Louisiana Beer Reviews: Chechvar (Budweiser Budvar)

5% alcohol. Introduced in 1895. Brewed in the Czech Republic.

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January 27, 2012 Tags: beer review, Budweiser Budvar, Czech beer, Czechvar, Czechvar review, imported beer, People, ronaldtheriot Posted in: General

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ronaldtheriot - January 27, 2012

@SwillinGrog I don’t know what a Character Map is, but, yes, green bottles are a danger.
SwillinGrog - January 27, 2012

@ronaldtheriot Character Map. Yes, I was aware of that, the whole history of the dispute is very interesting. I’m still so wary of those green bottles.
ronaldtheriot - January 27, 2012

@Crisgo3d You’re right, Krul. A green bottle is always a risk.
ronaldtheriot - January 27, 2012

@maddmaxstar Thanks, mms! I have NEVER seen that brand sold here in anything but the 11.2 oz. bottle.
ronaldtheriot - January 27, 2012

@SwillinGrog Did you know that Budejovicky (how do you put those little accents on when you type?) is the Czech name and Budweiser is the German name? I was really glad it wasn’t skunked!
SwillinGrog - January 27, 2012

Great review. Here they call it Budějovický Budvar and there are several variants – one of which was my first ever review. The one you had is a very nice beer as long as it’s not skunked in that green bottle.
maddmaxstar - January 27, 2012

Weird that you got the rip-off bottles, I think we get ours in 500mL bottles here. I didn’t get any skunk with the Green Bottle either.

I like this better than American Budweiser, but didn’t like it as much as Pilsner Urquell. Cheers dude.
Crisgo3d - January 27, 2012

Woah, got lucky with this being it is in a green bottle. Good gamble. I tried the Pilsner Urquel and it skunked and tasted bad. I have to try this.
gez1308 - January 27, 2012

@ronaldtheriot A very nice dark lager indeed IMO.cheers mate
ronaldtheriot - January 28, 2012

@gez1308 Ooh-wee! They make a dark lager? Thanks for watching, Gez!
gez1308 - January 28, 2012

I had this a few months back, I rated it A- by memory, so I agree with your rating, if ya can get their dark lager I would highly recommend it anyway good review as always Ron.cheers mate

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