Dva kohouti

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"The all-star team behind this joint project explains this Karlin district microbrewery and beer hall’s instant success. It’s a collaboration between Ambiente restaurant group, head brewer Adam Matuška, of the famed Pivovar Matuška microbrewery, and tapster Lukas Svoboda, who won a major international bartender competition in 2010. The founders conceived of the concept in December 2018, intending to connect the art of brewing beer with the skill of pouring it (many in the Czech Republic recognize pouring beer as a craft). The result is Dva Kohouti, a spacious, modern, industrial drinking den with room for 80 guests indoors and another 120 on an adjacent outdoor patio. Chef Petr Benda of Lokál (a popular Czech pub under the Ambiente umbrella) oversees the concise snack menu of beer-friendly, pickled bites like sausage or carp, which pair well with Dva Kohouti’s collection of nine beers on tap (55 korunas, or $2 per glass). The options are entirely Czech, always including one house-brewed lager, alongside seasonal specials and selections from Pivovar Matuška. Following Czech beer dispensing tradition, patrons can order their brews in three styles: hladinka (a glass filled with three-quarters liquid and one quarter foam, the most common style), šnyt (a glass filled with roughly 40 percent beer and 60 percent foam), and mlíko (a glass almost entirely filled with foam). Dva Kohouti often hosts food trucks serving burgers or crepes, but the team also encourages customers to bring food over from nearby meat specialist Grils (also on this map)." - Kat Odell