Word: pilsner
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...York University graduate student Rich S. Carapezza and Cristina Ortiz ’10 stuck to nachos and French bread pizza over Pilsner and knackwurst...
Those were eight tough years when Vaclav Moravec had no choice but to live in the Czech city of Pilsen, the cradle of the famed pilsner beer. That's because for more than 40 years, the 65-year-old retired engineer has been a daily patron of Budweiser - not that pale thirst-quencher produced by Anheuser-Busch, but the hearty, bitter lager from the small Budejovicky Budvar brewery in the South Bohemian town of Ceske Budejovice. The town's German name, Budweis, gave both beers their name - and cause for their nearly century-long trademark war in courts worldwide. "Every...
...pretender to the Budweiser name. "It would be a smack in the face," scoffs retired car repairman Milos Homolka, 54. "Americans would still make beer, but it will not be the good old Budvar." Not that it would really affect Homolka either way. He has already switched to pilsner...
...bison sirloin was so tough and flavorless that I couldn't finish it; the fries tasted of old grease. And apart from the two deer heads on the wall, virtually every other decoration at Frontier Fort was supplied by national beer companies; the clockface read "Miller Lite, A True Pilsner Beer." The undersalted cole slaw was delivered in a plastic Dixie cup; the Heinz 57 bottle had old congealed sauce around...
...pickles, spices and canned sauerkraut. But sometimes you can find home in unlikely places. Many evenings after work, staff at the Czech mission to the E.U. gather in a Congolese bar called Beverly Hills, in the African neighborhood Matonge. It's one of the few places in Brussels with Pilsner Urquell on tap. Mission spokeswoman Petra Masínová calls the experience "strange but pleasant; the beer is good and well-chilled." If only the owner could be persuaded to add roast pork with sauerkraut and dumplings to the menu...