What is Beer in the Czech Republic?
[[File:Pilsner_urquell_mug.jpg|thumb|[[Pilsner Urquell]]]] '''Beer''' ({{lang-cz|pivo}}) has a long history in what is now the [[Czech Republic]]. [[Brewing]] was recorded in [[Břevnov Monastery]] in [[993]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Czech Beer|url=http://beertours.cz/czech-beer/|website=BeerTours|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731123045/http://beertours.cz/czech-beer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city of [[Brno]] had the right to brew beer from the 12th century. [[Plzeň]] and [[České Budějovice]] (Pilsen and Budweis in German), had breweries in the [[13th century]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zcu.cz/plzen/landm/rn58.html|title=Plzen, Brewery Museum, House ref. no. 58|publisher=www.zcu.cz|access-date=27 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830163707/http://www.zcu.cz/plzen/landm/rn58.html|archive-date=30 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The most common Czech beers are [[pale lager]]s of the [[pilsner]] type, with a characteristic transparent golden colour, high foaminess, and lighter flavour. Czech people drink more beer per person than any other country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/news/2014/0108_01.html|title=Kirin Beer University Report Global Beer Consumption by Country in 2012|publisher=Kirin Holdings|access-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> The largest Czech beer breweries are [[Pilsner Urquell]], ([[Gambrinus (beer)|Gambrinus]], [[Radegast (beer)|Radegast]], [[Master (beer)|Master)]]; [[Staropramen]] (Staropramen, [[Ostravar Brewery|Ostravar]], [[Braník (beer)|Braník]], [[Velvet (beer)|Velvet]]); and [[Budweiser Budvar Brewery|Budweiser Budvar]]. Other top-selling brands include [[Royal Brewery of Krušovice|Krušovice]], [[Starobrno]], [[Březňák]], [[Zlatopramen]], [[Lobkowicz (beer)|Lobkowicz]], [[Bernard Brewery|Bernard]], and [[Svijany Brewery|Svijany]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dvacet pivovarů, které jsou nejvíce vidět v médiích|url=http://www.ceskenapoje.cz/beer/dvacet-pivovaru-ktere-jsou-nejv