I would not consider Norway a beer country. And where is Czech Republic?
It's in Eastern Europe.
Not to be picky but geological center of Europe is in Slovak republic. We like to say that we are in Central Europe.
If we apply the simplify view we used to think East-West on US, Wisconsin, Illinois and states going down the Mississippi River would be called east coast states.
Going just a little bit farther. Czech Republic is still call Czechoslovakia. Last reference I heard was on new Beersmith podcast. Czechoslovakia split into two countries more then 20 years ago.