Overview: I nearly missed this beer. I am sure there is an explanation when you are convinced you have tried something and can’t remember drinking it - probably trying too many (but not at the same time). This beer comes the Klosterbrauerei (Abbey brewery) of Scheyern, North of Munich.
The Beer: 12.5°, 5.4%; It smells of apples, almost as if it is stored in cider kegs, you get the hops in there too; clear, golden-amber with traces of bubbles rising; has a fabulously roasted-bitter taste, but not too much, rounded fizz but perhaps a little too much gas, I am still getting a apple essence in there but the bitterness has, it does have an excellent finish to it; pleasant enough after taste slight bitterness but not too over powering.
After words: You would like to think they have spent some time getting this beer right. If this is what they do with the the helles then I would love to try out their other beers (especially the doppelbock). Certainly not tried this beer before or even heard of it whilst I lived in Germany (considering the number of breweries this is unsurprising), but it was certainly worth giving a go. It does have something about it; the initial impression was one of a strong taste and rounded flavour; however, as the rest of the glass emptied it was getting more and more bitter and just a little too on the acidic side. Like the beer glasses they show on the website.
Website: Klosterbrauerei Scheyern

Overview: This was the first of the beers on tap at Pivovarsky Klub, probably the wisest of choices to try first considering - more on that later. From what I can find out about this beer it used to be brewed at the Klub itself; however, now this is brewed at the Dum (the Klub’s sister brewery/pub), at least according to the tap label. The name comes from the Klub’s address in Prague. Unless someone can correct me on this, it appears that this is only served at Pivovarsky Klub.
Another great adventure, this time with two drinking buddies. I am not sure what made us choose to come here when we did, but the general consensus was that it has taken us too long. We already know the sister pub Pivovarsky Dum and the great beers and food they have to offer, but for some reason had totally missed out on the klub. Whilst it, currently, only produces one of its own beers at the moment, it has to offer six beers on tap and shelves of bottled beer from all over Czech Republic, plus a few offering from elsewhere - it was good to see a few old friends from Belgium and Germany.
Overview: Today I had lunch at the Richter Brewery. It has been on the list of things to do for some time, not least because I wanted this to be the first try at the Kvasnicovy Lezak style of beer. Yes, I must confess that I have been in Czech Republic for well over two years and can’t recall trying this style of beer. Essentially this style of beer is the same as the Pilsner style, but has younger aged beer added to it after the initial lagering. This continues the process of fermentation and what you have in the glass is a healthy, half liter of living beer. I am reliably informed that Richter produces one of the best examples of such a style and is a good place to start sampling.
After words: There are two things to note here: the first is that the beer was something else, whilst I can see (i.e. visually) why it is compared with white/wheat beers, this has a far fuller taste and leaves wheat beers far behind. The second is that the brewery is far enough away from where I live to be almost depressing. There are nine beers on offer which means at least another eight more visits, and given this one example I would like to think, or at least hope that the rest of the beers follow a similar quality experience. Additionally the food was good, the pub was full, everyone seemed happy to be there and the service was stunningly good - waitresses happy, pleasant, service was quick; this is not the place to mention services in general in Prague but such service does stand out and is not usual. I cannot recommend this highly enough. The one downside, as I have mentioned, is that it is too far away from home which is down to my misfortune and lack of planning.
Overview: One of the more well known of the Munich breweries, certainly outside of Germany. Partly, but not wholly, owned by Heineken, it does seem to be doing rather well for itself it offers a regular 15 types of beer and a few special series of beers. I remember going to the Paulaner Brauhaus (one of many) in Munich as well as in Singapore - it was like an oasis in a desert of otherwise shoddy beers, I was certainly happy at the fact they exported to Asia, but not happy at the prices.

