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Current AffairsBrewmaster of the Year Award goes to Budějovický Budvar

This week, the Czech Union of Friends of Beer (Sdružení přátel piva) announced its awards for the best beers, best breweries and the best brewmaster in the country. The title Brewmaster of the Year went to Josef Tolar, the brewing and technical director of Budějovický Budvar. In addition to that, Budvar also received an award for the best dark beer of the year. Earlier today, I spoke to Budvar’s Josef Tolar and asked him what it is that makes their beer so special:  More

MagazineMagazine

A small Czech village has got its own little Stonehenge. The best of both: a Czech brewery produces grape beer. The Ajeto glassworks in Lindava has been asked to help produce what looks set to become the biggest carillon in the world. And, Catherine Zeta Jones comes to Prague for a shampoo ad. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.  More

Current AffairsNew eleven-degree version of bestselling Czech beer hits market

One in every four beers served in this country is a Gambrinus, made by brewer Plzeňský Prazdroj. But, in a bid to dominate the market yet further, the brewery has just unveiled a slightly stronger, 11-degree version of its bestseller, titled Gambrinus 11 Excelent. The foreign-owned brewer says it is reacting to a shift away from the 10-degree beers which have for so long been so popular in this country. I spoke to Gambrinus brand manager Jiří Rakosník to find out more. My first question was, why the upgrade? More

Business NewsBusiness News

In this week's Business News: the Czech Central Bank slashes interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, while downscaling its GDP growth forecast again; the majority French-owned Czech bank Komerční Banka has posted profits of 9.94 billion crowns for the first nine months of 2008; a new survey suggests that Czechs are likely to spend significantly less during the Christmas period than last year; the Czech government is seeking to write-off the majority of a nearly one billion crown debt owed by Russia since the Soviet era and Czechs and Poles are increasingly losing interest in working in Britain.  More