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@beermadeclear Glad it drank OK. Inspired to open last bottle: Saaz dry-hop faded but background. Love that yeast... twitter.com/evanrail/statu… about 5 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to beermadeclear
@geo21481 Umbrella? It's kinda rainy. Map to the pubs? 7:42 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to geo21481
Per his request, the Czech novelist Bohumil Hrabal was buried in an oak coffin inscribed "Pivovar Polná," the brewery where his parents met. 7:41 AM Jun 1st via web
@geo21481 Ha! Of course. I'm reading stuff in three languages today, it's easy to get mixed up... 7:24 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to geo21481
@geo21481 The other way around. His name was Poupě; "Paupie" is a transliteration. ("Paupie" hat keine Meinung; Poupě heißt "Knospe.") 7:14 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to geo21481
Any rec's for @fredamoon? MT We're going from Amsterdam to Bruges this weekend. Any really great beer stops en route (via Antwerp)? 2:42 AM Jun 1st via web
All of this info is from the "Nový Poupě" of 1880, a brewing handbook based on Poupě's classic from 1794: twitter.com/evanrail/statu… 2:32 AM Jun 1st via Photos on iOS
In 1870, Bohemia still had 137 top-fermenting breweries. Only two remained by 1876. 2:23 AM Jun 1st via web
To put those last numbers into context, Bohemia was then under 8% of Austria-Hungary, which stretched from today's Ukraine down to Bosnia. 1:54 AM Jun 1st via web
In 1878, there were 2,352 breweries in all of Austria-Hungary. 887 were in Bohemia alone, producing 42% of the empire's beer. 1:46 AM Jun 1st via web
More fun stuff from the archives: an 1895 history of the original Budweiser. Not that one. The REAL original Budweiser: twitter.com/evanrail/statu… 1:29 AM Jun 1st via Camera on iOS
I was OK until we got to "scrofulous" MT @mleewelch: If I ever write a lead paragraph like this, just shoot me: is.gd/5K9dwX 9:13 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone
@geo21481 I don't know: how do you say Ginonitz in Czech? The main Schwarzenberg breweries were Protivín and Třeboň: hss.barok.org/text-clanku.ph… 7:33 AM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone in reply to geo21481
Today's reading material: "Die Kunst des Bierbrauens," published here in Prague in 1794. Yes, it's a first edition. twitter.com/evanrail/statu… 2:00 AM May 31st via Camera on iOS
@Thirsty_Pilgrim Is that like "c'est pas terrible," which means it really is bad, or more like "c'est pas mal," meaning it's good? 10:55 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Thirsty_Pilgrim
Thirsty_Pilgrim homemade corn chicha on tap at the Stange house, and it is not terrible 8:16 PM May 30th via web Retweeted by evanrail
Remember those pre-1989 bottles of Berliner Weisse on eBay? Yeah, about those... twitter.com/evanrail/statu… 3:50 AM May 30th via Photos on iOS
@FullersJohn Good Lord, yes. 3:23 AM May 25th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to FullersJohn
"I like rock 'n' roll to not get too far away from Mods, really." @Johnny_Marr on Fender amps: youtu.be/hxah_3OG0Ok I miss my old Deluxe... 12:27 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
@Fuggled That's up to Mr. Skala and Mr. Hlavsa, with a little help from @sheltonbrothers... 8:23 AM May 22nd via web in reply to Fuggled

Name Evan Rail
Location Prague
Web https://www.amazo...
Bio Food and travel writer, author of Why Beer Matters, coaxing an old Škoda 120 back up the Twitter on-ramp. More concerned with what we're drinking.