Real Czech Staropramen available in Lidl

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Attention lager fans!

In recent years all the Staropramen stocked in UK supermarkets has been brewed in Burton on Trent. It’s not bad. In fact, it’s miles better than most of the ‘brewed in the UK’ versions of European lagers, eg Stella Artois, Birra Moretti, San Miguel etc etc. But it’s not the real thing. In particular, the bitterness profile is a bit too aggressive & metallic.

Now, real Czech Staropramen, brewed in Prague, is available in Lidl. The small print on the back of the bottle confirms that it’s the real thing. I’m currently enjoying a bottle and it’s delicious. This is how ‘lager’ is supposed to taste. It’s in 500ml bottles priced at £1.79.

Stock up & enjoy. Cheers!

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ambuletz said:

genuinely fed up with all the beers on sale these days. They've all been lowered to 5% or less, taste of nothing/taste all the same. Only decent options are to buy expensive belgian beers, or eastern european ones from the local off license. might pop into LIDL later and have a look. Anyone able to check if ALDI's ones are UK brewed or imported?

I believe Aldi’s Steinhauser lager is brewed in Germany. Don’t know about the rest of their brands, though.

Finding good lager in pubs can be difficult because most only stock a few heavily promoted brands and demand is driven by fashion & marketing. Madri, a UK brewed ‘Spanish’ brand which was invented by a big brewer’s marketing department a few years ago seems to be what everyone is drinking at the moment. It doesn’t even exist is Spain.

But I can still find excellent genuine Czech & German lager in supermarkets. Budvar & Pilsner Urquell are widely available. Sainsbury’s sell Warsteiner. Tesco stock Paulaner & Krombacher and I also saw some Bitburger there recently.