Comments on: The Czech Republic’s New Beer Map

By: Marcus Rees

Marcus Rees — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:52:28 +0000

Hi Evan

Do you know where I can buy online? A search on google proved fruitless. Love your GBG to Czech, by the way – my favourite book ever!

By: smetanophile

smetanophile — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:19:03 +0000

I found the map in the first bookshop that I tried and enjoyed reading through the guide part especialy the recent start-ups. I think it’s a step in the right direction to promote what CZ is really good at (in some places “what CZ used to be good at” but that can change) and ensure that the beer tradition in CZ continues.

On this subject, I don’t think that I’ve seen any reference (but I may have missed it) to Oldřich Vlasák’s EuroMP candidature campaign to protect Czech beer. First time I’ve seen a beer bottle as an election campaign medium and I’m hanging on to my remaining few bottles of his Nachod brewed campaign beer just as a reminder.

By: Michal Pober

Michal Pober — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:27:30 +0000

Good to hear Evan – and that you are finding time yourself to get out and about to check out new data. Hard work that research, I know!
Will this lead to an update to the “Good Beer Guide”?
We never leave home without it!

By: Honza svetpiva.cz

Honza svetpiva.cz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:49:10 +0000

the map is worth byuing. Include all breweries up to date of 1st of April. yes, some is missing, but still very good, indeed…

By: Pivní Filosof

Pivní Filosof — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:48:35 +0000

I’ve seen the map and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of info it’s got.

Anyway, I am expecting some tasting notes and reports from the junior beer writer.

By: Evan Rail

Evan Rail — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:13:23 +0000

It appears to be very complete, David. It includes not-open-to-the-public hobby breweries, including one that asked not to be listed in GBG Prague & CR.

Dr. Beer Tooth is correct — the booklet does not contain a whole lot about the types of beers, and there’s almost no travel information. It’s still very much worth getting, I think.

By: pivnizub

pivnizub — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:05:14 +0000

Quite a good idea, to print this map and the booklet; but in my opinion the emphasis is a bit too much on historical facts and on political correctness. In the german text, e.g., every village and hamlet is described with its german name, that can be funny, when they call Kolin “Köln”…… For beer-hunters the map is not extremely helpful, because neither the opening times of the brewpubs nor the exact number of brews are listed.

By: David

David — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:44:46 +0000

How complete is it? I mean have you found any breweries that are simply not listed on the map that you know of. By the sounds of it there are also no details on whether the brewery has visitor facilities.
Very good idea though (I think complaining about it taking so long to appear is non-constructive).