Brewed Where?

Which beers sold as foreign are brewed in Britain, and what to buy instead

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What to drink instead of Staropramen Premium Czech Lager

Staropramen Premium Czech Lager is sold as Czech and brewed in Britain, at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, at 5.0%. If you were buying it for a Czech lager, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.

Where Staropramen Premium Czech Lager is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.

From the country on the label

  1. Budweiser Budvar Original
    Imported from Czech Republic · 5.0% · sold as Czech
    Genuine import Verified

    Brewed at Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic. 5.0% here, the same as at home.

  2. Pilsner Urquell
    Imported from Czech Republic · 4.4% · sold as Czech
    Genuine import Verified

    Brewed at Plzen in the Czech Republic. 4.4% here, the same as at home.

The same style, genuinely imported from elsewhere

  1. Bitburger Premium Pils
    Imported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as German
    Verified

    Brewed at Bitburg in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.

  2. Krombacher Pils
    Imported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as German
    Genuine import Verified

    Brewed at Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. 4.8% here, the same as at home.

  3. Spaten Munchner Hell
    Imported from Germany · 5.2% · sold as German
    Genuine import Verified

    Brewed at Munich in Germany. 5.2% here.

  4. Zywiec Premium
    Imported from Poland · 5.5% · sold as Polish
    Genuine import Verified

    Brewed at Zywiec in Poland. 5.5% here.

How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Staropramen Premium Czech Lager. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.

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