My country is doing its best – 146 liters per capita per year. Step up your game, rest of the world! Not you, Bavaria, you are doing fine.

You joke, but beer consumption worldwide keeps falling at an alarming rate.

… of dick.

Some people like their bread to explore the boundaries of what bread means.

In the 19th century, there were other pilsner beers with names that alluded to this image of an "Old Spring". Starozdroj (Old source), Pračep (Ur-tap) and some others. But only the names of Plzeňský Prazdroj and Staropramen persisted. I don't have an explanation, but it seems like a reasonable way to market these…