Drinking beer in Prague

Czech Republic and beer belong together. The brewery density is very high and so we started in Prague to visit the first breweries and taste the beers.

We will present breweries in Prague:

• DVA Kohouti
• Lokál
• Staropramen

DVA Kohouti

In the district of Karlín you can find the brewery DVA Kohouti, which means brewery “Two cocks”.

Through a courtyard entrance you come to a courtyard with numerous benches and tables. Here is the entrance to the small brewery, which opened here at the end of 2018.
Adam Matuška (well-known brewer of the region) together with Lukáš Svoboda (multi-award winning bartender) has created the brewery according to the motto “We bring together two craft activities: Brewing and pouring.” opened the brewery, which since then has become more and more popular. Thus, brewing in the morning and drinking in the afternoon and evening.

When you enter the hall on the first floor, you are almost in the middle of the brewery. The brewhouse is at the front and there is also a row of storage tanks. Otherwise, there are bar tables and some beer benches, all rather practical and less cozy.

Above the bar you can see which beers are currently on offer. It varies depending on the season or action of the brewery. One beer is brewed directly on site, Místní Ležák 12°, the twelve-grain “Local Lager” with 4.9% alcohol. So our choice was clear. The second beer was an IPA.

Here you order the beer at the counter, pay at the cash register and pick up the beer with the receipt from the tapper. There is no service at the table, no food only beer!

With the beer in hand, you then look for a place. We were drawn outside to the fresh air and found a place at a table. “Na zdraví” and the first sip of beer runs down the throat. Both beers tasted fresh and full-bodied. The IPA was a bit stronger in taste, but still the “house beer” could easily keep up.

We liked the brewery very much, the beer was tasty.

Address:

Dva kohouti
Sokolovská 81/55
186 00 Praha 8- Karlín

Restaurants of the Lokál Group

Lokál restaurant belongs to a chain that has stores not only in Prague. Here you can eat very hearty, but many visitors are attracted here because of the beer. We saw some of the restaurants and one thing was the same in all of them. It was full – really full. To get a table whether in the guest room or if available outside is often a matter of luck, here you should reserve. Yes, and because the seats are scarce, you just take the beer to the street, stand together and talk.

We are always drawn to the Lokál, because here we get one of the best dark beers we have drunk so far: the dark Kozel Černý on tap!

The beer comes from the Velké Popovice brewery, a company of the Pilsner Urquell brewery. We like the beer very much, it is smooth and full-bodied – simply drinkable.

Staropramen

At the Staropramen Brewery Prague Visitor Center, every visitor, even those who do not take part in a guided tour, has the opportunity to drink freshly tapped beer.

When we were there, there was hardly any visitors. The tours were hardly visited and thus also the taproom very empty. Normally, this is probably not the case, we were told, and it can happen that you have to wait a moment for a free table. But you are compensated with freshly tapped Staropramen. Something you should definitely wait for.

We tried four different beers. There was something for every taste.

Staropramen Premium

A light premium lager with the oldest recipe of the brewery (1871). Bohemian and Bavarian malt and hops from the Žatec region are used. The alcohol content is 5%.

The beer tastes slightly malty and has a pleasant hop note. Only later do you notice the bitterness of the pilsner.

Staropramen Černý Ležák

The dark beer has an alcohol content of 4.4%. Four different types of malt are used for the beer: Bohemian malt, Bavarian malt, caramelized malt and colored malt.

The beer tastes very soft and full-bodied. It almost flatters the palate and is clearly one of my favorites.

Staropramen Granát

Staropramen Granát is a semi-dark lager with a beautiful ruby color. With its alcohol content of 5.5%, it is the strongest beer we drink that day. The beer is brewed from three types of malt (Bohemian, Bavarian and caramelized) and is triple hopped.

The beer tastes full-bodied, the hops can be tasted mildly tart.

Staropramen Nefiltrovaný

The most surprising beer for me is the unfiltered pale ale. For the beer, the brewer uses Bohemian malt and wheat malt. The beer has an alcohol content of 5.0%.

I like the taste, it’s a pity that this beer is not available in stores in Germany.