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Consumption of beer among Czech men is among the lowest registered in 14 years, suggests a survey carried out by CVVM agency. The weekly consumption of beer among Czech men has dropped to 7.6 half-litres, which is more than one half-litre less than last year.

In a bid to help smaller Czech brewers of traditional-style lagers gain a foothold in the United Kingdom – a discerning beer-loving nation if there ever was one – state agency CzechTrade has teamed up with major British distributors on a pilot project introducing a new category: ‘Bohemian Real Lager’.

It’s not just municipalities that will be taking part in events marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia next weekend. The makers of the famous lager Pilsner Urquell have announced they will also be involved through a number of events and special products.

There is only one place in the entire world where you can drink Pilsner Urquell – the very first pale lager known to man, invented in a happy accident 176 years ago – unpasteurised, unfiltered, and straight from an oak wooden barrel. At the source. I went on a guided tour with Tourism and Heritage Manager Rudolf Šlehofer to learn the history behind the famous Czech beer, and its traditional brewing methods of triple decoction and parallel brewing in oak lagering barrels.

Czechs will soon have to fork out more for the nation’s most popular alcoholic beverage. Large breweries have announces a rise in beer prices as of October and others are waiting for the price of hops and malt to stabilize before making a similar announcement.

Czech farmers are predicting a significant slump in the hop harvest this year, caused by the unusually hot weather and lack of rain. Hop production is expected to drop despite the fact that the overall area of hop fields expanded by 81 hectares in 2018. Last year, farmers harvested over 6,700 tonnes of hops, which was slightly above the average.

The authorities in Prague have helped create a new beer brand aimed at encouraging people to combat pollution by making more use of public transport, iDnes.cz reported on Saturday. The city has teamed up with brewers Lobkowicz to produce the lager Pražský chodec (Prague Pedestrian), advertising for which includes the slogan Beer Against Smog. Car usage is a major cause of the city’s air pollution problems, which more people using public transport would help alleviate.

Mayor Adriana Krnáčová said city hall had been looking for just such an unusual means of highlighting the need to improve Prague’s air quality.

Advertisements for Prague Pedestrian have appeared bearing the city’s logo and that of Lobkowitz. The city has also funded a website for the brew.

Prague Castle is hosting a two-day festival of mini breweries. The annual event, which kicks off on Friday afternoon, will offer the cream-of-the-crop of Bohemian and Moravian producers as well as three Austrian mini brewers. Altogether, visitors can taste 130 different kinds of beer.

The makers of probably the Czech Republic’s best-known beer, Pilsner Urquell, sold a record volume last year. Over a third of Plzeňský Prazdroj’s sales in 2017 were outside the Czech Republic, representing an increase of 8 percent on the previous year.

It’s no secret that Czechs make some of the best beer in the world and also that many enjoy beer almost more than any other alcoholic or even non-alcoholic beverage. But habits appear to be changing. Last year, they consumed the least amount of beer in 50 years.