Rhein makes sparkling wine with the labor intensive Champagne method. Since labor is pretty cheap here though, a really good bottle from that process will set you back $15 or so. This is a country where you can still get a beer in a bar for a euro and a glass of wine for €1.50 if you’re not in a tourist haunt.

We had heard that beer is cheaper than water in Prague. It's true! Kinda. A pint of local Staropramen was 45CZK and still (tap?) water was 49CZK! Oddly, sparkling water was a little cheaper at 45CZK. Pilsner Urquell, another local beer, was 75CZK. Stella Artois non alcoholic (didn't know they made this) was only 39CZK.

derekmead writes "It's frustrating to drop $7 on a pint of beer in New York City, as it turns out, Americans have the cheapest beer on Earth. International bank UBS gathered data about the median wages and average retail prices of a 500mL (pint) beer in 150 countries. Those data were compiled to figure out how many minutes of work it takes the Czechia holds the title of the country with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world and has for 26 years. What does this translate to? Well, the beer is cheaper than water, and the country invented Pilsner so it’s not a huge surprise. What might surprise you is Czechia’s capital, Praha, has some of the coolest bars in the world.
That's kinda hard to believe. Tap water is of course cheaper and it is drinkable, but in many cases packed water in grocery store is more expensive than beer in a plastic bottle. Water being more expensive than the same volume of beer in restaurants or pubs is basically a rule. You also miss a cigarette and rohlík.
In 2021, the average Czech beer drinker consumes 129 liters per year. Beer production In 2019, beer production reached its peak in Czechia with over 21.6 million hectoliters produced that year wUEY1W. 912 626 162 414 687 499 143 527

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