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The beer world is full of acronyms, foreign terms and concepts that may not be clear at first sip. That's why we've prepared a beer dictionary for you - a simple and clear guide to the terms you'll hear in the brewery, at the tap and among the brewers. Welcome to the world of taste, foam and honest craft!
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Sources and inspiration used:
When creating our beer glossary, we drew from verified expert and popular science sources, including: Domácí pivotéka – Glossary of Terms, Pivní klenoty – Glossary, Pazitka.cz – Brewery Glossary, Czech Beer – Czech Gold, Beer Glossary of Budějovický Budvar, SINOP blog – About Beer, AlkoholDrink.cz – Beer Encyclopedic Glossary. From printed publications: Beer Bible – Brian Kunath, Mladá fronta, 2012; The Great Czech Beer Book – Zdeněk Susa, SUSA, 2008; The Book of Beer – Pavel Borowiec, Marcela Titzlová, Smart Press, 2017. The editor of the glossary is Jiří Dominec.