Based in the Czech city of České Budějovice, Budweiser Budvar gets its name from the old German name for the city – Budweis.

Owned by the Czech government, it should not be confused with its namesake, the US lager Budweiser. That is an entirely separate brand owned by the world’s largest brewing group, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev).

What makes Budvar increasingly rare among lagers sold around the world, is the fact it is only brewed in its country of origin.

By contrast, if you look at the list of the 10 best-selling beers in the UK this year,, external all lagers, eight of them are foreign brands which are brewed under licence in the UK – Carling (originates in Canada), Fosters (Australia), Birra Moretti (Italy), Coors (US), Stella Artois (Belgium), Carlsberg (Denmark), San Miguel (Philippines), and Amstel (Netherlands).

So if you are sitting in a UK pub, drinking a cold pint of Moretti while daydreaming about Italy, your drink was actually produced at a brewery in Manchester. Meanwhile, your crisp pint of Stella is from South Wales.

But unless you are a beer snob, does this blurred provenance actually matter?