There are few places on earth that are as beer-centric as Prague and the Czech Republic. Pilsner was invented in this part of the world, which led to endless lager descendants, which led to the ...

This city is no lager hoppy go lucky. Prague has banned organized nighttime pub crawls, as the popular after-hours pastime raked in cash for bars but wreaked havoc for residents and local authorities.

These eight Prague bars — chosen from local recommendations and personal testing during a six-week summer stretch — capture ...

Lukas cringed a little as he noticed a couple about to share a beer by pouring from one glass into another. The rest of the group gathered around the table at the small pub noticed his pained ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story misidentified pivovars (breweries) as pivovas. The festive sounds of accordion music are echoing off the cavernous halls and high-domed ...

The Czechs are known as the heaviest beer drinkers in the world. Beer prices have skyrocketed over the past five years in Prague. But local pubs, especially those with long histories in their ...

The Netherlands has gin taverns, and Japan has saké, but the drinking culture of the Czech Republic is all about the crisp pleasure of cold beer—a beverage that encompasses everything from Pilsner ...

Beer is a great idea. Spas are also a great idea. A beer spa, then, is a sublime idea, though let’s clarify that a beer spa isn’t merely a place where you soak in a hot tub and drink beer. You can go ...

On a blustery Sunday evening in March, a throng of Prague cocktail devotees stood outside Alma, waiting for space to open in the jam-packed dining room. The restaurant, in the city’s New Town, always ...

Cancer patients often give up on flavorful foods and alcoholic drinks during chemotherapy, but in the Czech Republic, where beer is the national beverage, one company is raising awareness for the ...