Budweiser Budvar 12

Pros: Crisp, clean, good taste
Cons: Low carbonation and foam; Bottled in Green

Our friends in the Czech Republic are responsible for making many great pilsner beer products, including the world famous Pilsner Urquell. The Czech Republic also produces a few other beer products, and one of them has made a name for itself in its own ...

Pros: Drinkable, malty and crisp, delicate hops won't offend non-craft beer drinkers.
Cons: Green bottles.Yuck.

Up until now, this Bud has not been for you. Anheuser Busch’s Budweiser beer is the most popular beer in the United States by far, but as Yoda once said, “There is another”. Ask most Bud drinkers in the United States what the name of that other Bud might...

Pros: Crisp, almost dry pilsner with distinct floral hop character.  Very flavorful, very well-balanced
Cons: Often sold less fresh than it should be. Green bottles.

Now sold in the USA under the Czechvar brand, this pilsner has been the subject of considerable myth-making.  Following the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, long before I was old enough to drink beer, rumors circulated, even ...

Pros: Crisp, tasty and refreshing
Cons: Easily confused with inferior brands

This is the most famous of all Czech lagers and perhaps the classic example of it's style. The Budweiser brewery was founded in the town of Ceske Budejovice (Budweis in German) in 1895, using water from an underground lake.
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Pros: Slightly richer, tastier palate than most beers of the type; smooth; light body
Cons: very plain and generic, not much appeal; skunky smell

I’ve never been impressed by Europe’s most popular beers, such as Stella Artois, Carlsberg and Pilsner Urquell. With Czechvar (also known as “Budvar” in Europe), we have a slightly better than average pale lager, but I’d ...

Pros: One of the best lagered beers I've tried
Cons: Still needs a touch more depth

Yes it's true I'm not going to be scathing about this beer. I've found another lagered beer that I can truly say I enjoy. You see, whilst I really admit a prejudice for ale I've nothing against lagers when they exhibit a degree of complexity and depth -...

Pros: An outstanding lager closely related to pilsner style
Cons: mythic status creates aura not fully deserved.

There are beers that attain a reputation and mythic status among beer drinkers. Some attain this reputation because drinkers try them and are blown away by the quality. Other times there are other factors at work. With Budweiser Budvar we have a...

Pros: Deliciously delicate light lager, grassy and subtly malty
Cons: Can't get it in the U.S., overhyped by beer geeks

What's in a name?

Budweiser, Budvar, Anheuser-Busch. You'll find a lot of hot type thrown around the Internet (in beer areas, anyway) about "original Budweiser" or "real Budweiser," about stealing names and better beer... You'll find...

Pros: Full flavoured beers; the genuine Eastern European brew
Cons: You may have to look for them

Beer is reputed to have been brewed continuously in central Europe for over 700 years. The Czech Republic is justly proud of its reputation for fine pilsner beers and boasts many breweries. I had the opportunity to try several of these on a city break...

Pros: Excellent quality and flavor
Cons: Lack of availability

Several years ago, I went on a TDY (military equivalent of a business trip)to Germany, where I had the great fortune to try the Czech Budvar. What a surprise to find a familiar name, yet such an improvement in taste. It was on that same trip that my...

Pros: They taste bad
Cons: They are smooth drink

I have to say that I am very offended by the fact that on the Budweiser commercial, there are three big ugly frogs singing a song. I am very mad at this because my favorite animal happens to be the Shitsoo. I have a pet Shitsoo. His name is Ka-Meel-Yun....

Pros: goes great with a nice steak
Cons: price (as always)

This is one of the more famous beers coming from Europe, but it's still very hard to find in the mid-west, which is a downside, not on Budweiser, but on the lack of interest of European beer

Anyway, this beer must have the most distinct taste...

Pros: great taste, little hang over
Cons: same name as American Bud

When I was in Rome I went on a Pub crawl, I thought great might get a chance to try some of the home grown beers. This was not the case, instead it was just the American namesake of this Bud.

Bud - Great commercial's, however the beer just...

Pros: Flavour, knowing that you're not drinking Budweiser
Cons: Costs too much outside the Czech Republic

From the country that invented the Pilsner, this beer is, along with Staropramen, the lager by which all other lagers should be judged. Currently in a legal catfight with the American Budweiser over the name, there is no contest in the tasting war. This...

Pros: Great taste, not too much gas
Cons: None!

I stumbled across epinions.com and decided to reply - even though based in the UK, I hope my opions are of some interest.

I enjoyed reading the review on Budweiser. I've liked this beer for many years and having just returned from the Czeck...