Budvar: talking lager with the brewmaster (pt 2) | The Craft Beer Channel 

Not only is a Czech pour delicious, but I can also confirm it’s really fun to do! Each mug is a little work of art

Alright guys, I followed up to my comment on part 1 and can now drink Budvar while watching the video!

There is a podcast interview with Adam Broz for beer and brewing magazine, he tells the story about the their dark lager and how his boss wanted changed the recipe brewed it with more restraint on the roasted malts and it took Adam 15 years to confess to his boss that he’d changed it back again without him knowing

I've been in hospital - and this video is a massive coming home treat 🙂thanks Chaps!

The pour masterclass was superb - when I worked in a bar, the focus was on minimising head, because the customer was paying for liquid rather than foam, quality be damned.

What a great joy to listen to the brewers so obviously committed to producing the best beer that they possibly can. And some of the detail around glassware, temperature, pouring, and serving has been a revelation. Just when I thought maybe there’s not too much left to learn…. Great pair of videos!🍻

I couldn't possibly be more jealous

That sums it up completely. ‘Lager is the beer for every occasion’. Done. No contest.

Czech pour is the way to go! I was drinking flat beers with a Scott, who said his people would feel ripped off if a significant amount of the glass was foam. The ignorance.

i love the passion of everyone at Budvar when they are speaking or showing their brewery and beer. 🤩🍺

a total masterclass in how to pour a beer, outstanding. It goes to show that if you get a good beer well poured, then the bar staff need the kudos as much as the beer.

What Radim said about the foam that it protects the beer and that It’s your friend, not your enemy. Here in the Netherlands we drink our beer with a nice head of foam, because it protects the beer and it looks attractive if you see a beer with a nice creamy head of foam. It invites you to take a sip. Our way of pouring the beer is similar to the Czech one, the only difference is that in the Czech Republic they have three ways of pouring it: One without foam, one with two to three fingers of foam and one with a lot of foam which almost covers up the entire glass, and in the Netherlands we have one way, which consists in that the beer must have af least 2 fingers head on the beer.

Damn you, now contemplating visiting The Czech Republic. As if I didn't have enough places on my bucket list already. Oh well, it's all love & beer! But was I the only one waiting for a Šnyt to happen? Oh and more Brad beer mustaches please. He looks so utterly at peace with himself wearing a foamy mustache.

My favorite Beer side by side with Orval.. but this one I can find in the little supermarket by my house 🍻

Please tell the brewmaster (Adam, I believe) that his English is going great! I'm not sure of the time period he has spent studying, but it deserves praise! This has been such a great series of videos! Thank you so much!

Great video, I was dribbling at times watching that video, just wanted a pint of it soo badly. I'm going to have to buy some. It's watching things like this which makes me think there's hope for humanity.

I’ve had budvar n urquell direct from the tanks, you’re right that’s some of the best beer you’ll ever have

I like Budvar's Kroužek. Great beer, Koužek means a little ring. This beer has a great foam and as you drink it it leaves white rings on the glass.

My favorite beer moment of the week; friday evening, making vegetarian hamburgers for myself and my girl, cracking a beer while cooking (Kasteel Tripel in this case) and watching a Craft Beer Channel video on the side while doing 🍻😎❤️ cheers to much more years

Budvar 33 is a monster beer 😊

I get this beer in the USA its the best beer on the planet to me

Czech lager is by far the best beer in my opinion! 🍺😍

What a amazing 2 part series, we're currently trying different recipes for a traditional Czech pilsner and loving the journey, it would be our dream to pour authentic czech beers the proper way :-) in the future. Cheers and keep them coming.

The absolute commitment to quality was so intense. I'm a professor of chemical engineering, and I was really impressed by their commitment to quality and consistency. I've loved and respected their beer for a long time, but this was next level.

In my time I have drank gallons and gallons and GALLONS of Budvar but I will admit that in the past number of years it has not been a beer that I have automatically reached for. This two part video has me salivating at the mouth for a cold Budvar hard poured into a pint class to give it that thick creamy head! Roll on five o'clock somewhere!

Thank you for such great content! Wonderful personalities working at the brewery. I have been to Pilsner Urquell but now I have to go to Budvar!!

The Beers he poured looked fantastic. I've seen another Czech beer that was poured with 100% foam in Pilsen, years ago. Don't know how it would play out in the UK thought, where the liquid has to go to the line. Perhaps we should have quart gasses to incorporate the larger head? I'm certainly up for that!

That was incredible, thank you. I have to go to the Budvar brewery.

The right to brew beer was granted to Budweis 700 years ago by the king.

Wish they'd release these special reserve beers like say for example Fullers do with Vintage ale, would love to try a yearly release, I know I'm the target audience for it but surely it would sell well.

Best yet guys. Been on a brewing journey that maps to your channel. And great beer is great beer, whether it’s Pliney or Pilsner. I’ve been coming back to quality lagers more and more lately, and there is no denying their place in the pantheon. Quality is quality.

Thanks guys nice video I understand there a 3 ways to pour a Czech bier, Hladinka which is what Bradley learned Snyt 3 fingers of bier & 6 fingers of foam Mliko which seems to be almost all foam with half a finger of bier.

Great great review guys great brewery very informative

Stunning video and I learned so much !!!

Spot on......respect....

I love hearing Adam talk about Lager!!!

Greetings from Moravia! Great video! I always appreciate Budvar, which is very hard to come by here. Have a pint at Olomouc train station if you p as pass trough. They have it on tap and it is always great.😮

I think I hate you both for experiencing something I will never experience. I jest but thank you for bringing me closer to the experience. Unfortunately my homebrews don't give me the same level of excitement and the US brewers are not close to achieving this either.

Budvar is such a joyous lager to drink

What a totally awesome job you have! Keep up the great work guys!

You've done it again boys, great work. Thank you 👏🍻

Brilliant. Really enjoyed this 2 part video.

Brilliant part deux

Several points you make which I agree with: 1) FRESH beer is always far better. Decades ago (1972 to be precise) I went with a friend to the SCHLITZ brewery in Milwaukee WI, and as it was a filthy day outside, we were the only two men taking the plant tour. A group of children with a couple-three ladies to herd them were there, but that was it. The bartender in the tasting room was bored, so he gave us some of their premium Lager, and it was the first time I'd had FRESH beer. Amazing, wish I'd had more exposure to good beer before that to really appreciate it. THEN the bored bartender said "So, we also get the senior staff down here on their time off, and we also own a brewery in Hawaii, would you like to try some?" YES. It too was amazing, and gave us an example of a different brewing style with slightly different processes/ingredients. This was the first and only time for a LONG time that I liked beer. Before that it was bottled or draft crap that had been allowed to sit for Gods alone knew how long. Sadly, the Schlitz brewery as I know it was gone Move forward forty-six (46!) years and I FINALLY get that same quality from a micro brewery where I live. 2) I have been drawing beer wrong for most of my life. When my local does a Czech style, they have a special tap, and I have had to relearn how to draw a glass. THANK YOU. Let me know if it's OK to blurb my local's name...incidentally, we have four local pubs now, a fifth opening soon, AND a number of other pubs within a 15-20 minute drive should I wish to go afield. Cheers!

Loved this 2 parter. Makes me SOO thirsty for a ton of budvar now.

Amazing Part 1 and Part 2 videos! So thankful for your beer content!

Great video as always

Amazing the craft that is needed to keep the consistency and those guys looked like they really enjoyed it too. Shan't look at Budvar the same again. As for the pour! Not enough is done in the UK to educate the puller on the need of a good pour of any beer. More details on that CBC? My favourite, the 2 layered pour.

Thank you Adam! Your explanation of the maturation profile of the wet-hopped lager at 12:08 put into words what I've been experiencing with my wet-hopped bitter that I've been enjoying off and on for several months now.

I love this.

fascinating to hear about the foam pour -great video -well done yet again

Crazy pouring!!

It's an amazing beer guys,I sel it at Majestic wines and I drink a lot .

Another great episode seen a few people on RU-vid visit the brewery and record it but this is definitely my favourite so far. Great great content well put together and really really good editing. Effort guys cheers 👍🍻

I think a lot of our start up breweries here in the states could learn a lot from just this video,Some of our newer breweries the beer lacks mouth feel and body and when you say something to them,they are not receptive,I am not a big volume home brewer however I’ve put out some great beers so I do know a little bit about beer and what it should be bye style ! Love the channel guys !

Brilliant, Thank you! You have reinforced why I lager my lagers 3 months and why I have a Lukr sidepour on my system. Many visitors ask where are the bigger bubbles like what they are used to in the pubs but alas I love the slow approach with the wet foam and small bubbles.

very cool....

Nice video, I'd like to see one on the pilsner urquell brewery though. Gambrinus is my go to in Czech rep 👌

Bring on the UK short pour and viva le three finger head 👍🏻

Folk over here would go nuts seeing foam, they want lager served to the brim with no head!

Absolute brilliant videos guys, loved them both and Czech beer in general is on another level when poured correctly. One thing I was hoping you’d ask, maybe off camera, was why they sell their beers in green bottles. It’s the only way a lot of people will get to taste this wonderful beer (even though it is more readily available in cans now too). It’s such a shame that it’s then at the mercy of retailers how it’s stored, potentially ruining it. Will definitely try to get to the brewery at some point though 👍🏼🍺🍺

I need to know where in the UK I can try a Czech poured Pilsner.

Well after the last video I got a 4 pack, I've often drunk Budvar and it is something of a go to for me as my local offie stocks it. Until then I've never tasted strawberry and since it's been pointed out it's all I get. I'll have to have a few more while I decide if that's elevated or ruined Budvar for me!

Just back from Prague the Czech Pilsners are superb but I personally think the Germans just pip them for efficiency and more enjoyable drinking experience..

You should have had a sponsorphip from SkyScanner, off to look for flights to Czechia!

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Id liken a Czech pour from a side pour tap to getting a cask ale from beer engine. Both superior to receiving the liquid than other ways. Although, the first time I (accidentally) ordered a mlíko pour in Slovakia, I tried to send it back and couldn’t believe they’d serve me “just head”. 😂

Hi guys, nice videos! Are you planning to visit more breweries around the world? Btw. next time when you'll be in Czechia, I think you may consider "Wild Creatures" brewery, which is located in the heart of wine-growing area in Moravia, and they are brewing Moravian version of lambic beers... they are kind of milder than Belgian lambics and often use grapes as additional flavoring ingredient. probably one of the most interesting Czech beers.

I once had a wonderful time at St. Mars of the Desert having various Czech pours. Definitely seems to make a difference to texture and perceived bitterness. Would love to know more about how the side pour tap works: not sure if that's enough for a whole video though. Is a focus on Co2 the next big thing in craft beer? Guinness's success has a lot to do with their pour and the head and the co2/nitrogen mix.

It comes from the ancient Greek Olympics, champions would have "Die Now" chanted at them as life was only going downhill from there.

It is all about education if you served a pint with that much head on it up north you would be losing yours lol! Just top us that uo pal! , you would need a yard of ale glass with a line on it just to get a full pint lol!? Love the channel looking forward to hackney to meet you both in the flesh! Keep up the great work ,hope there is gonna be some great low brau merch at the festival Brad ????🙏

Did you do a video of Czech beers and bsrs like in the clip at end?

Nice🍺. Would be interesting to learn if there is any advice on how to replicate the “perfect pour” by using a can or bottle 😁

Also - heres a “lowbrau” way to get a czech-ish head from a can/bottle pour. Take a thick syringe, suck up half of beer, half of air. Violently send it back into the beer and sit back and watch the co2 in the beer quickly form a large, foamy head. #Science

The only problem with that, is that not just anyone gets into the cellars. Pretty sure if I just walk in off the streets and say "can I go drink out of your cellar", probably not going to go over too well. I doubt even flashing my Craft Beer Channel patch would get me very far. Worth a try though I suppose! LOL Problem with those pours, is in the west. UK, US, Canada, etc, the customer thinks they are getting ripped off if there is too much head on the beer, and that is just a cultural change we have to make.

What role does the side pour tap play in Czech pours? Could you do the same with a typical UK keg tap?

What time of the year we’re you there? I have to plan a trip there when the wet hop is on tap.

Maybe you should do a collab with utopian or Lost and grounded and take what you have learned from this tour and replicate something with british hops and malts. By the way great video.

How does the foam get so dense and white? Is it a mixture between co2 and nitrogen? Most lagers I get have a foam with big bubbles that disappear quickly, but my favourite style is this dense white one.

I always thought pouring a pint like they do in the UK is a money’s worth thing. More beer for the money. So it was never about taste. Luckily for us in holland the good tap rooms always serve or poor a beer with the head because of the taste reasons 🍻

Czech Pore is my Goal! 🤔👍✌️❤️

Does anyone know where to get good proper pours in Los Angeles? We're getting better, but there's still some abominations occurring here.

Hey Boys what’s the coil on the side of the tank for?

Did he say 5 vols of CO2?