying mostly in Prague. Since this country is the birthplace of beer, this online journal will be centered around beer. So expect lots of entries about the beers we try and the breweries we visit.
But just to show you we’re doing some normal activities, […]