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I think it could also be related to Czech Republic being the #1 country in terms of beer consumption per capita [1]. It's definitely a national drink there.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_cons...

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To be fair there are many tourists coming to Prague just to drink. And we usually drink low-alcohol beer, 10 degree beer has ~3% alcohol content. And finally hard alcohol is less popular.

Actual alcohol consumption is not that high. But yes, in pub water is often more expensive than beer.

Fair enough. I would definitely drink some beer if I went there. Some of my favourite beers are czech.

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