Which is better, Pilsner or Budvar? We went to find out in Ceske Budejovice

Ceske Budejovice is a small town SW of Prague. It is known for being the home of the Original Budweisser Budvar. Arriving a day before we could do the brewery tour, we checked out the town. Lovely square, lots of pretty houses and a wonderful restaurant called Cafe de Columbia. The food was wonderful and for a vegie, brilliant:)

Another meal of duck. So good...

The main square, one of the biggest in Europe apparently

Budvar; Now we've done quite a lot of Brewery tours, and didn't really feel like we could learn much more from another one, but, it had to be done. We heard the usual about mashing and brewing and then we got to the best bit. You see, none of the other Breweries had allowed us into the bottling plant. Dean would always be disappointed, but not this time. Why is a factory interesting - because, we got to see them sort the old bottles - which were budvar, and which were not (cool flicking machine) and then the bottles travelling along. Okay i haven't made it sound brilliant, but it was interesting to see. Dean loved it - I think he was filming his own 'How it's made'.

Bottles, bottles, bottles...

So now we have done our breweries, including Guinness, Brugge Zot, Pilsner Urquell and Budweisser Budvar, you may be wondering which was the best? Well, personally, the best for me still remains Heinekin in Amsterdam (yes from my previous trip). I include this one because for interactive fun, this one gets it, trumps. Taste? I believe Pilsner has it. This of course is from someone who does not like Guinness, so Dean may disagree, and i'm sure the Irish will too.