What Weasel said

Yes, referring to the entry Weasel joins us!, we finally learned what was the ultimate cool thing that Weasel said.

So, find a nice comfy chair, have a sip of beer and read…

Do you know why Weasel doesn’t need a watch?

'Cuz it's always beer-o'clock!

:-)

Football-night and a stripper

MERKUR

Camel

So, we’re in Merkur. After several tries to get into some other hernas in the neighborhood, we ended up here. They were all full, because Sparta is playing with Arsenal tonight in Letna, so hernas are packed with people watching the match.

One thing occurred to me. Somewhere I read that people can be divided into two groups on the basis of their choice with whom they would like to have a beer – John Lennon or Paul McCarthy. I would take Lennon. Though, I really don't know what does it mean for me. Now, I will try to guess with whom my roomies would like to drink:

Bizon: Probably, Lennon.

Weasel: Lennon

Moose: Definitely Paul McCartney

Weasel

Team keeps me drinking. Thank god we didn't go to Tsunami, where the hot stripper was hiding the view to the flat screen showing the game. BTW, the beer is good, bar has the true Czech foggy atmosphere from old guys smoking…well… SPARTA what else could it be. 90^th minute – Arsenal still leads. Guess, they'll rename the cigarettes to SKODA soon.

Bizon

The beer is tasty. Generally speaking, these hernas in our neighborhood serve quality beer. This particular G10 is a nice one. The temperature is optimal, beer tastes fresh, minimum of bubbles, but does not give you beer rings. Overall, it's good. The restaurant is branded with Gambrinus mats and table cloths and they have big overhead projector in the room. Considering that it is very warm outside, the inside of the restaurant is nice. AC? No, only windows open. There are some people, but they look friendly, though. Overall 7/10.

Conclusion

So, the night was busy. This great football match (BTW Sparta lost 0:2, whatever…) plus we saw a stripper in herna Tsunami. It was funny, she was dancing in front of the TV which was showing the match. Weasel said that that was a real men's heaven. However, the herna was full, so we couldn't stay. Weasel insisted on taking a picture in front of the window with the stripper, TV screen and happy men watching. So, here is the picture J.

don't hesitate and click the pic

Yes, plus I just have to include Bizon's and Weasel's later comments about the stripper.

Bizon: She probably started at 10 pm, so that the drinking children wouldn't see her naked.

Weasel: Was she naked? I don’t know. I only looked at her ass. Her ass was green.

Weasel singing: Late at night in Palmovka, I fell in love with a green ass or was it just football field behind her?

Weasel joins us!

We should have known that Weasel will be totally pissed off when he gets back from Berlin and finds out that we didn't include him. I can still hear his stormy voice when he was saying: "No one has drunken more beer in Palmovka than me! No one!"

We had to agree. Weasel has joined and will be also participating in our mutual research, because there can't ever be enough young people willing to dedicate their life and soul to the greater good of beer science.

Not to stay far away from practical life, we all went to have a beer in Gong herna together. Huh, quite obvious, since this is a beer blog. If this was a religious blog, for example, we all would have a nice little prayer together. Or if this was a blog about stamp collecting, we would probably all lick some stamps. Anyway, you probably know by this time what are we trying to say.

Yes, and in herna Weasel had said something to remember about drinking beer in Palmovka. It was so cool, we almost knelt down in front of him… However, we can't remember what it was. But this experience also proves us that it was a right thing to do to include him. So cheers, lovely readers!

Cool window and OUR HERNA!

Herna Maximilián

Moose:

Gambrinus 10:

Beer - cold, clean, crisp taste – like drinking from a beer glacier

- average foam ring retention

Beer mats – soggy

Entertainment – interesting mix – top 40 audio, 60s – present video

Bar - is quite full, but not overcrowded

- open past 10pm in Palmovka – this is considered late

Pilsner 12' – not as good, aftertaste not a glacier beer, still a good beer, there is no disputing that – but I'd rather have the 10'

Camel:

Gambrinus 10: Beer is delicious. I really like it. Not to mention that this herna is probably my favorite! Wow! Would you believe that? What a strong statement! If we take into account the amount of hernas in Palmovka. But this one has a cool window in which you can sit. They also have a cool TV and they're showing VH1, however playing J Lo. On VH1 there's boogy night. So cool! Well, I definitely have to explore the handwriting issue thing!

Pilsner 12: However 12 isn't that good.

I like those repeating habits in Palmovka. Like that Lady's room is always locked and you have to ask for a key at the bar ...

Bizon:

Pilsner 12 :

- served quickly, very nice

- herna is full (lotsa peaople), music is OK (crappy, but the volume level is OK)

- beer itself has a very strong "beer" taste & smell, temperature is optimal, overall for Pilsner 12 only slight under average (you can drink better Pilsner 12 wherever)

- gives some beer rings on glass

- taste is good on tongue, but gets bitter later down the throat (in the second beer mild taste of pears and apples (?!) wtf? )

- foam disappeared fairly quickly

- second beer was tapped over "measure": plus for them, also the temperature is optimal and little bubbles

- minus for music not the same as on their TV

- herna itself is quite good, you do not see the slot machines and the toilets are also tolerable (later bad smell out of toilettes in the bar!! fuuu! minus, minus, minus ...)

- overall: 4/10

Herna Novakovych 7

Budweiser 10' (22,-)

Bizon

- beer great, very good taste, optimal temperature, tasty (sweet?) foam, that stays long

- mild taste of hops and malt – very good

- no bubbles,

- however the beer itself is a little bit waterish (normal for Budweiser 10', I guess)

- gives thick ring on glass

- music – radio – not loud

- staff – OK, quick beer

- overall: 9/10 !! very good, one of the best beers I have had recently

Camel

Our herna. I never thought I'd go here. But we're getting lower and lower. At least there is nobody except us. Thank God! However, the beer's fine. There is a beep every 12 seconds – according to Moose. A nice way how to get into a mad-house. The waitress knows us 'cuz we've been buying cigarettes here every day. OMG! I feel insecure!

Moose

Beer – minimum bubbles, decent foam, excellent taste

Bar is quite small – reminiscent of someone's basement – though with the blinking and beeping of three monster gambling machines. Bartender must have easiest, most mind-numbingly boring job on the block particularly, if she routinely works this late night shift. Sit behind the bar, pull a few beers for the random few that show up (that'd be us) and then sit back behind the bar for another couple of hours. No wonder the "non-stop" is closed half the night. (Bartender seems nice, though)

कोन्च्लुसिओं

Last evening started pretty much the same as the night before – a movie plus beers in local hernas (in the name of Science and better fate of Mankind). However, there are several events that need to be pointed out. Well, after certain time that we have spent in Palmovka, last night we found the courage to actually go to OUR HERNA! Our herna is a herna neightbouring with our house. We go there quite often in sweatpants and slippers when we run out of cigarettes, but I never thought that we end up there one sweet day. Weasel is going to be sooo proud of us. The herna is very small, like Moose commented; it looks like someone's basement. As to our beer-commenting skills, Bizon seem to "rule them all" – he doesn't change the topic and is slowly turning into a beer-taster par excellence. Moose tried hard yesterday, but I am afraid that the pressure on him to take the blog seriously was too big, because he crossed out 50% of his work. And Camel, what about the handwriting thing again??

Touster, Pit Stop and Cobra in one night

TOUSTER – 10 August 2007

Camel's comments

beer: Gambrinus 10

quality: better average

staff: Guys – not particulary good looking or nice – average

design: average

music: party downstairs

Bizon said that people tend to average everything when they're evaluating for the first time. Definitely applies to Camel.

Bizon's comments

cold at the beginning, 1-2 degrees warmer would be ok

smell – perfect or at leats good for Gambrinus 10

staff – ok, got Camels

music – loud, but not too much

taste – good (3), foam disappears quickly

overall – goog recommended for Gambrinus 10

Moose's comments

Beer – temperature above average cold

Music – ok, but one volume too loud

Wall – cool 70s paint on 2 walls

Price

Extra – Terminator pinball – ok, but not as good as Dr. Who

PIT STOP – 10 August 2007

Camel's comments

zase Gambáč 10, vyjadrujem názor, že (fuck, I'm supposed to write in English) it's not that cold as the one before, but it taste about the same. I think that Moose won't be able to read this, because we in Slovakia were taught to handwrite really weirdly. The staff is typical Czech – doesn't really care about you, but is always willing to serve you some beer. I hate the slot machines, but my brother told me that 1 machine like that can earn you a monthly rent. Which explains it all… However, what does this tell us about the state of society in general and in Palmovka particularly?

And why do we enjoy it?

Bizon's comments

beer: Gambrinus 10 colder that optimal, 1-2 degrees

smell: not that good, pipes have little "iron" taste

staff: OK, playing fotbalek, but beer quickly

foam disappears quickly and doesn't give you rings on the glass

overall: 3

music: none plus jukebox

Moose's comments

Beer: delivered quick

cold

no foam rings --

Decor: work in progress

ceiling been drywalled

Music: none, until jukebox choice

+ own music

- no ambience when you come in

NO GONG

(We promise to get back to the Gong-issue…)

COBRA – 10 August 2007

Camel's comments

Beer is OK

I'm quite tired, but I still think that our handwriting is weird and mine is too big, so everybody thinks that I must have written so much, which isn't true and I'm not sure in English commas. They're weird.

Moose's comments

For a herna (i.e. something like a casino, but much worse. We'll definitely write more about herna-issue.) high class.

Oneboard on mirror, but in a good way.

Cleanest herna bathrooms in Palmovka

Excellent beer, nice condensation

Bizon's comments

Pilsner 12 for 21 CZK

but only 0.3l, do not have 0.5l!

end bad (he can't explain what he meant by it, probably that the end of the beer didn't surprise him…)

taste: good, thick

foam: optimal temperature

smell: 2, tastes bit like pipes, but only very slightly

staff: not bad, quick

beer, nroem (Bizon doesn't know what he meant. He says that when he wrote it, he put some wrong letters instead of the correct ones…)

it's herna

no one inside

strange feeling (feng shuei)

Well, well, well… Our first research-guide entry. As you can see, Camel can't really write about the beer quality and she was thinking about the handwriting all the time, sometimes about the state of society on the basis of slot machines… Moose never really believed that this blog will be established and he didn't take the job too seriously… But he promised to elaborate more next time. You'd better do, Moose, 'cuz this is pretty serious!

Bizon is into pipes, but he stuck to the issue at least, although he sometimes uses incorrect letters and then, heaven help us…

But don't worry! We can ensure you that the quality of this blog will get better and better. We are looking forward to Weasel's comeback from Berlin and his original thoughts about the beer and world problems!

So… Na zdraví!

Prologue

We were sitting in a pub with a couple of friends drinking beer, discussing life and stuff. Someone said he’d read that it’s particularly difficult for the younger generations to focus on one activity for a longer period of time. We started to nod in agreement, adding our own stories that proved the accuracy of his statement.

- "I'm looking for a new job. I can't work longer than a year for the same company. It's killing me. I hate the routine… And do you now what Cyril Hoschl (psychiatrist and columnist for the magazine Reflex) wrote to a guy who had the same problem? That he should get professional help and start giving the money to charity…"

- "What a jerk! He totally doesn't get the issue…"

- "He's way too old to get it."

- "I can't read only one book at the same time. I need at least four of them so that I can read them all at the same time."

- "The same with me when I’m travelling by train. I can't read only a newspaper or a book."

- "Exactly. I need to have at least a newspaper, a magazine and a book, so I can change reading materials every hour…"

This discussion continued for about 30 minutes and through the next round of beers. After a while one of the friends, with horror in her eyes, had a realization: "Well, well, just look at us. What kind of generation are we when we can't focus on anything? We're so doomed…"

Suddenly, everyone was quiet, realizing the painful truth and the weight of this curse. Blankly looking in front of ourselves, we finally spotted one thing to which we actually had been dedicating our attention quite regularly for quite a long time…

Standing on the table, several glasses, so innocent, bitter and ice-cold…

…beer…

Since this day, we knew the significance of beer could not be overlooked any longer! We've decided that for the eternal glory of the beer we will start this blog to preserve this sacred truth for many more generations to come.

And it’s especially the beer-drinking habit in Palmovka, where we live, that lies deep in our hearts. For Palmovka is the parallel universe, the private third world of ours, the forgotten and underrated heart of Prague, which is the heart of Europe, which is the heart of the world…

With love…

Bizon

(The beer was brought to us by aliens. They landed here and looked in surprise at the bored inhabitants of the Earth… What have you been doing here for such a long time? Here! Beer! Let life start!)

Camel

(It's easy to drink in the first league among girls… But among boys, I'm hardly in the second. But I try, I try so hard!)

Moose

(Who do you think I am? I always finish the beer bottle! I'd never in my life leave the beer unfinished!)

Weasel – irregular guest, not that he doesn’t drink a lot of beer, but he drinks mainly outside of Palmovka, which disqualifies him a bit…

(Na jedno?!)