Try Budvar,the original beer before it was 'batardised' for the western markets Budweiser these days is pisswater,horrible stuff
He said I was allowed as if I did, you probably wouldn't believe me anyway because you'd think it was a bluff
Good call, Budvar definately the better of the two Are they derived from the same beer? I thought it was two completely seperate things that just happened to have the same name.
I can't drink beer or wine (esp white wine)... messes up my legs... I'm in agony and can't sleep if I have a little. Harder alcohols don't seem to affect me though.
Its known as Budweiser Budvar,but how long that has been the case I don't know. Way back a mate told me the recipe was re-created for mass production in the west,to the beers detriment. I also remember him saying that the Czechs brewed good beer because of geological reasons.Very good water quality.
I don't drink alcohol at all anymore because of long standing health issues. Don't really miss it either
The history of brewing in České Budějovice (Budweis, Kingdom of Bohemia) dates back to the 13th century, when the city received the brewing rights.[3] The original Budweiser Bier or Budweiser Bürgerbräu (Czech:Budějovický měšťanský pivovar), was founded here in 1785. The company began exporting to the United States in 1871.[4][5] In the U.S., Anheuser-Busch started using the Budweiser brand in 1876 and registered it two years later. A second company (now named Budvar) was established in 1895 in same town by mainly Czech brewers, which also started exporting beer under the name Budweiser (being the German way of referring to something from the city such as a beer, while "Budějovický" means the same in Czech). These exports into the US market led to the Budweiser trademark dispute. Negotiations between the three companies, the two from the original town and the American Anheuser-Busch, about using "Budweiser" reached an agreement in March 1938 that allowed Anheuser-Busch to use the brand "Budweiser" only in North America.[6] After the fall of communism, both local breweries tried to secure rights to traditional names Since the companies had or have trademarks for the name "Budweiser," they have been party to many lawsuits in a number of countries. Because of such disputes, Czech Budweiser is sold in North America under the label Czechvar and American Budweiser is labelled as Bud in all European Union markets, except for Ireland and the United Kingdom. In the European Union (EU), Budějovický Budvar is recognized as a product with Protected Geographical Indication. However, the trademark rights to the name Budweiser for some products other than beer are owned by Anheuser-Busch.[7] In early 2007, Anheuser-Busch and Budvar reached an agreement that stated that Anheuser-Busch would market Budvar/Czechvar in the United States and several other countries for an undisclosed fee. However, both sides stated that this did not affect their lawsuits. The partnership with AB InBev was terminated in January 2012, and in July of that year, United States Beverage began responsibility for the sales and marketing of Czechvar in the United States.[8] In March 2009, Anheuser-Busch lost an appeal against the EU's Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) decision to reject the registration of Budweiser as an EU-wide trademark for beer for Anheuser-Busch. The court pointed out that Budějovický Budvar had proven that it had been using the trade mark during at least the five years preceding the publication of Anheuser-Busch's application for a Community trade mark. The decision also covers malted non-alcoholic beverages (such as non-alcoholic beer).[9] On 29 July 2010, Anheuser-Busch also lost its last-instance appeal against this decision. This means that Anheuser-Busch may not register the name Budweiser as an EU-wide trademark for beer. In Germany and Austria in particular, only Budějovický Budvar is allowed to use the trademark Budweiser.[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Budvar_Brewery
