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This was the first beer during my trip I tried that did not originate from Ireland. I found it in a neat pub that had it beer taps built right into your table.

Name: Staropramen Lager

Origin: Czech Republic, Prague

Style: Pilsner (5%)

Appearance:  Deep, dark gold colour. The beer is noticeable carbonated with a massive, fizzy head. It should be noted that this pilsner also had great head retention, lasting the entire session.

Taste: Staropramen has a very strong honey and grassy hop aromas. The palette begins sweet, with obvious honey notes and becomes quite herbal and grassy. It finishes bitter and grassy as well.

Mouth Feel: It is soft on the tongue, but leaves your mouth with an odd coated feeling as if the beer left a residue behind. It is quite refreshing and also very filling due to the high carbonation.

Final Thoughts (3.5 out of 5): It was a nice change of pace from the standard set found on most Irish pubs taps.

Northern Ireland's last hundred years of history have been particularly violent and bloody. It was quite obvious there is still a great deal of tension here.