Prague Local Custom Tips by mbsimjam

If you are going into a traditional pub because, maybe, you have heard or read about its history, or legends, just remember that men generally should order a beer...as opposed to, say, wine or coffee. This is especially true in "U Zlateho Tygra" because of the beer tradition they have there. Women generally have reached the level of equality in the professional world to match most western countries, but the social traditions have held strong, and traditionally in the Czech Republic, the pub is seen as man's domain.

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And most popular way to drink an absinthe shot is a tricky concoction to put together when you get to the 3rd or 4th one, but its worth a try at the beginning at least.

Generally the bartender will set you up with the right equipment, but if not, you will basically need the shot, a spoon(actually fork works very well too and sugar cubes and matches.

lightly soak the sugar cubes in absinthe and light them up. once they start to carmelize, drop them into the glass of absinthe, and letter drop down yer throat.

The more traditional way is to pour cold water over the sugar cubes so that they dissolve into the absinthe. This actually helps change the taste so its not so pungent.

Any way, you do it, have fun and be careful! You could lose an ear like Van Gogh!;)

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Its their beer brewing, and, more importantly, their beer drinking! Czechs consistently consume more beer per capita than any other country in the world...well close...they usually trade off each year with Germany at the #1 and #2 spots.

And they truly believe (and I tend to agree with them) that they brew the best, highest quality, beer in the world. Granted they don't have the variety that you will find in places like Belgium. Czechs prefer to take the belief that doing only 2 or 3 things better than anyone else, is better than doing more things than anyone else.

Hence you have the traditional Bohemian Pilsner (invented in Plzen at the Pilsner Urquell brewery), the amber Pilsner, and the dark Pilsner. Simple, yet enough variety when you consider that they all taste as creamy as a frosty ice cream cone!

Their pride in beer is well deserved, and I would not suggest challenging it...because there are more of them, then you...and they pretty much have a consensus among the people that is quite hard to shake.

The smarter thing to do is simply to order up and enjoy!

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