I recommend the Czech beer. The lunch, not so much ...We promised to each other to spend as many as two hours in the inn in Hejnice (Czech Republic) eating a Czech lunch, having Czech beer and charging his battery
I was in Prague last October and was perusing the menu at a pub in the old town. A local was having a smoke outside and we struck up a conversation - his English was quite good.
Even the Budweiser is good in the Czech Republic and cheap ... no tax on beer, it's a basic food like bread or milk in the USA.
I beg to differ. I love Czech food, while "Czech beer" is a dangerous myth, especially to a hop-head. My religion forbids me drinking International Pale Lager brewed by concern breweries, micro-filtrated, and marketed as "Czech Pilsner" or "Czech Lager". Will make an exception once but hope to find some good Czech IPA.
By drawing a parallel, I would say Polish "disco-polo" music is basic music in Poland, as basic as bread or milk are basic food in the USA, and it is cheap but I would hesitate naming that music "good".
I prefer ales, especially the British ales, but for lager and pilsner the Czech stuff is as good as it gets. And it's not just my opinion, I once took 20 American university students to Prague for a week. They were not old enough to drink in the states, but legal in the E.U.They loved it there, but hated Czech cooking especially the almost raw beef and the hard fried eggs. We mostly ordered veggys after the first few days...
The fact an American loves some beer brewed overseas because that's so different from one they can get at home doesn't make good beer from the bad one (for instance, it won't add enough hops to the brew). Regarding the food, I might mention I was
Not a hop head, but I think we agree about the class of beer you called "dangerously close to water" ... We say "a Nigara Falls Honeymoon" ... for "F#$king near water" ...
Sex in a canoe beer. On the rare times I drink a beer it is an English Porter.
Interestingly, there are not too many Levo/Kenevo owners participating in EBR Forums (with some notable exceptions). Perhaps it is because these "sit" in e-MTB fora.
Giant was my second choice ... Great bike, great dealer, didn't want the IGH and wanted all the lights, racks, fenders, and display that were all extras on the Giant.
Actually I drink a lot of lager outside in the summer. But porter is a favorite evening drink 50% porter mixed with pale ale ... Called a "Black and Tan" it's my goto beer snob party drink because the porter floats on the ale. I buy it premixed so not so pretty but good. Malty.
That certainly depends on the Giant model. I just regret I couldn't buy the 625 Wh version of the Trance E+ Pro but at least mine is in the best colour
I cannot drink so much ale nowadays, not with the diabetes and not with my hard work to reduce the body mass. Yet, my favourite beer styles include: Double/Imperial IPA, Black IPA (Cascadian Dark Ale), Imperial Stout, and Barley Wine. Generally, styles of > 7% abv. I need hoppy, bitter beer. And I mean bitter. Well, there is one beer style of which Poland is proud of, and it is the (Imperial) Baltic Porter (typically 9.5% abv). For some reason, Baltic Porters, even from large breweries are very good. Not for me, though. The BP is malty but not hoppy. That's why I prefer the (Russian) Imperial Stout.
I of course was buying a much cheaper Giant or Specialized than Stephan, but the quotes were close enough to be maybe $50 or $100 US differance on 2 bikes . The hydraulic brakes and derailleur on the Specialized were the issues for me.These companies make some fine bikes. As well they should for the price they charge.That certainly depends on the Giant model. I just regret I couldn't buy the 625 Wh version of the Trance E+ Pro but at least mine is in the best colour
A bit much setback.
