I don’t know if I am fortunate or not but I never developed a taste for the stuff. I think the last time I tasted it was maybe 50 years ago. You can treat me to a good cup of coffee though!
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Thats a whole nother pot of beans Don 
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Costco pacific bold K cups with two tablespoons of my DIY Irish creamer.
Formula
2 cups of half and half
1 cup of sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons of Hershey’s chocolate
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1 cup of Mggibb’s 100+ proof white litnin
Mix well before each use, store in refrigerator
Caution, neighbors will stop in often for coffee!
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For a while, say 2013 to 2019 Craft breweries were thick as deer ticks around here. Course they were mostly brew pubs were you went in and marveled at the big copper kettles. Covid pretty much had them circling the drain. With the leaves gone off the trees, I’m looking out my window at a hops field that hasn’t harvested since then and I doubt will again.
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I see l was missing an interesting discussion 
I have had some good beer in the US. Craft beer. Cant go wrong with that no matter where you go. But the difference is, in places known for their beer, like Germany, Czech… your dayly brew from the store will bi bot excelent and cheap. I failed to see that in the US…
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I don’t drink, but my dad’s favorite beer is Yuengling Traditional Lager, made in Pennsylvania but ironically is cheaper to buy in North Carolina according to a friend of mine from PA who comes down to visit.
Dad also jokes about how his real favorite beer is “Whatever’s in front of me and full”
Most of my friends that do drink prefer something like a Guinness but they usually drink liquor if they’re going to imbibe.
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Thirty years ago, there was only up to ten big ones in Czechoslovakia. Pilsner Urquell, Budvar, Staropramen, Radegast, Krušovice, Popovice, … In new millenium some more midsized were founded, like Bernard or Svijany. Mostly private projects for old brewery revival. Few successed, those which bet on quality. Last ten years, craft or mini breweries rush into market thanks to support for small companies. Most of them have large product portfolio focused on specialities like foreign styles of beer. Currently you may found brewery every 10 miles each direction you start to travel.
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10 years ago there were only 2 here, and they mostly made just one type of Lager each. I still preffer one of them, Laško, but usualy l buy your Staropramen. Its preety similar in taste and apearence to our Laško but its actualy cheaper go figure
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I have had some, when on vacations in Croatia. Definitely because it is like our own 
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Used to be a cheese shop in Traverse City and they sold imported beer. I would go there to pick up some lunch. Very European. Bass Pale Ale, Jarlsberg cheese and a loaf of French bread. All still sounds very good to me.
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You probably hadnt had the same one thugh. Laško has a brewery in Croatia too, its supposed to be the same but it realy isnt. Big difference. The one made here is superb as the brewery has incredible spring water right from the mountains. The Croatian one does not.
The water is so good and there is so much of it, a couple of years back Heiniken bought the whole brewery just for the water rights. They dont make Heiniken beer here but a huge amount of soft drinks nowdays. And, luckly for us, still the Laško beer
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I should try to find some Lašlo at a Total Wine or maybe the Ukrainian market in the city. My dad might like it. I’ve been trying to get some weihanstefaner for him to try.
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We have the same problem with soft drinks here.
There’s a soda called Sun Drop, lemon-orange soda. In Gastonia my hometown we have a bottling plant for Sun Drop and a few other Carolina favorites like Cheerwine.
If you drink one Sun Drop made in Gastonia then try one bottled in Charlotte 45 minutes away it’s totally different.
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Laško, l dubt. But surely you will find Staropramen wich is similar. After all, our master brewers went to our Czech brothers to learn nearly 200 years back in 1825 when they established the brewery in the town of Laško.
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Kristijan, I think you are the first foreigner to drink US beer and “not” complain about it. Of course the foreigners that I meet most often are Canadians. They say drinking US beer is like screwing in a boat— it’s f–king near water. TomC
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Tom, as far as I know Kristijan doesn’t complain about any beer
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Hello Mr. Tom .
I was born in the first half of the last century but the first time I have heard that expression
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As long as there is plenty of it.
Budweiser is from Checz?
A few weeks ago I watched something about foam on the beer. Chech have some special way. One of these days I follow my friend. He visits Praag every month, and find out.
Dont like the English, warm and no bubles.
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Budweiser is a beer mark with long time controversy. Same trademark for two totaly different beers from two different breweries. Czech origin from České Budějovice is typical pilsen type with plenty of foam and rich bitter taste. American Bud uses Budweiser trademark as well, but for typical light american drink mentioned above by @TomC. Breweries run many court proceedings to fight for the trademark. In EU, Budvar, Budweiser and Bud are trademarks registered for Czech beer, as far as I know.
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Aha, we see Budweiser/Bud more and more here. I like pils, it is light. You really need time and relax to enjoy the dark strong beers.
We had the Budweiser onces, long ago. Drinking in a hottub for hours after a few days trip in The Canyonlands. We were very thirsty and after 15 botles still sober. It apeared the light Bud’s. Haha , good for us. 
Incredible experience, not only the beer but Canyonlands too. Unreal to see nothing from civilised world for days. Only met one ranger to check on us. In the Netherlands you see something every few minutes that is made by man.
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