>>>>>>>>>Leffe is a Belgium beer
>>>>>>>>>Staropramen is a Czech beer out of Plzen, to a lot of people in germany the kind of beer that derives from staropramen beer (Old or ancient spring) is simple THE BEER. In Bohemia "Staropramen" seems to be used to mark the kind of beer, in german it means only the original from Plzen, the local we call it Pilsner (It's a different taste). (Pilsen is german translation of Plzen).
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>>>>>>>>>Both beers are like sun and moon, they are strongly seperated by the kind of fermentation Staropramen is bottom-fermented while Leffe is top-fermented.
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>>>>>>>>Whatever all that means! :-)
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>>>>>>>>>For what I remember Leffe is a round sweet beer while Staropramen is a tart beer with a hop taste.
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>>>>>>>>>Agnes
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>>>>>>>>Man, you know your beers! Leffe over here, in many pubs, is only allowed to be served in half-pint (0.25 lts) glasses as it's considered too strong. Yes, it's very sweet and a little sickly in quantity.
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>>>>>>>>So what famous German beers might I encounter in GB?
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>>>>>>>Don't know, there are Jever (this one is tart), Krombacher, Bitburger and Warsteiner they are common worldwide (at least I ignored them worldwide). I like to have a local beer where ever I am, even if this means to drink warm ale. (X.X)
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>>>>>>Not heard of any of these. I guess we mainly get Belgian, Czech and French beer here.
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>>>>>>Here we go again with the "warm beer" debate. We like our "bitter" and "mild" beers, from the keg, at cellar temp. Lager and such is sold cold, esp. the "extra cold" lagers, and now Guinness is also sold as extra cold. But not so cold that your hand sticks to the glass as in the USA.
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>>>>>>>A lot of beer over here is to strong. This is simply because alcohol is cheap and this reduces the costs of preservation. We need to have dozens of beers in the store next door so there is a need for preservation. (FYI the vine store is closer to my home. But they sell foreign acids)
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>>>>>>>In my childhood there was a much weeker beer called "Helles" (Between clear and bright, just imagine a lager with a lot of water added).
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>>>>>>Like American beer! :-)
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>>>>>What do you mean! Here are the offerings of our local brewery
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>>>>Of course it was a generalisation. Of course there are fine ales in the USA but I presume yours stays local. One of the best beers I've ever tasted was BBBB by the Boston Brewery Co (a micro brewerey). I like Sam Adams too. Here I'm referring to your Buds and Millers, etc.
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>>>I know :). I think the last 'American Beer' I had, was a Bud I found while floating down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in 1988.
>>>I'll take an IPA (summer) or stout (winter) over a Bud anytime.
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>>There's an IPA (India Pale Ale) in GB too, a different brewery.
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>See? Dragan was right. You were going to mention India eventually.

How very leopard-like of you! :-)