Never been the same here as in Belgium. No one used to best their wives up after drinking it in Belgium. The elderly Czech bloke who first put me onto Staporamen said a lot of Czechs didn't rate Budvar as highly as a lot on non Czechs.That was way back as well.
I left 50 years ago this month and said goodbye to the corporate sector( ICI Australia) in 1986 aged 46.