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What do my scores mean?
< 25 positively unpleasant
25 - 40 has its faults
40-50 OK
50-60 reasonably good
60-70 above average - definitely worth trying
70-80 excellent - worth hunting for
80 > world class - you must try it


Czech Breweries
Listings


Restarační pivovar Balkán
Na dlouhých 218,
688 16 Uherský Brod.
Tel: 572 637 658
Fax: 572 637 658
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 260 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Světlý Havran 11%    11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. The owner worked for many years in the Janáček brewery, also in Uherský Brod.


Pivovar Benešov, s.r.o.
Táborská 306,
256 43 Benešov.
Tel: +420 301 - 722511
Fax: +420 301 - 726125
Email: pivovarbn@telecom.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarbenesov.cz

Founded: 1897
Annual production: 233,712 hl (1992), 125,000 hl. (2002), 108,558 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Rytíř  3.5% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ferdinand  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ferdinand Tmavý Ležák 4.5% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Ferdinand Světlý Ležák 4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Sedm kulí  5.5% 13° Amber lager - Märzen.  

Independent brewery.

Bernard pivo
5. května 1,
396 01 Humpolec.
Tel: 0367 - 532407, 532469, 532511
Fax: 0367 - 532183
Email: sekretariat@bernard.cz
Homepage: http://www.bernard.cz

Founded: 1551
Annual production: 109,000 hl. (2002), 123,053 hl (2003), 127,700 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Bernard Světlý výčepní 10% 3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 21 days lagering. Unpasteurised.  
Bernard polotmavý ležák 11% 4.5% 11° Amber lager - ležák. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 28 days lagering. Uses "svedy" (whatever that is)and caramel malt.  
Bernard Světlý ležák 11% 4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 26 days lagering. Unpasteurised.  
Bernard Světlý ležák 12% 4.7% 12° Pale lager - ležák. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 30 days lagering. Unpasteurised.  
Bernard Sváteční ležák 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 30 days lagering, 7 days fermenting in the bottle.
Golden colour with a fine head; pepper, yeast, basil and mint aroma; bitterish taste with pepper, cream, pine, yeast and basil; bitter finish with pepper, pine, cream, wood and grass aromas.
An excellent, hoppy pale lage. This is what most Czech beer used to taste like.
Tasted 02.01.2007 		78
Bernard Speciální Černý pivo 13% 5.1% 13° Dark lager - speciální. 7-10 days primary fermentation, 40 days lagering. Refermented in the bottle.
Near black colour with a fine-beaded tan head; roast, chocolate and cream aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with black chocolate, liquorice, toffee, cream and resin aromas; bitter finish with coffee, roast, toffee, pepper and burnt aromas.
A dark lager with a flavour profile somewhere between a Schwarzbier and Porter. One of the best Czech beers I've drunk for years and one that can stand up to the best in the world. Worth hunting for.
Tasted 19.06.2006 		84
Bernard Speciální ležák 14%"OX" 5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální. 8-12 days primary fermentation, 42 days lagering.  

Independent brewery. Since 2001 Moortgat (The Belgian brewer of Duvel) has been a "strategic partner". Moortgat currently owns 50% of the shares. Privatised 1991. They have their own floor maltings in Rajhrad by Brno.

Beer is unpasteurised.

Pivovar Berounský Medvěd
Tyršova 135,
266 01 Beroun 2.
Tel:+420 311 - 622566, 621623
Fax: +420 311 - 621623
Email: mkmetal@telecom.cz
Homepage: http://www.beer.cz/beroun

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 350 hl. (2002), 294 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Berounský medvěd 11 % 4% 11° Pale, unfiltered top-fermented beer.  
Berounský medvěd 12 % 4.3% 12° Amber, unfiltered top-fermented beer. No longer brewed.  
Berounský medvěd 13 % 5.2% 13° Dark, unfiltered top-fermented beer.  
Berounský medvěd 14 %   14° Amber, unfiltered top-fermented beer.  
Berounský medvěd 14 %   14° Dark, unfiltered top-fermented beer.  

Microbrewery.

Rodinný pivovar, hostinec a penzion "U Bezoušků"
Květnové nám. 5,
252 43 Průhonice
Tel: 02 - 6775 0551
Fax: 02 - 6775 0086
Email: zknap@iol.cz
Homepage: http://www.ubezousku.cz
http://www.hotel.cz/u_bezousku

Founded: 1994
Annual production: 420 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Pantátova desítka  4.3% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Malvaz  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Průhonický bizon 16 %  6.5% 16° Amber lager - speciální. Amber bock?  

A family-owned brewpub. Close to the Pruhonice park, just 6 km from Prague.


Bonver CZ, s.r.o.
Žerotínova 20,
757 01 Valašské Meziříčí
Tel: 731 72 82 82
Fax: 571 62 45 55
Email: info@pivovarbon.cz
http://www.pivovarbon.cz

Founded: 2006
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bon světlá desítka 3.9-4.2% 10.4° Pale lager - výčepní. Filtered. Unpasteurised.  
Bon světlý ležák 4.8-5.1% 12.4° Pale lager - ležák. Filtered. Unpasteurised.  
Bon tmavý ležák speciál 5.2-5.4% 14.2° Dark lager - speciální. Dark Märzen. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery.


Pražské pivovary,a.s. Pivovar Braník
Údolní 212/1,
147 00 Praha 4 - Braník
Tel: 02 - 4401 8111
Fax: 02 - 4446 0842
Email: info@ppivovary.cz
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1898 *** CLOSED early 2007 ***
Annual production: 829,00 hl (2002)
year output
1998 553,251 hl
1999 764,338 hl
2000 731,118 hl
2001 841,000 hl
2002 829,095 hl

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Braník světlé výčepní 4.2% ° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Braník 12 %   12° Pale lager - ležák. Draught only.
Pale yellow colou, even, fine-beaded head; citrus, hop and malt aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with flowers, resin and wood aromas; bitter finish with citrus, resin, malt and basil aroma.
A rather nice ležák with delicate hopping. Very good for and Inbev beer so no surprise that they plan to close the brewery.
Tasted May 2006. 		68
Sládkův Měšťan  3.4% ° Pale lager - výčepní. A brand from the closed Prague Měšťan brewery.  
Měšťan Triumf   4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. A brand from the closed Prague Měšťan brewery.  
Vratislav Desítka  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Tranferred after the closure of the brewery in Vratislavice.  
Vratislav Premium  4.8% ° Pale lager - ležák. Tranferred after the closure of the brewery in Vratislavice.  
Asahi Dry  5% ° Pale lager. Brewed under licence from the Japanese Asahi brewery.  
Stella Artois  5% ° Pale lager - pils. How happy the Czechs must be to have the chance to drink this fine brew. What would Hašek (author of the short story "Drink Braník Beer!") think? Or maybe the Czechs make a better job of it.  

Part of Staropramen (Inbev). Due to close in the first quarter of 2007 when production will be transferred to the Staropramen site.

It's extremely annoying how they brew anything here except the brewery's own classic Braník 12° dark. Closing breweries then brewing their brands elsewhere is typical Inbev. As is pushing crappy Stella at the expense of superior local brands.


Pivovar Broumov
Tř.Osvobození 55,
550 11 Broumov-Olivětín.
Tel: +420 447 - 523 779, 523 780
Fax: +420 447 - 523 780
Email: pivovar@pivovarbroumov.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarbroumov.cz/

Founded: 1348 (1712)
Annual production: 36,655 hl (1997), 16,000 hl. (2002), 12,558 hl (2003)

Beer alc alc Description Score (100)
Opat Tmavé výčepní pivo  3.5% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Opat Světlé výčepní pivo  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Opat Světlé výčepní pivo  4.2% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Opat Pivo světlý ležák  5.0% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Světlý klášterní speciál  5.5% 13° Pale lager - speciální.  
Opat Světlé speciální pivo  6.0% 14° Pale lager - speciální.  

Independent brewery. Employs about 35 people. It was shortly after WW II by the merger of the two breweries in the town: Městský pivovar and Klášterní pivovar. It has it own maltings.

Budějovický Budvar
Karoliny Světlé 4,
370 21 České Budějovice.
Tel: +420 38 - 770 5111,731 1167
Fax:+420 38 - 731 1135
Email: budweiser@original-budweiser.cz
Homepage: http://www.budvar.cz/, http://www.budweiser.cz

Founded: 1895
Annual production: 1,112,000 hl. (2004)

year Total output Domestic sales Exports
1991 490,000 138,000 352,000
1993 640,000    
1994 755,013 322,114 432,899
1995 909,000    
1996 1,026,000    
1997 1,108,017    
1998 1,169,196 637,000 532,000
1999 1,258,657 767,000 491,000
2000 1,347,272 843,000 504,223
2001 1,350,000 789,000 528,000
2002 1,213,121 699,000 514,000
2003 1,171,000 633,000 538,000
2004 1,112,000 603,000 509,000

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Budějovický Budvar Light 3.5% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Pardál 3.8%   Pale lager - výčepní.  
Budějovický Budvar 10% 4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Budweiser Budvar Tmavý Ležák 4.7% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Draught only.  
Budějovický Budvar 12% 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Hop aroma; bitterish taste with hop and grass aromas;bitter finish with hop, cream and wood aromas. A satisfying hoppy beer. 71
Bud Super Strong 7.2% 16° Pale lager - speciální. Lagered for 10 months. Introduced in 1997.  

Still publicly owned to stop it falling into the hands of Anheuser-Busch who have been arguing with the Czechs about the Budweiser name since time immemorial. I like the cheeky way they've called their new strong beer "Bud" - the name A-B normally use in countries where they've (deservedly) lost the trademark battle.

Around 45% of their beer is exported.


Pivovar u Bulovky
Bulovka 17,
180 00 Praha 8 - Libeň.
Tel/fax: 284 840 650
Tel: 602 431 077
richterpub@seznam.cz
http://www.pivovarubulovky.cz/

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Višňová   12° Cheery beer made with real cherries  
PuB Premium   12.5° Pale lager - ležák. Top fermented.  
Pivo pivních slavností v Mnichově     Oktoberfestbier. Seasonal.  
Irský Stout     Irish Stout. Seasonal.  
pšeničný Weissbier 4.9% 12.8° Unfiltered wheat beer. Seasonal.  
Alt 4.8% 12° Alt. Seasonal.  
Porter     Porter. Seasonal.  

Brewpub that does a lot of top fermenting and brews beers which draw their origins from different parts of Europe. Seems pretty interesting.


Pivovar Černá Hora
Černá Hora 3/5,
679 21 Č. Hora.
Tel: +420 506 - 482411
Fax: +420 506 - 437201,437211
Email: pivovarch@pivovarch.cz
Homepage:.http://www.pivovarch.cz/

Founded: 1530
Annual production: 146,662 hl (2002), 152,806 hl. (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Sklepní 4%   Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered.  
Tas 10% 4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Kern 10% 4.2% 10° Amber lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Páter 4.6%   Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Ležák 12%  4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Granát 12%  4.8% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Black Hill 5.5%   Pale lager - speciální.  
Kvasar 14%  5.7% 14° Pale lager - speciální. With added honey. Unpasteurised.
Golden colour, little head; caramel and honey aroma; sweetish/bitter taste with bread, pepper, honey, butter and caramel aromas; bitter finsh with pepper, resin, grass and spice aromas.
A beer with a good mix of malt and hop flavours. Only the aroma lets it down a little.
Tasted 02.01.2007 		66
Vánoční 4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Seasonal - christmas.
Pale yellow colour, little head: pepper, resin and pine aroma; bitter taste with pepper, butter, resin and pine aromas; bitter finish with pepper, spice, butter and resin.
A good, old-fashioned Czech beer with plenty of hops. I'm not sure what makes it particularly christmasy.
Tasted 06.06.2007		 65

Independent brewery. Privatised in 1996.

Černokostelecký zájezdní pivovar
Českobrodská 17,
281 63 Kostelec nad Černými lesy.
Tel: 032 1697119
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://

Founded: 1742 (closed 1985, re-opened 2002)
Annual production:

Microbrewery.

Chebský minipivovar
Pastýřská 8,
350 02 Cheb.
Tel: 354 - 435 009
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 209 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Chebské kvasnicové 12% tmavý ležák   12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Chebské kvasnicové 12% světlý ležák   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Chebské kvasnicové 14% vánoční   14° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Chmelařský institut, s.r.o. Pokusný minipivovar
Kadaňská 2525,
438 46 Žatec.
Tel: 0397 - 732111
Fax: 0397 - 732150
Email: jiri.koren@telecom.cz
p.svoboda@telecom.cz
Homepage: http://www.beer.cz/chmel

Founded: 1952
Annual production:

A small trial brewery run by the Czech Hop Institute. It brews one-off batches of 10° and 12° to test the quality of hops. The beer seems to only be available from the brewery itself.


Chodovar, s.r.o
Pivovarská 107,
348 13 Chodová Planá.
Tel: 0184 - 794181
Fax: 0184 - 794183
Email: chodovar@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.chodovar.cz/

Founded: 1573
Annual production: 68,915 hl (2002), 68,168 hl (2003), 65,352 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Chodovar Klasik 3.1%   Pale lager - výčepní.  
Chodovar Desítka 4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Chodovar Černá zámecká Desítka 4.5% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Chodovar Zlatá jedenáctka 4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Prezident Premium 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
12° polotmavý kvasnicový Skalní ležák   12° Amber lager - ležák Unfiltered.  
Zámecký ležák Speciál 5.1% 13° Pale lager - speciální.  

Independent family brewery, privatised in 1992.

Here are some production figures from the past:
1925 61,783 hl.
1960 65,000 hl
1990 185,000 hl.

After nationlisation, the brewery was part of these groups:
1948-1952 Chebsko-karlovarské pivovary n.p.
1953-1954 Chebské pivovary n.p.
1955-1959 Chebsko-karlovarské pivovary n.p.
1960-1964 Plzeňské pivovary n.p.
1965-1990 Západočeské pivovary n.p.
1992 Chodovar s.r.o.

Pivovarský dvůr Chýně
Hojda restaurant,
Hlavní 28,
253 01 Hostivice-Chýně.
Tel: 0311 - 679 592
Fax: 0311 - 670075
Email: info@pivovarskydvur.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarskydvur.cz/

Founded: 1992
Annual production: 260 hl (2002), 387 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Country Osma 2.6% 8° Unfiltered Pale lager - výčepní.  
Dvorní 10% 3% 10° Unfiltered Pale lager - výčepní.  
Dvorní Kolařská Jedenáctka 11 %   11° Unfiltered Amber lager - ležák.  
Dvorní ležák 12% Granát   12° Unfiltered Amber lager - ležák.  
Dvorní černé 14% 5% 14° Unfiltered Dark lager - speciální.  
Starostova sedmnáctka 6.5% 17° Unfiltered pale lager - bock? Seasonal.  


Brewpub.

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Pivovar Dalešice
Dalešice 71,
675 54 Dalešice.
Tel: 0568 - 860 942
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-dalesice.cz

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 1,500 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Světlý ležák 11°    11° Pale lager - ležák. Comes in filtered and unfiltered versions.  
Světlý ležák 12°    12° Pale lager - ležák. Comes in filtered and unfiltered versions.  
Světlý speciál 13°   13° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  
Tmavý speciál 13°    13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery. Postřižiny - the 1980's film based on Bohumil Hrabal's childhood - was filmed in this brewery, though where he actually grew up was Pivovar Nymburk. Personally, I've never seen a brewery copper put to better use.

The brewery was bought by Anton Dreher in 1870. In the 1970's it brewed around 300,000 hl, until its closure in 1977.

Brewery tap opening times:
Sun - Thu: 10:00 - 22:00
Fri - Sat: 10:00 - 24:00

Zámecký pivovar Dětenice
Čp.9,
507 24 Dětenice.
Tel: 493 599 142
Fax:
Email: info@detenice.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovardetenice.cz/pivovar.html

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Pivo světlé Dětěnické   12.5° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Pivo černé Dětenické   13° Dark lager - ležák.Unfiltered.  

Brewpub in a castle. The castle was nationalised in 1948 and the brewery closed in 1955. In 1990 it was returned to the Řehák family. The building also contains a brewing museum. The brewery was owned in the 19th century by the Prague chapter of the Knights of Malta.

The beers are brewed using directly fired vessels, are filtered through straw, fermented in open wooden vessels and lagered in oak barrels. Sounds pretty interesting, if you ask me.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 - 23:00


Staročeský pivovárek Dobruška
Křovická 267,
518 01 Dobruška.
rampusak.dobruska@centrum.cz

Founded: 2004 (1870 - closed 1995)
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Rampušák   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery. Another brewery that's come back from the dead. In the 1960's it was brewing more than 40,000 hl. a year.


Minipivovar U Medvídků
Na Perštýne 7,
100 01 Prague 1.
Tel: 2-24 21 19 16
Fax: 2-24 22 09 30
E-mail: info@umedvidku.cz
http://www.umedvidku.cz/

Founded: 2005
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Old Gott 5.1%   Amber unfiltered lager.
Pale amber colour with a small head; caramel, perfume, nuts and malt extract aroma; sweet taste with perfume, caramel, grass and resin aromas; bitterish finish with wood, resin, caramel and grass aromas.
A bit home-brewy, but will probably get knocked into shape with pratice. Has a good hop finish, now rare in more commercial Czech beers.
Tasted 20.06.2006. 		69
X-Beer 33 12.6% 33° Dark unfiltered lager. The strongest beer brewed in the Czech Republic.  

Brewpub. Located in the famous Prague pub U medvídků. It sticks to very traditional methods - including lagering in oak casks for 5 to 6 weeks. The yeast used is the Pilsner Urquell strain.


Pivovar Eggenberg
Latrán 27,
381 01 Český Krumlov.
Tel: 038 - 0711426
Fax: 038 - 0711225
Email: pivovar@eggenberg.cz, info@eggenberg.cz
Homepage: http://www.eggenberg.cz

Founded: 1570
Annual production: 61,000 hl (2001), 47,000 hl (2002), 39,000 hl (2003), 45,565 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Eggenberg Kristian  3.7% ° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Eggenberg světlý se sníženým obsahem cukru  3.7% ° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Světlé pivo COOP  3.7% ° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Eggenberg světlé výčepní  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Eggenberg tmavý ležák  4.2% 11° Dark lager - ležák.  
Eggenberg světlý ležák  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Independent brewery. Owned by the Austrian brewery Schloss Eggenberg (the brewer of Samichlaus). Produced 130,000 hl in 1994.


Hostinský pivovar & hotel Excelent
Pivovarská 10,
759 01 Rýmařov.
Tel: 0647 - 211777
Fax: 0647 - 211777
Email: pivovar@excelent.cz
Homepage: http://www.excelent.cz

Founded: 1995
Annual production: 450 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Excelent Světlý ležák 12%  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Tmavý speciál kvasnicový Excelent 14%   6% 14° Dark lager - speciální. Märzen-strength.Unfiltered.  

Brewpub and hotel in a building which was used for brewing as far back as 1662. I suspect there was then around a 300 year gap, before this lot started up. Seems to be brewing again after a break in 2005.


Mikropivovar J.Fencla
č.p.169,
270 53 Krušovice.

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Fenclovo Pivo   10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Martin   12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Microbrewery.

První hanácký domácí pivovar U krále Ječmínka
Újezd 4a,
796 01 Prostějov.
Tel: 0508 - 26401
Fax: 0508 - 21084
Email: marlon@razdva.cz
Homepage: http://www.ukralejecminka.cz

Founded: 1999
Annual production: 540 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Prostějovská ječmenná desítka    10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ječmenný ležák 12 %    12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Pšeničný ležák Weissbier 13 %    13° Pale unfiltered wheat beer.  
Tequila pivíčko 13 %    13° The wheat beer with tequila flavour.  
Černý anděl 13 %    13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  
Prostějovský Porter 16 %    16° Dark lager - porter. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


U Fleků
Křemencova 11,
110 00 Praha 1.
Tel: 02 - 24915118
Fax: 02 - 24920692
Email: ufleku@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.link.cz/turist/u_fleku

Founded: 1499
Annual production: 2,200 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Flekovský ležák  5.5% 13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.
Dark brown with a tan head; liquorice, roast and cream aroma; bitterish taste with coffee, hop, raisin and liquorice aromas; bitterish finish with sweet coffee aromas.
Beautiful, unfiltered dark beer with very complex flavours. Has, if anything, improved since the brewery renovation in the mid-1980's.
Tasted May 2006.
82

Brewpub. The idiots who run the pub have managed to almost totally ruin it, but the beer is still magnificent. The only beer is a dark, strong lager that is one of the best in the world. Only the Czechs and Franconians can brew lager like this.


Minipivovar Frýdek-Místek
Pionýrů 839,
738 01 Frýdek - Místek
Tel.: 558 641 179
Fax: 558 642 179
Email: kwaczek@iol.cz
http://www.kwaczek.cz

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Arthur's     Pale lager - ležák. Filtered. Described as "old keltic beer", whatever that means.  

Microbrewery. The main business of the company seems to be distilling.


Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s. Pivovar Gambrinus
U Prazdroje 7,
304 97 Plzeň.
Tel: 019 - 7061111
Fax: 019 - 7220159
Email:
Homepage: http://www.www.gambrinus.cz
www.pilsner-urquell.cz

Founded: 1869
Annual production: (see Prazdroj)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Gambrinus se sníženým obsahem cukru 3.8% 9° Pale lager - výčepní. Low sugar beer.
Gambrinus světlé výčepní  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Honey, fruit and malt aroma; sweetish taste with cream and honey aromas; bitterish hoppy finish. Surprisingly complex for its strength.
68
Gambrinus Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Cream and honey aroma; btterish taste with honey, malt and vanilla aromas; bitter finish with cream, malt, hops and grass aromas.
81

A subsidiary of Plzeňský Prazdroj (owned by SABMiller). Also own Radegast and Velke Popovice.

It's a matter of philosophical debate as to whether Prazdroj and Gambrinus count as separate breweries - the sites are "adjacent" and under common ownership.

Beer Production of Pilsen Breweries (hl)
1913 1922 1923 1924 1968
Měšťanský pivovar (Prazdroj) 1,019,646 412,568 486,251 640,614 -
Gambrinus 272,181 120,349 117,437 136,681 749,941
Světovar 39,449 84,739 91,454 91,292 -
Prior 196,665 87,883 82,376 77,174 -



Minipivovar Harrachov
Nový Svět 95,
512 46 Harrachov v Krkonoších.
Tel: 0481 528 141
Fax: 0481 528 148
Email: obchod@sklarnaharrachov.cz
Homepage: http://www.sklarnaharrachov.cz/minipivovar.htm

Founded: 2002
Annual production: 5,000 hl (capacity)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Sklářská osmička    8° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered.  
Františkův ležák    12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Čertovské pivo 13%    13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub in a glassworks. Owned by "Sklárna a minipivovar Novosad & syn Harrachov s.r.o.".

During the day, the brewpub is open for visitors to the glassworks. After 17:00 it's open to the general public.

Měšťanský pivovar Havlíčkův Brod
Dobrovského 2027
580 01 Havlíčkův Brod.
Tel: 569 495 111
Fax: 569 428 675
Email: rebel@hbrebel.cz
Homepage: http://www.hbrebel.cz

Founded: 1834
Annual production: 167,000 hl. (2000), 149,000 hl (2001), 131,000 hl (2002), 108,000 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Rebel Žolík 3.1% 8° Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Rebel Tradiční   3.9% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Rebel Haškův c.k. 4.2%   Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Tudor  4.2%   Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised. Draught only.  
Rebel Zlatý  4.4%   Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Rebel Černý 4.7% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Pateurised.  
Rebel Original Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pateurised.  
Rebel 2000  5.4% 13° Pale lager - speciální. Pateurised.  
Pivo tmavé výčepní Svitavák  3.9% 10° Dark lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní Svitavák 10%  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní Svitavák 11%  4.5% 11° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé ležák Svitavák 12%  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní 10% DoktoR  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé ležák 12% DoktoR  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Lagered for 80 days.  

Independent brewery. In 1995 it was returned to 17 original owners.

In 1834 a group of citizens with brewing rights bought a small mansion with a its own brewery. They used it for their comunal brewing, expanding and rebuilding it until it was a modern commercial brewery.

This brewery took over the beers from the Svitavy brewery when that it closed in 2002.

Pivovar Herold Březnice
Pošt. př. 13,
262 72 Březnice.
Tel: +420 306 - 682047
Fax: +420 306 - 682546
Email: herold@cbox.cz
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1506
Annual production: 20,182 hl (2002), 13,824 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Ahoj, Herold výčepní světlé  3.5%   Pale lager - výčepní.
Herold 10% polotmavé výčepní  4% 10° Amber lager - výčepní.
Tesco 10% světlé výčepní  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Brewed for Tesco's Czech supermarkets.
Herold 10% výčepní světlé  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Herold 12% světlý ležák  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Herold Speciální pšeničné pivo 12%  5.1% 12° Top-fermented wheat beer. Production restarted in 2002.
Herold 13% speciální tmavý ležák  5.2% 13° Dark lager - speciální.
Chicory and malt aroma; neutral taste with liquorice and smoke aromas; burnt bitterish finish. A pretty good dark beer.
75
Herold 14% světlý speciální ležák  5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální.
Zlatý Glaubic 14% světlý speciální ležák  5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Specially brewed for U Glaubiců in Prague.

Independent brewery.

HSP Hlučínský Pivovar v.o.s
Podle zdi 148,
748 01 Hlučín.
Tel: 0595 - 042 165
Fax: 0595 - 042 165
Email: info@pivovaravar.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovaravar.cz/

Founded: 1993
Annual production: 1,500 hl. (2002)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Avar Světlý ležák 4.5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Dérer Tmavý ležák 4.3% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  

Microbrewery brewing well under its 10,000 hl capacity.

Pivovar Holba
Pivovarská 261,
788 33 Hanušovic.
Tel: 0649 - 231 317
Fax: 0649 - 231 276
Email: pivovarholba@holba.cz
Homepage: http://www.holba.cz

Founded: 1874
Annual production: 349,192 hl (1993), 360,000 hl (1999), 433,000 hl. (2002)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Holba Classic  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Holba Šerák  4.5% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Holba Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Independent brewery, the 10th largest (according to them) in the Czech Republic.

These are some of the brewery's name changes over the years:

Year Output Brewery name
1874 15,900 hl "Brauerei von Mullschitzký & Comp. zu Hannsdorf - Halbseit"
1882   "Brauerei von Chiari & Co. zu Hannsdorf - Halbseit".
1886 23,006 hl  
1907   "Nordmarische Brauerei und Malzfabrik, Aktiengesellschaft in M. Schonberg".
1910 - 11 111,580 hl.  
1918 22,157 hl. "Severomoravský pivovar a sladovna, akciová společnost v Šumperku"
1930's 108,775 hl (Third largest brewery in Moravia.)
1938 170,064 hl.  
1948   Nationalised as "Pivovar Hanušovice n. p.". Later part of "Severomoravské pivovary Přerov"
1996   Pivovar Holba a.s

Owned by PMS a.s. Přerov along with Pivovar Zubr and Pivovar Litovel.


Pivovar Hostan
Hradní 2,
669 28 Znojmo.
Tel: 515 226 651
Fax: 515 223 041
Email: info@hostan.cz
Homepage: http://www.hostan.cz

Founded: 1720
Annual production: 196,586 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Hostan Naše Pivko  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Hostan Hradní  4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Hostan Zámecké 5.6%   Pale lager - speciální.  

Owned by the Austrian group BBAG, now part of Heineken. In a town famous for its gherkins. The bottled Hoston beers are brewed at Starobrno.


Minipivovar Hukvaldy
Restaurace U Zastávky,
Dolní Sklenov 33,
739 46 Hukvaldy.
Tel: 721 525074
Fax:
Email: pivovar.hukvaldy@atlas.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-hukvaldy.cz/

Founded: 2004
Annual production: 50 hl.

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Černá Hukvaldská 12   12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Světlá Hukvaldská 12   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. The kit came from U Čápů, a brewpub in nearby Žaben which closed in 2003. The beer iis fermented in open vessels.

Opening times:
Mon - Thur 10:00 - 22:00,
Fri 10:00 - 24:00,
Sat 10:00 - 23:00,
Sun 10:00 - 21:00


Pivovar a hostinec U Hušků
Běleč nad Orlicí 2,
503 46 Třebechovice pod Orebem.
Tel: 049 - 5593738
Fax: 049 - 5593738
Email: balounek@raz-dva.cz
Homepage: http://www.uhusku.diary.cz

Founded: 1993 (brewing stopped in 2000 but restarted in 2001)
Annual production: 118 hl.

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Pepan  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Boban  5.5% 13° Dark lager - speciální.Unfiltered.  
Medový ležák  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered. Flavoured with mead. Seasonal.  
Pšeničný ležák     ° Unfiltered wheat beer. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon-Thur: 16:00 - 21:00
Fri: 15:00 - 22:00
Sat: 14:00 - 22:00
Sun: 14:00 - 21:00


Pivovar Janáček
Neradice 369,
688 16 Uherský Brod
Tel: 572 632 461
Fax: 572 632 266
Email: info@pivovar-janacek.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-janacek.cz

Founded: 1894
Annual production: 63,437 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Janáček Olšavan   3.7% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Janáček tmavé  4% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Janáček Prima  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Janáček kvasnicové  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered.  
Janáček Patriot  4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Janáček Extra  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Comenius  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen.  
Vánoční a Velikonoční speciál  6% 14° Amber lager - speciální. Märzen. Seasonal - Christmas and Easter.  

Independent brewery. It's only producing about half what it was in the early 1990's. The brewery has suffered badly from the loss of its market in Slovakia.


Minipivovar Jiří Jelínek
Sentice 13,
666 03 Tišnov.
Tel: 0549 416117
Fax: 0549 416117
Email: kvasar.pivo@tiscali.cz
Homepage: http://www.kvasar.vyrobce.cz/

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 550 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Kvasar 10%  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered. Flavoured with honey.  
Kvasar 12%  4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered. Flavoured with honey.  
Kvasar 13%  5.1% 13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered. Flavoured with honey.  
Kvasar 15%  6% 15° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered. Flavoured with honey.  

Microbrewery.


ERGO, s.r.o. pivovar Jevíčko
Brněnská 347,
596 43 Jevíčko.
Tel: 0462 - 325022, 331070, 325298
Fax: 0462 - 275283)
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1895 - *** CLOSED 2001 ***
Annual production:

Stopped brewing in 2001 to concentrate on malting and non-alcoholic drinks.


Pivovar a hotel "U Jezírka"
Masarykova 44,
460 01 Liberec.
Tel: 048 - 2710407
Fax: 048 - 2710254
Email: hotel.jezirko@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.volny.cz/hotel.jezirko

Founded: 1995 ***** CLOSED 2003 *****
Annual production: 300 hl.

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Vendelín  4.8% 11° Pale lager - ležák. "Kvasnicové pivo", i.e. unfiltered.  

Brewpub that also supplies a few other outlets. Supposedly the smallest brewery in the Czech Republic.

Vendelín is currently brewed elsewhere in Liberec.

Pivovar a sodovkárna Jihlava, a.s.
Vrchlického 2,
586 01 Jihlava.
Tel: 567 - 564 111
Fax: 567 - 310 090
Email: info@pivovar-jihlava.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-jihlava.cz/

Founded: 1860
Annual production: 85,850 hl (2002), 87,426 hl (2003)

Beer alc alc Description Score (100)
Ježek 8% - "Konzumní světlé" 3.5% 8° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ježek 10% "Formanské světlé" 4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ježek 10% Tmavý 4.1% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Ježek 10% Pivoj 4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Cheap bottled brand.  
Ježek 11% "Stříbrný" 4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák. "Silver".  
Ježek 12% "Zlatý" 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. "Gold".  
Telčský Zachariáš 5.4% 13° Pale lager - speciální.  
Ježek 14% 6% 14° Pale lager - speciální.  
Jihlavský Grand 18% 8.1% 18° Amber lager.  

Indpendent brewery. Yet another Czech brewery captivated by conical fermenters.

The brewery was built in 1860 for the Jihlava Maltsters Guild, to replace a number of smaller breweries. It was privatised in 1995. Like many Czech breweries, it still has its owm maltings.


Pivovar Kácov
V Podskalí 6,
285 09 Kácov.
Tel: 0328 - 494693
Fax:
Email: pivovarkacov@seznam.cz
Homepage: http://

Founded: 1995
Annual production: 2,600 hl (2002), 4,050 hl (2003), 5,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Světlé výčepní  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised. Comes in filtered and unfiltered versions.  
Hubertus  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  

Microbrewery in the premises of a brewery that closed in 1957.


Pivovar Klášter, a.s.
294 15 Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou
Tel: 0326 - 771 421
Fax: 0326 - 771 226
Email: klaster@iol.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarklaster.cz/

Founded: 1570 (1864)
Annual production: 120,000 hl. (1999), 76,778 hl (2003), 75,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Klášter 7 % 2% 7° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Klášter Tmavé 10 % 4% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Klášter Svetlé 10 % 4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. The biggest seller.  
Klášter 11 % 4.6% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Klášter 12 % 5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Klášter 14 % 5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Until 1997, only sold around Christmas.  
Premium King 3.5%   Pale lager - ležák. Low-alcohol canned beer, mostly for the Swedish market.  

Beer is unpasteurised. The beer is still lagered in 18 m deep cellars dating from 1570.

Beer production
year output comments
1884 - 1885 5,700 hl 7th largest brewery in the Czech lands.
1909 12,000 hl  
1932 75,000 hl pre-war record production
1997 80,000 hl  
1998 110,000 hl  
1999 120,000 hl  


1914 beer range:
Plato desciption
11° klášterské pivo
12° ležák
13° granát
13° světlý ležák, called Převor

Independent brewery.


Klášterní restaurace a pivovar
Strahovské nádvoří 302/10,
118 00 Praha 1.
Tel: 02 - 2051 6671
Fax: 02 - 3335 5690
Email: info@klasterni-pivovar.cz
Homepage: http://www.klasterni-pivovar.cz

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 450 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Svatý Norbert 13 %  5% 13° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered. Bitternese - 34 EBU.  
Svatý Norbert 14 %  5.5% 14° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered. Bitternese - 37 EBU.  
Svatý Norbert 18 %  7.8% 18° Amber lager - speciální. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Brewpub. Located in a former monastery close to Prague Castle.


Minipivovar Koníček Vojkovice
Vojkovice 10,
739 51 Vojkovice.
Tel: 558 651 172

Founded: 2006
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Ryzák 11°   11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Vraník 12°   12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub


Minipivovar Kopřivnice
Štramberská 486,
Kopřivnice.
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://

Founded: 2004
Annual production: 500 hl (capacity)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Lašský vulkán    ° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery.


Korunní pivovar
Lidická 59/15,
412 01 Litoměřice.
Tel: 0416 - 732141-2
Fax: 0416 - 732140
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1720
Annual production: 140,000 hl (1992)

Closed November 2002


Krakonoš
Křižíkova 486,
541 01 Trutnov.
Tel: 499 840 114
Fax: 499 811 265
Email: pivo_krakonos@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.krakonos.vyrobce.cz

Founded: 1582
Annual production: 108,126 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Krakonoš 10 Tmavé  3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Krakonoš 10 Světlé  3.9% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Krakonoš 11  4.3% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Krakonoš 12  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Krakonoš 14  5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální.  

Independent brewery. The maltings burnt down in 1969 and have never been replaced. Another enterprise which started life as a communal brewery for the citizens with brewing rights.


Pivovar Krásné Březno
Drážďanská 80,
401 73 Ústí nad Labem.
Tel: 472 703 111
Fax: 475 503 045
Email: du@drinksunion.cz
Homepage: http://www.zlatopramen.cz

Founded: 1867
Annual production: 293,565 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Zlatopramen světlé výčepní  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Zlatopramen 11° tmavé  4.6% 11° Dark lager - ležák.  
Zlatopramen 11°  4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Zlatopramen 12°  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Pivrnec  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Since 2003 brewed in Krásné Březno and packaged in Louny.  
Pivrnec Patriot  4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Since 2003 brewed in Krásné Březno and packaged in Louny.  

Part of Drinks Union (Heineken).

Drinks Union : 800,000 hl (2002 export: 99,500 hl), 708,000 hl (2003 export: 180,000 hl) Has 4 breweries -Velké Březno, Krásné Březno, Louny and Kutna Hora. The major shareholders are "Pivovary a sodovkárny Brno" and "Ústecké pivovary".


Královský pivovar Krušovice, a.s.
270 53 Krušovice.
Tel: 0313 - 569111, 564431-5
Fax: 0313 - 564426
Email: sekretariat@krusovice.net
Homepage: http://www.krusovice.net

Founded: 1581
Annual production: 700,000 hl.(2002), 675,061 hl (2003), 690,386 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Krušovice Světlé 3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Krušovice Černé 3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.
Sweet, caramel and smoked aroma; sweet taste with boiled sweet and fruit aromas; sweetish finish. A thin, sweet beer with very little finish. Spoilt by a heavy pasteurised taste.		 29
Mušketýr 4.5% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Imperial 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Hop aroma; bitterish taste with hop and pepper aromas; hoppy, herbal bitter finish. A reasonably good hoppy, pale beer
66

Owned by Binding (now part of the Radeberger-Gruppe) between 1994 and June 2007, when it was purchased by by Heineken.

One of the first Czech breweries to ruin their beers by switching to conical fermenters and top pressure. They seem perversely proud of the fact. The old 12° ležák was one of the classic Czech pale lagers.

Pivovar Kutná Hora
U Lorce 11,
284 15 Kutná Hora.
Tel: 327 - 513801-3
Fax: 327 - 514103
Email:
Homepage: http://www.drinksunion.cz

Founded: 1573
Annual production: 229,000 hl (1992), 90,000 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Dačický - kutnohorské tmavé 3.7% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Jarošov 10 % 3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Brewed since 2003 - a beer originally from the Krásném Březně brewery.  
Dačický - kutnohorské Světlé 4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Zlatopramen 11 4.6% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Brewed since 2003 - a beer originally from the Zlatopramen brewer.  
Dačický - kutnohorský světlý ležák 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Jarošov 12 %   5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Brewed since 2003 - a beer originally from the Krásném Březně brewery.  
Lorec - kutnohorské speciální
světlé		 5.2% 14° Pale lager - speciální.  

Since 2002 owned by Drinks Union (Heineken).


Knížecí pivovar,a.s. Lanškroun
Pivovarská 160, pošt.př. 53,
563 01 Lanškroun.
Tel: 604 - 445075
Fax: 604 - 523473
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1700
Annual production:

CLOSED IN 2002


Pivovarský dvůr Lipan a penzion Dražíč
Dražíč 50,
375 01 Týn nad Vltavou.
Tel: 382 588 828
Fax:
Email: pivovar.lipan@seznam.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarlipan.cz/

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 250 hl. (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Lipan Tmavý Ležák  4.3% 12° Unfiltered Dark lager - ležák.
Near black colour with a dense tan head; roast, caramel and liquorice aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with roast, liquorice, cream, resin and pepper aromas; bitter finish with black chocolate, liquorice, cream, resin and pepper aromas.
It has everything - loads of dark malt flavours and spicy hops. A great dark lager.
Tasted 13.04.2008		 76
Lipan Světlý Ležák  5% 12° Unfiltered Pale lager - ležák.  

Brewpub. The young brewer certainly knows what he's doing. Their dark lager is fantastic. So good that I never got around to tasting the pale one.


První Soukromý Pivovar Společenský v Lipníku
ulice 28. ríjna 20/6,
751 31 Lipník nad Bečvou.
Tel.:
Email:

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lipnický ležák     Unfiltered Pale lager - ležák.  

Brewpub.

Pivovar Litovel
Palackého 934
784 05 Litovel.
Tel: 068 - 5493111
Fax: 068 - 5441365
Email: pivo@litovel.cz
Homepage: http://www.litovel.cz/

Founded: 1893
Annual production: 340,000 hl.(1994), 214,000 hl (2002), 235,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Litovel Dark  3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Maestro  4.1% ° Amber lager - ležák. Draught only. "with the effect of an avalanche". Seems to be some sort of mixed gas beer, like Velvet.  
Litovel Pí-desítka 4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pí-pivo.  
Litovel Classic 4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Litovel Pí-jedenáctka  4.4% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Pí-pivo.  
Litovel Moravan  4.6% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Litovel Premium  4.8% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Litovel Světlý Ležák 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Litovel Pídvanáctka  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pí-pivo.  

Independent brewery. Privatised in 1994. In 1996 became part of Moravskoslezské pivovary Přerov a.s.,which was renamed PMS a.s. Přerov in 2000. In 1999 the group's brewery in Olomouc was closed. The group also runs Pivovar Holba and Pivovar Zubr.

The beers called "Pí-pivo" are brewed with something called "Bio Control Systém". Don't ask me what it really means. Reading the brewer's description of it left me none the wiser (and not just because of my dodgy Czech language skills).

Here's the brewery's production over time:

Year output (hl)
1894 4,490
1895 16,000
1907 87,988
1930 110,165
1970 235,570
1992 320,877



Lobkowiczký pivovar Vysoký Chlumec
Vysoký Chlumec,
262 52 Vysoký Chlumec.
Tel: 318 401 311
Fax: 318 401 312
Email: pivovar@lobkowicz.cz
Homepage: http://www.lobkowicz.cz
http://www.lobkowicz.org

Founded: 1466
Annual production: 109,616 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Lobkowicz Princ  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Lobkowicz Vévoda  4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák. The name means "Duke".  
Lobkowicz Baron  4.7% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Lobkowicz Kníže  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. The name means "Knight".  
Lobkowicz Démon  5.4% 13° Amber lager - speciální. Supposedly brewed to the recipe from a Munich monastery.  

Independent brewery. It was returned to the Lobkowicz family in 1992. They had owned the brewery from 1576 until its nationalisation in 1948. After a shaky period in 2002, when only 34,000 hl were brewed, their sales seem to have picked up well..


Pivovar Louny
Říční 633,
440 85 Louny.
Tel: 415 629 222
Fax: 415 652 993
Email: pivoobch@telecom.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar.louny.cz/

Founded: 1892
Annual production: 251,000 hl (2001: export 24,000 hl), 229,000 hl (2002: 124,000 + 105,000 after joining Drinks Union),
327,264 hl (2003), 290,599 hl (2004: export 60,000 hl)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Louny Klasik  3.3% 8° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Louny Diamant  3.8% ° Pale lager - výčepní. Low-sugar beer.  
Louny tmavé výčepní  4.1% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Louny světlé výčepní  4.3% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Louny tmavý ležák  5.1% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Louny světlý ležák  5.3% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Part of Drinks Union (Heineken) since 2002.. Some brands were transferred to the Krásné Březno brewery in 2003.


Minipivovar Medlešice
Medlešice č. 2,
538 31 Medlešice.
Tel: 469 688 884
Fax:
Email: pivovar.medlesice@seznam.cz
Homepage: http://www.volny.cz/pivovarmedlesice/

Founded: 2000
Annual production: 300 hl

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Medlešický ležák tmavý  4.8% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Medlešický ležák světlý  4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. Owned and run by Adolf Zeman, who qualified as a brewer in Prague and subsequently worked all over the world. His family had run a brewery in Medlešice before WW II. The beers are supposedly to the old family recipe.

Opening times:
Tue-Thu 14:00-21:30,
Fri-Sat 14:00-23:00,
Sun 14:00-21:30


Budějovický Měšťanský Pivovar
Lidická 458/51,
37054 České Budějovice,.
Tel: +420 38 - 770 8210, 670 8201,670 8217
Fax: +420 38 - 635 3677
Email: jihopivo@pvtnet.cz
Homepage: http://www.samson.cz

Founded: 1795
Annual production: 420,652 hl. (1997) 210,000 hl (2003), 198,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc alc Description Score (100)
Samson Budweiser Bier Výčepní  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Very pale yellow with a thick, uneven head; grass and boiled sweet aroma; bitterish/sweetish taste with apple and grass aromas; bitterish finish with metal, tobacco and grass aromas.
A bit thin and with an obvious pasteurised flavour.
Tasted May 2006.		 38
Samson Budweiser Bier černý 3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Samson Jedenáct   11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Dianello Budweiser  4.4%   Pale lager - low carb beer.  
Samson Budweiser Bier Premium  4.9% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Samson Crystal 5%   Pale lager - ležák.  
Budweiser Bürgerbräu 5.5% 13° Pale lager - speciální.  
Budweiser Bürgerbräu  8%   Stout.  

Independent brewery. Privatised in 1992. In 1894 it's official name was "Die Budweiser Bräuberechtigten - Bürgerliches Bräuhaus - Gegründet 1795 - Budweis /Budějovičtí právovárečníci - Měšťanský pivovar - založen 1795 - Budějovice".

It was, in 1802, the first brewery to use the term "Budweiser Bier". A new modern brewery was built around 1850. Beer was first exported to the USA in 1875. In 1882 it registered the name "�Budweiser Export-Lager-Bier" and in 1899 the name "Budweiser Bürgerbräu".

As can be seen by its various brand names, it's the third (and, sadly, a very distant one) brewery in the queue for the Budweiser name. Even though the Měšťanský pivovar has the best claim of the three, being easily the oldest brewery. I still can't help thinking that it's not that unreasonable to call your beer Budweiser if you're brewing in a town called Budweis. Now why can't A-B give their beer an honest name, like St.Louiser?


Pivovar a restaurant Modrá Hvězda
Náměstí T.G.Masaryka 159,
334 41 Dobřany.
Tel: 019 - 797 3770
Fax: 019 - 797 2567
Email: pivovar@modra-hvezda.cz
Homepage: http://www.modra-hvezda.cz

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 210 hl. (2002)

Beer alc alc Description Score (100)
Modrá Hvězda 10 % 4% 10° Unfiltered Pale lager - výčepní.  
Modrá Hvězda Premium 12 %  4.5% 12° Unfiltered Pale lager - ležák.  
Modrá Hvězda Višnové Pivo   13° Unfiltered lager with cherries.  
Modrá Hvězda tmavý speciál 5% 14° Unfiltered Dark lager - speciální.  
Modrá Hvězda Dobřanský dragoun 6% 16° Unfiltered Amber lager - speciální.  
Modrá Hvězda Dobřanský sekáč 6.5% 17° Unfiltered Pale lager - speciální. Pale bock.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Mon-Thu: 10:00-23:00;
Fri: 10:00-24:00;
Sat: 11:00-24:00;
Sun: 11:00-23:00


Hostinský Minipivovar Moritz
Nešverova 2,
Olomouc.
Tel.: 602 775 670
Email: info@hostinec-moritz.com
www.hostinec-moritz.com

Founded: 2006
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Jedenáctka   11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Dvanáctka   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Pivovar Náchod
Dobrošovská 130,
547 40 Náchod.
Tel: 0491 407111
Fax: 0491 - 407271
Email: marketing@primator.cz
Homepage: http://www.primator.cz/

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 135,000 hl. (2002), 141,000 hl (2003, export 8,783 hl), 144,000 hl (2004, export 9,538 hl)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Primátor Diamant  3.8% 9° Pale lager - výčepní. Beer with a low sugar content.  
Primátor Světlé výčepní pivo  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Primátor Tmavý ležák  4.8% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Primátor Světlý ležák  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Primátor Weizenbier 5% 12° Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Primátor Jubilejní 13% Polotmavý   5.5% 13° Amber lager - speciální.  
Primátor Ležák Exkluziv  7% 16° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Bock.  
Primátor Rytířský  9% 21° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Doppelbock.  
Primátor Double 24%  10% 24° Dark lager - speciální. Dark Doppelbock. The strongest beer brewed in the Czech Republic.
Near black colour, thick light tan head; roast, cream, black toffee, raisins aroma; very sweet/bitterish taste with black toffee, caramel, chocolate, dates and coffee aromas; bitter finish with liquorice, treacle, black toffee, raisins and coffee aromas.
A wonderfully rich and malty beer, which is big and bold in a quite un-lagery way. The label proclaims it as "tmavý porter" or dark porter. I'm not sure that's what it is, but who gives a fig - it's still a great beer. Big and chewy, packed with dark malt and fruit flavours. Well worth seeking out.		 83

Independent brewery whose biggest shareholder is the town of Náchod. Very appropriate, as it started life as a citizen's brewery: that is a communal operation for those in the town with brewing rights.

It claims to be one of the most modern breweries in the Czech Republic. I suppose that means it's packed with conical fermenters (it turns out they actually still have open fermenters). Still, they brew in a wide range of styles and strengths.


Městský pivovar Nová Paka, a.s.
Pivovarská 400,
509 01 Nová Paka.
Tel: 0493 - 727 031
Fax: 0493 - 721 100
Email: broucek@novapaka.cz
Homepage: http://www.novopackepivo.cz/

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 65,000 hl. (1999), 91,000 hl (2001: export 41,000 hl), 71,537 hl (2002: export 25,000 hl), 47,730 hl (2003: export 14,000 hl), 45,966 hl (2004: export 14,750 hl)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Bohém  3.5% 8.9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Brouček  4% 9.9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Kryštof  4.5% 10.9° Pale lager - ležák.  
Granát  5% 11.9° Dark lager - ležák.  
Kumburák  5% 11.9° Pale lager - ležák.  
Světozor  5.5% 11.9° Pale lager - ležák. A herb beer brewed to a recipe found in the company's archives. No longer brewed.  
Podkrkonošský speciál  6.3% 12.9° Pale lager - speciální. First brewed for the brewery's 150th anniversary in 1997.  
Valdštejn  7% 15.9° Pale lager - bock.  
Hemp Valley Beer  4.5%   Pale lager flavoured with hemp.  

Independent brewery. It was twice scheduled to close in the 1980's.


Novoměstský pivovar
Vodičkova 20,
110 00 Praha 1.
Tel: 02 - 22232448
Fax: 02 - 22231662
Email: sales@npivovar.cz
Homepage: http://www.npivovar.cz

Founded: 1993
Annual production: 1200 hl (2002), 1500 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Novoměstský ležák 11 % světlý  4% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.
Quite dark in colour for a pale lager with a definite amber hue. It has a subtle mixture of yeast, cream and vanilla in the mouth and finishes very bitter with hop and wood aromas. A very rare example of an unfiltered pale lager and an excellent beer.		 82
Novoměstský ležák 11 % tmavý  4% 11° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.
Black with a dense tan head; liquorice, grain, cream and bread aroma; bitterish taste with liquorice, roast, resin and wood aromas; bitterish finish with cream, grain, milk and roast aromas.
A very pleasanr dry beer with plenty of dark malt flavours.		 72

Brewpub. Prague's first new brewery for around a century. They use open fermenters, which are getting to be something of a rarity in the Czech Republic. Their beers are consistent, if slightly unadventurous. Although the full 3,000 hl annual capacity has not yet been utilised, they have managed to survive more than a decade and are one of the oldest of the new generation of Czech breweries.


Pivovar Nymburk
Pražská 581,
288 25 Nymburk.
Tel: 325 517 200
Fax: 325 512 077
Email: nymburk@postriziny.cz
Homepage: http://www.postriziny.cz

Founded: 1895
Annual production: 149,000 hl.(2002), 150,000 hl (2003), 150,000 hl (2004) 150,000 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Doktorova  3.1% 8° Pale lager - výčepní. Named after doctor Gruntorád, who was chairman of the company when Bohumil Hrabal was living in the brewery.  
Nymburská  3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní. Produced for a supermarket chain. Also sold as: Trumf, Staročech, Staročech Classic and Nymburk Lager Beer.  
Pepinova  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Named after Hrabal's uncle Pepin, who was a brewer.  
Tmavé pivo  4.7% 11° Dark lager - ležák.  
Zlatovar  4.7% 11 ° Pale lager - ležák. The label bears a picture of Hrabal's mother.  
Francinův ležák  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Named after Hrabal's step-father, who was brewery manager.  
Bogan  5.5% 13° Pale lager - speciální. Bogan was Hrabal's nickname.  
Gold Bohemia Beer  5% ° Pale lager - ležák. Export only.  
Plechovka    ° Pale lager in a can.  

Independent brewery.

Bohumil Hrabal - one of the greatest writers of the 20th century - spent his childhood living in the brewery with his parents. He later wrote a book - Postřižiny - based on his experiences. Though the film used Pivovar Dalešice as a backdrop.


Zámecký pivovar Oslavany
Zámek 1,
664 12 Oslavany.
Tel: 6027 39122
Fax: 5464 25460
Email: tomeking@quick.cz
Homepage: www.zamek-oslavany.com

Founded: 2003
Annual production: 5,000 hl (capacity), 900 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Novic    10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered.  
Templář 10°    10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Templář 10°    10° Dark lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Komtur 12%    12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Komtur 12%    12° Dark lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Františkova Třináctka   13° Amber lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  
Velmistr   15° Pale lager - speciální. Unpasteurised.  

Brewpub in a castle. Read a report of a visit to the brewery. There was a brewery on the site between 1623 and 1863.


Pražské pivovary,a.s. Pivovar Ostravar
Hornopolní 57,
728 25 Ostrava 1.
Tel: 596 650 111
Fax: 069 - 6650301
Email: info@ppivovary.cz
Homepage: http://www.ostravar.cz/, www.kelt.cz

Founded: 1897
Annual production: 475,000 hl (2001)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Staropramen světlý  4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Ostravar Originál  4.3% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Kelt  4.8% ° Bottom-fermented stout. Served by mixed gas.
Blck colour with a dense nitro head; roast, cream and liquorice aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with cream. liquorice and roast aromas; bitter finish with burnt, liquorice, coffee, cream and toffee aromas.
An amazingly good crack at a stout. I had expected it to be awful. Introduced in 1999.
Tasted May 2006.		 65
Ostravar Premium  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Osto6 5.2% ° Pale lager - speciální. Introduced 2004.  
Velvet  5.3% ° Amber lager - ležák. Served by mixed gas.  
Ostravar Strong  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Introduced in 2003.  

A subsidiary of Staropramen (Inbev). The company's time under Bass ownership seems to have had some odd cross-cultural effects. Though, I'm not sure that widgets and mixed gas pressure are necessarily desirable innovations.


Pivovar Ostrožan
Komenského 192,
687 24 Uherský Ostroh.
Tel: 0632 - 591191
Fax: 0632 - 591192
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1592
Annual production: 2,300 hl (1999) CLOSED 2000

Independent brewery.

Pivovar Pardubice, a.s.
Palackého 250,
530 33 Pardubice.
Tel: 040 - 651 2828
Fax: 040 - 651 2421
Email: pivovar@pernstejn.cz
Homepage: http://www.pernstejn.cz

Founded: 1871
Annual production: 89,460 hl. (2005)
year Total output
1995 190,000
1997 183,677
1998 136,382
1999 107,154
2000 99,231
2002 68,500
2003 75,000

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Pernštejn Kovář  3.5% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Pernštejn světlé výčepní  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Pernštejn polotmavé výčepní  4% 10° Amber lager - výčepní.  
Pernštejn Dia  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Ha s a low sugar content. Bottled only.  
Vilém Jedenáctka 4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Pernštejn Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Pernštejn Granát   5.7% 14° Dark lager - speciální.  
Pernštejn Porter  8% 19° Bottom-fermented porter.
Very dark brown with an even tan head; toffee, roast and hop aroma; very sweet/bitter taste with roast, chicory, liquorice, caramel and dates aromas; bitter finish with liquorice, hop, raisins, toast, coffee, and cream aromas.
A legendary beer and one that easily lives up to its reputation. A seamless fusion of sweetness and bitterness (from both malt and hops), it explodes with flavour in the mouth. It finishes with a roasty bitterness that lasts and lasts. I think this is the highest score I've ever given a bottom-fermented beer. Simply wonderful.		 90

Independent brewery.


Pegas Hostinský Pivovar
Jakubské nám. 4,
602 00 Brno.
Tel: 542 210 104
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.hotelpegas.cz/

Founded: 1992
Annual production: 2,400 hl. (2005)

Beer alc alc Description Score (100)
Světlý ležák 12%    12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Tmavý ležák 12%    12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Pšeničné pivo    12° Unfiltered pale wheat beer.  
Pegas Krystal 12%    12° Pale lager - ležák. Filtered.  

Brewpub.


Pivovarská Bašta
Horská 198,
543 02 Vrchlabí.
Tel: 499 421 272
Fax: 499 421 359
Email: hotelbasta@hotelbasta.cz
Homepage: http://www.hotelbasta.cz

Founded: 1995
Annual production: 840 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Krkonošský medvěd 10%  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Krkonošský medvěd 12%  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Krkonošský medvěd 12% tmavý 5% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Krkonošský medvěd 12% kvasnicové  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Krkonošský medvěd - Pivo s příchutí třešní  5% 12° Dark lager - ležák. Unpasteurised. Beer with cherry flavour.  
Krkonošský medvěd - Pivo s příchutí medu  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised. Beer with honey flavour.  
Krkonošský medvěd - Veselé pivo  7% ° Pale lager - speciální. "Happy beer". Unpasteurised.  

Brewpub. Also a hotel. Uses open fermenters.


Restaurace a pivovar Pivovarský dům
Lípová 15,
120 00 Praha 2.
Tel: 296 216 666
Fax: 224 921 256
Email: pivodum@iol.cz
Homepage: http://www.gastroinfo.cz/pivodum

Founded: 1998
Annual production: 700 hl (2004), 900 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Kávové pivo  3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní. A "coffee" lager.  
Šamp - pivní sekt  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered. Beer designed to be like champagne.  
Světlý ležák   ° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.
Pale yellow, hazy, with a thick fine-beaded head; pepper, aspirin, "northern lights" and basil aroma; bitter taste with "northern lights", tobacco, pepper and resin aromas; bitter finish with pepper, mint, spice and wood aromas.
Full of hops in every phase - an excellent bitter beer.		 76
Tmavý ležák   ° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.
Black with a small tan head; liquorice, toffee, cream and roast aroma; sweetish taste with roast, cream, toffee and milk aromas; bitterish finish with basil, coffee, roast and cream aromas.
A pretty good dryish dark lager packed with malt flavours. 		68
Pšeničné kvasnicové    ° Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Top-fermented.  
Višňové pivo  5.2% ° Cherry lager.  
Májový Kozlík 15 %    15° Amber lager - speciální. Maibock. Seasonal - May.  
Banánové    ° Banana lager. Seasonal.  
čokoládové    ° Dark lager - výčepní. Seasonal.  
Adventní vanilkové    ° Pale lager - výčepní. Vanilla-flavoured. Seasonal - Christmas.  
Kopřivové    ° Lager with nettles. Not such a bad idea. Seasonal.  

Brewpub. I wonder about some of their more exotic products, but at least they have a sense of adventure. Their straightforward pale and dark lagers are both pretty good.

Opening hours:
Mon-Sun: 11:00 - 23:30


Městský pivovar Platan s.r.o.
Pivovarská 168,
389 12 Protivín.
Tel: 0362 - 733111
Fax: 0362 - 851855
Email:
Homepage: http://www.pivo-platan.cz

Founded: 1598
Annual production: 383,450 hl (2005)
year Total output (hl)
1995 350,000
1997 270,196
1998 299,270
1999 225,706
2000 153,810
2001 127,000
2002 134,827
2003 258,000

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Klasik 3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Primus 3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Platan Výčepní  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Platan Linie 4%   Pale lager - výčepní. Low-sugar beer.  
Platan Granát 4.6% 11° Dark lager - ležák.  
Platan Jedenáct  4.9% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Platan Premium 5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Pracheňská perla 6%   Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen.  
Platan Knížecí 21 10.5% 21° Pale lager - speciální.  
Pivo sveětlý výčepní 3.7%   Pale lager - výčepní. Brewed for supermarket chain Lidl.  

Independent brewery. A broken pasteuriser was the cause of the dip in production after 2000.


Pivovar Poutník
Pivovarská 856,
393 01 Pelhřimov.
Tel: 0366 - 323231
Fax: 0366 - 21457
Email: pivovar@dup.cz
Homepage: http://www.dup.cz/pivovar.htm

Founded: 1552 (1900)
Annual production: 25,000 hl. (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Poutník světlé výčepní  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Poutník Premium  4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Poutník speciál  5.8% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Unpasteurised.  

Independent brewery. Privatised from Pivovary s.p. České Budějovice in 2001 bought by Družstvo Pelhřimov, an investment club.

Formerly "Měšťanský pivovar v Pelhřimově" (owned by citizens with brewing rights) which was nationalised in 1948. It seems those locals who are the heirs to the brewing rihts weren't too happy when the brewery was privatised and not returned to them. They have challenged the legality of the privatisation.


Plzeňský Prazdroj
U Prazdroje 7,
304 97 Plzeň.
Tel: 019 - 7061111
Fax: 019 - 7220159
Email:
Homepage: www.pilsner-urquell.cz

Founded: 1842
Annual production: 5,049,000 hl (2004 including Gambrinus)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Primus  3.3% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Has been brewed in various plants belonging to the group in recent years. Last I heard it was being brewed at Radegast.
Honey, sugar, cream and malt aroma; neutral taste with hop, vanilla and herb aromas; bitter finish with grass and pepper. An excellent beer for its strength with a good hop finish.
At various times the brewery has been very cagey about its existence. 		78
Pilsner Urquell  4.4% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Where pale lager beers started. Has deinitely lost complexity since the open fermenters and oak lagering vessels were thrown into the skip.
 
Master 13° 5.2% 13° Amber lager - speciální.  
Master 18° 7% 18° Dark lager - speciální.  

A subsidiary of Plzeňský Prazdroj (owned by SABMiller). Radegast and Velke Popovice are under the same ownership..

It's a matter of philosophical debate as to whether Prazdroj and Gambrinus count as separate breweries - the sites are "adjacent" and under common ownership.

Beer production at Prazdroj
year Prazdroj Prazdroj Group domestic sales Exports
1999 4,753,271 7,686,000    
2000 4,914,926 7,725,000 7,163,000 562,000
2001 5,122,000 7,967,000 7,280,000 687,000
2002 5,216,451 8,962,000 7,740,000 1,222,000
2003   9,500,000 8,000,000 1,500,000

Beer production has increased so much in recent years that it's no wonder Prazdroj had to get rid of its oak lagering casks..


Pivovar Podkováň
Podkováň 24,
293 01 Podkováň.
Tel: 0326 - 356222
Fax: 0326 - 356229
Email: acpodkovan@podkovan.cz
Homepage: http://www.podkovan.cz/

Founded: 1434 ***** CLOSED 2007 *****
Annual production: 25,000 hl. (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Podkováň 8 %  2% 8° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Podkováň výčepní světlé  3.5% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
České Podkováňské pivo 10 %  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
České Podkováňské pivo 10 %  4% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Podkováňské dia  4.4% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Low sugar beer.  
Podkováň Bednářův Truňk  4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Podkováň Ležák  12 %  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Podkováň 14 %  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální. On pre-war lanels this beer is called "Export".  

Independent brewery.***** CLOSED 2007 *****


Měšťanský pivovar v Poličce, a.s.
Pivovarská 151,
572 14 Polička.
Tel: 0461 - 725 575
Fax: 0461 -724 601
Email: pivovar@pivovar-policka.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-policka.cz/

Founded: 1517
Annual production: 85,000 hl. (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Hradební tmavé  3.7% 10.2° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Hradební světlé  3.9% 10.5° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Otakar  4.2% 11.25° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Záviš  5% 12.25° Pale lager - ležák.  

Independent brewery.

In 1517 the owners of 113 houses within the town limits were granted brewing rights. The heirs of these lucky citizens owned the brewery until its nationalisation in 1948.


Minipivovar Příbor
U Brány 106,
742 58 Příbor.
Tel: 608 345 508

Founded: 2005
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Freudovo pivo 13°   13° Pale lager - speciální. UInfiltered.  
Freudovo pivo 13°   13° Dark lager - speciální. UInfiltered.  

Microbrewery. They also brew various seasonal beers.


Pivovar Radegast
Nošovice,
739 51 Nošovice.
Tel: 558 602 175
Fax: 558 602 500
Email: stanislav_fridrich@radegast.cz
Homepage: http://www.radegast.cz/

Founded: 1970
Annual production: 2,155,000 hl (2002)
year Total output Domestic sales Exports
1991 1,177,000    
1992 1,316,000    
1993 1,345,000    
1994 1,596,000    
1995 1,763,000    
1996 1,921,000    
1997 1,850,000    
1998 2,144,000    
1999 2,306,550    
2000 2,076,883    
2001 1,902,000   40,436
2002 2,154,283    
2003 2,234,000    
2004 2,156,595    

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Radegast Klasik  3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Radegast Original  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Radegast Premium  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Primus 4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. A Plzeňský Prazdroj brand brewed under licence.  
Gambrinus světlé výčepní 4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. A Gambrinus brand brewed under licence.  
Gambrinus Premium   5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. A Gambrinus brand brewed under licence.  
Velkopopovický kozel Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. A Velkopopovice brand brewed under licence  

October 1999 merged with Prazdroj. Part of SABMiller. SABMiller also owns the Velký Šariš brewery in Slovakia..

It was the first new brewery to be founded in Czechoslovakia since 1913.

Named after Slav god of friendship. A large modern brewery built by the communists. Personally, I never cared for their beers very much. Obviously the caring, sharing capitalists at SABMiller will be more committed to quality and tradition than those nasty bolshies were.

In typical globalist fashion, they also brew beers from their other (more prestigious) breweries in this factory. Why should we worry - didn't the head of A-B reassure us that you can brew any beer anywhere in the world? It doesn't exactly help the Czechs' claim to the Budweiser name when their breweries get up to this sort of shit. It's one of my main reservations about large companies: you're never quite sure where any particular beer has been brewed (unless the law forces them to tell you).


Czech Brewery - Rakovník
Havlíčkova 69,
269 01 Rakovník
Tel: 0313 - 512314
Fax: 0313 - 512020
Email: czechbrewery@tiscali.cz
Homepage: http://www.rakovnikbeer.cz

Founded: 1454 (closed 1997, reopened 2004)
Annual production: 4,227 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Bakalář výčepní světlé 3.6% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Bakalář výčepní tmavé 3.6% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Bakalář světlý ležák 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

A brewery that has been through several owners, most of whom have gone bankrupt. A planned renovation seems, finally, to have been completed.


Pivovárek Milana Rambouska
Velké náměstí,
Hradec Králové.
Tel: 049 5515667
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.rambousek.wz.cz

Founded: 2002
Annual production: 200 hl

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Classic    ° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Eliščino královské  4.6% ° Dark lager - ležák..  
Hradecké bílé    ° Wheat beer.  

Microbrewery.


Bohemia Regent
Trocnovské nám. 124,
379 14 Třeboň.
Tel: 384 721 319, 384 721 320
Fax: 384 721 321
Email: info@pivovar-regent.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-regent.cz

Founded: 1379 (1712)
Annual production: 81,439 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Bohemia Regent schwarzenberské výčepní pivo  3.4% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.
Bohemia Regent výčepní pivo  3.9% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Bohemia Regent Tmavý  4.4% 11° Dark lager - ležák.
Sweet malt aroma; bitterish taste with hop and chicory aromas; bitter finish with spicy and vegetable aromas. A very tasty, surprisingly dry, dark beer.
81
Bohemia Regent Jedenáctka  4.6% 11° Pale lager - ležák.
Bohemia Regent Premium  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Bohemia Regent Prezident  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální.

Independent brewery. Seems to have had some problems in recent years - in 1997 it brewed 360,000 hl.

Privatised in 1992 as part of the Jihočeské Pivovary group. In 1999 it was sold by the group and became an independent company.


Minipivovar U Richarda
Ríšova 12,
Brno-Žebětín.
Tel: 564 217715

Founded: 2004
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Richard Višňové pivo 11%   11° Pale lager - ležák. Flavoured with cherry. Unfiltered.  
Richard Richard pšenicné 11%   11° Pale wheat beer. Unfiltered.  
Richard 12% svetlý ležák   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.

Pivovar Malý Rohozec
Malý Rohozec 29,
511 01 Turnov.
Tel: 481 321 219
Fax: 481 323 916
Email:
Homepage: http://www.pivorohozec.cz/

Founded: 1850
Annual production: 30,000 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Rohozec Podskalák  4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Rohozec Skalák 11 %  5% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Rohozec Skalák 12 %  5.3% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Rohozec Skalák tmavé speciální pivo 5.9% 13° Dark lager - speciální.  
Rohozec  Skalák světlé speciální pivo 65 13° Pale lager - speciální.  

Independent brewery. Owned by Pivovar Svijany.


Minipivovar Roztoky
Hotel Roztoky,
270 23 Roztoky u Křivoklátu.
Tel: 0420 - 313 558 931
Fax: 0420 - 313 558 933
Email: info@hotelroztoky.cz
Homepage: http://www.hotelroztoky.cz

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Brewpub. Doesn't seem to have managed to brew yet.


Pivovar Rychtář
Resslova 260,
539 01 Hlinsko v Čechách.
Tel: 0469 - 311728
Fax: 0469 - 311383
Email: pivo@rychtar.cz
Homepage: http://www.rychtar.cz/

Founded: 1913
Annual production: 86,000 hl. (2002), 86,864 hl (2003)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Rychtář Klasik 10%  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Rychtář Standard 11% 4.5% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Rychtář Malvaz 12%  4.5% 12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Rychtář Natur 12% 4.9% 12° Unfiltered Pale lager - ležák.  
Rychtář Premium 12% 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Rychtář Hejtman 12% 5% 12° Amber lager - ležák.  
Rychtář Special 15%  6.5% 15° Pale lager - speciální.  

After this, in 1913, the next brewery to be founded in the Czech Republic was Radegast in 1971. When the brewery was privatised in 1996 it was bought by IMEX Premium spol. s r.o, a giant Czech investment company.


Minipivovar U rytíře Lochoty
Karlovarská třída 103,
323 17 Plzeň.
Tel: 377 540 946
Fax:
Email: leas@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 2001
Annual production: 250 hl (2002)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Kvasnicový světlý ležák rytíře Lochoty 11°   11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Kvasnicový tmavý ležák rytíře Lochoty 11°   11° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Kvasnicový světlý ležák rytíře Lochoty 14°    14° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  
Kvasnicový tmavý ležák rytíře Lochoty 14°    14° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Pivovárek Sezemice
Sezemice 35,
294 11 Loukov.
Tel: 0326 - 789204
Fax:
Email: pivovarek@volny.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarek-sezemice.com/

Founded: 1999
Annual production: 100 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Sezemický černokněžník 12%    12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Millenium ze Sezemic 14%  6.5% 14° Amber lager - speciální. Märzen.  

Microbrewery.


Sousedský pivovar v Miletíně
nám. K.J.Erbena 98,
507 71 Miletín.
Tel: 0435 - 693419
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 350 hl.

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Chmelka 10%    10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Pytlák    12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Čáryfuk   13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub owned and run by Svatopluk Ďupal.


Starobrno, a.s
Hlinky 12,
661 47 Brno
Tel: +420 5 - 435 16111
Fax: +420 5 - 432 11035
Email: info@bbag.com
Homepage: http://www.starobrno.com

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 611,099 hl.(2003), 634,657 hl (2004)

year Total output (hl) Domestic sales Exports
1996 541,000   29,000
1997 663,421   36,000
1998 625,911   25,000
1999 620,558   23,000
2000 568,973   22,000
2001 545,000   25,900
2002 781,000
Starobrno 572,500
Hostan 200,000		    
2003 816,013
Starobrno 611,099
Hostan 205,004		    
2004 831,243
Starobrno 634,657
Hostan 196,586		   53,000

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Osma  3.2% 8° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Černé 3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Řezák  4% 10° Amber lager - výčepní.  
Tradiční   4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Medium  4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Světlý Ležák 5% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Černý drak  5.7% 13° Dark lager - speciální. Name means "Black Dragon".  
Červený drak   6% 14° Amber lager - Märzen. Name means "Red Dragon".  
Baron Trenck 6% 14° Pale lager - speciální.
Golden colour with a large-bubbled head; metal and grass aroma; sweeitsh/ bitter taste with butter, pepper, grass and resin aromas; bitter finish with tobacco, grass, pepper and resin aromas.
A pretty reasonable stronger lager, with plenty of hop character.
Tasted 02.01.2007 		58
Zipfer     Brewed under licence.  

Owned by the Austrian group BBAG (now part of Heineken) since 1994.


Pražské pivovary,a.s. Pivovar Staropramen
Nádražní 84,
150 54 Praha 5 - Smíchov.
Tel: 02 - 5719 1111
Fax: 02 - 5719 1288
Email: info@ppivovary.cz
Homepage: http://www.staropramen.cz

Founded: 1869
Annual production: 1,367,424 hl (2004)
year Total output (hl)
1998 1,285,246
1999 1,126,593
2000 1,157,174
2001 1,243,000
2002 1,257,670
2003 1,278,703
2004 1,367,424

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Staropramen Světlý  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Hop and cream aroma; neutral taste with malt aroma; bitterish finish A not particularly distinctive pale lager.
56
Staropramen D  4% ° Pale lager - výčepní. Low-sugar beer.
Staropramen Černý  4.5% 11° Dark lager - ležák.
Mid-brown colour with a thick, dense head; caramel, hop and bread aroma; sweetish taste with apple and cream aromas; sweetish/bitterish finish with caramel and nut aromas.
Unspectacular, but drinkable dark lager of the sweet type.
Tasted May 2006.
44
Staropramen Granát  4.8% 11° Amber lager - ležák. Introduced in 2000.
A fairly bland amber beer.
Staropramen Ležák  5.2% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Hop aroma; bitterish taste; bitter finish with wood and grass aromas.Quite a bit better than the 10%, with a good grassy bitterness in the finish. It has been getting consistently blander, despite the fact that it is one of the beers most commonly found on air pressure.
Tasted 1997.
67

Owned by Inbev, after having had a spell under Bass. Never my favourite in the old days, even though you found their beer all over. The name means "Old Spring".

Staropramen 10° is also brewed at the company's Ostravar brewery. (So na, na, na, na-na to the lumphead on the Oxford Bottled Beer Database site who insisted all Storpramen beer was brewed in Smíchov and nowhere else. Look, the brewery is owned by some of the worst globalists - they'll brew any brand anywhere it suits them.)


Měšťanský Pivovar Strakonice
Podskalského 324,
386 19 Strakonice.
Tel: 383 - 321789
Fax: 383 - 324655
Email: info@pivovarnektar.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarnektar.cz/

Founded: 1649 (1873)
Annual production: 72,717 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Silver Nektar 3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Měšťanská desítka  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Strakonický Nektar  4.5% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Sold in both filtered and unfiltered (kvasnicové) versions.  
Strakonický dudák  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Sold in both filtered and unfiltered (kvasnicové) versions.  

Independent brewery. One of the last breweries to be privatised, being sold to the town of Strakonice in 2004. Another brewery producing far less than 10 years ago (in 1995 it brewed 195,000 hl).


Městský pivovar Štramberk
Náměstí č. 5,
742 66 Štramberk
Tel./fax: 556 813 710, 724 356 285
Email: pivo@truba.cz
http://www.truba.cz

Founded: 2005
Annual production: 600 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Trubač 4.5%   Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
The Troobacz 4.5%   Unfiltered Stout.  
13% tmavý speciál   13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered. Brewed to the U Fleků recipe.  
Valašské trnkové pivo     Plum beer. Seasonal.  

Brewpub.

Opening times:
Sun-Thur 10:00 - 22:00,
Fri-Sat 10:00 - 24:00


Svatováclavský pivovar Olomouc
Riegrova 22,
779 00 Olomouc.
Tel: 585 203 641

Founded: 2006
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Vašek   10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Pšeničné pivo     Pale wheat beer. Unfiltered  
Svatováclavská dvanáctka   12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Černá 13°   13° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery.


Pivovar Svatý Ján
U Cihelny 755,
280 02 Kolín.
Tel: 032 - 1728155
Fax:
Email: martin@racioterm.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarek.cz

Founded: 1996
Annual production:

Microbrewery. From the photos on their website, a tiny brewery, not much bigger than a homebrew kit.

U Šviháka, Minipivovar Kunc
Národní tř. 10
Hodonín.
Tel: 518 343 446
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1994
Annual production: 1,000 hl (2002), 950 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Švihák 3.8% 10° Unfiltered Pale lager - ležák.  
Černý Svihák   11° Unfiltered Dark lager - ležák.  
Dacan   17° Unfiltered Pale lager - speciální. Seasonal - Christmas.  

Brewpub.

Opening Times:
Mon-Thu 9:00 - 22:00
Fri-Sat 9:00 - 23:30
Sun 11:00 - 20:00


Pivovar Svijany
Svijany č.p.25,
463 46 Příšovice,
463 46 Svijany.
Tel: 485 177 141
Fax: 482 728 200
Email: info@pivovarsvijany.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarsvijany.cz/

Founded: 1564
Annual production: 205,007 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Svijanská Desítka  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Svijanský Máz  4.8% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Svijanský Rytíř  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Svijanská Kněžna  5.2% 13° Dark lager - speciální. Unpasteurised.  
Svijanský Kníže  5.6% 13° Pale lager - speciální. Unpasteurised.  
Kvasničák 6%   Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen. Unfiltered.  
Svijanský Baron  6.5% 15° Pale lager - speciální. Unpasteurised. Pale Bock.  

Independent brewery. Seems to be doing quite well, unlike many Czech regional breweries. In 1998 it only brewed around 35,000 hl. It also owns Pivovar Malý Rohozec.


Pivovar a sodovkárna Svitavy
Pivovarská 1,
568 02 Svitavy.
Tel: 0461 - 541190
Fax: 0461 - 530953
Email: market@doktor.cz
Homepage: http://www.doktor.cz

Founded: 1256 (1882) CLOSED IN 2002 AND BEERS MOVED TO Havlíčkův Brod
Annual production: 83,000 hl (2000)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Pivo tmavé výčepní Svitavák  3.9% 10° Dark lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní Svitavák 10%  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní Svitavák 11%  4.5% 11° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé ležák Svitavák 12%  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní Bruno 10%  3.6% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé ležák Bruno 12%  5% 12° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé výčepní 10% DoktoR  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised.  
Pivo světlé ležák 12% DoktoR  5% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Lagered for 80 days.  
Pivo tmavé speciální 14% DoktoR  5.7% 14° Dark lager - speciální. Dunkles Märzen.  

Independent brewery. Owned since 1998 by Českomoravská kapitálová a.s. Conical fermenters were installed in 1989.

The DoktoR range of beers contain Diavital, something that is supposed to lower blood cholesterol levels. Don't believe a word of it. myself.


Minipivovar Urban
Masarykova 85,
439 42 Postoloprty.
Tel: 0397 - 623047
Fax: 0397 - 548483
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1999 **** CLOSED 2001 ****
Annual production: 1,000 hl

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Porta Apostolarum    ° Pale lager - ležák. Named after a Benedictine monastery that once stood on the site.  

Brewpub.


Rodinný minipivovar "Valášek"
Dolní Jasenka 169,
755 01 Vsetín.
Tel: 571 459 169
Fax:
Email: valasek@minipivovar.com
Homepage: http://www.minipivovar.com

Founded: 2002
Annual production: 800 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Valášek světlý  4.8% 11.5° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Valášek tmavý   4.8% 11.5° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Speciál 14%    14° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. Some pubs sell filtered versions of the beers.

Opening times:
Mon-Thur 10:30 - 22:00
Fri 10:30 - 24:00
Sat 10:30 - 23:00
Sunday closed


Minipivovar Valašský Beran
Dostihová 616,
763 15 Slušovice
Tel: 067 - 981555
Fax: 067 - 981555
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1998 **** CLOSED 2002 ****
Annual production: 400 hl

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Světlé Výčepní 10%   10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Světlý Ležák    12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Tmavý Ležák    12° Dark lager - ležák.  
Světlé Speciální    15° Pale lager - speciální.  

Brewpub.


Minipivovar Vaněk
Štramberská 486,
Kopřivnice.
Tel.:
Email:

Founded: 2004
Annual production: 700 hl (2004, capacity)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Lašský vulkán   12° Pale lager - ležák.  
       

Microbrewery run by a father and son.


Velichovský Forman
Velichov 84,
363 01 Velichov
http://www.velichovsky_forman.cz/

Founded: 2006
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Velichovský forman 10% 3.7% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unfiltered.  
Velichovský forman 12%   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub.


Pivovar Velké Březno
Pivovarská 116,
403 23 Velké Březno.
Tel: 475 309 111
Fax: 475 309 117
Email: du@drinksunion.cz
Homepage: http://www.drinksunion.cz

Founded: 1753
Annual production: 293,565 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Březňák tmavé  3.7% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Březňák světlé  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Březňák světlý ležák  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  
Březňák speciál  6.1% 14° Pale lager - speciální.  

Part of Drinks Union (Heineken).


Malostránský pivovar Velké Meziříčí
Třebíčská 342 /10,
594 01 Velké Meziříčí.
Tel.: 566 502 200
Fax: 566 502 206
Email: info@jelinkovavila.cz
http://www.jelinkovavila.cz

Founded: 2004
Annual production: 900 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description score (100)
Harrach Světlý ležák   12° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Harrach Tmavý ležák   12° Dark lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Harrach Special   14° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub in a hotel.


Pivovar Velké Popovice
Ringhofferova 1,
251 69 Velké Popovice.
Tel: 323 683 111
Fax: 323 665 309
Email: pvpkozel@czn.cz
Homepage: http://www.beer-kozel.cz

Founded: 1874
Annual production: 1,242,528 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description
Score (100)
Velkopopovický kozel černý  3.8% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.
Coffee aroma; sweetish taste with toffee and apple aromas; bitterish finish with fruit and toffee. A pretty good cooking dark lager.
68
Velkopopovický kozel světlý  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.
Caramel, fruit, nut and pear aromas; sweetish/bitterish taste with toffee, coffee and fruit aromas: biiterish finish with fruit and cardboard aromas. A bit too thin and caramelly sweet. The finish is rather short and cardboardy. Has the nutty arom of a Münchner.
52
Velkopopovický Kozel 11° Medium 4.6% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Introduced in 2005.  
Velkopopovický kozel Premium  4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák.
Klasik  3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní. Brewed for Plzeňský Prazdroj.
Primus  4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Brewed for Plzeňský Prazdroj.

Privatised in 1992, taken over by Radegast in 1995. In March 1999 Radegast merged with Pilsner Urquell, then in October 1999 the new company was bought up by SAB.

A brewery which used to brew oustanding beer, before the introduction of conical fermenters in th early 1990's.

Around 200,000 hl of Kozel is brewed each year in SABMiller's Slovakian brewery, Pivovar Šariš.


Pivovar Vratislavice nad Nisou
Tanvaldská 163,
463 11 Vratislavice nad Nisou.
Tel: 485 393 122
Fax: 485 393 228
Email: konrad@hols.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivo-konrad.cz

Founded: 1872 (2000)
Annual production: 48,800 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Konrad 10°  4% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pasteurised. Brewed from malt, sugar, hops and hop extract.  
Konrad tmavý 11°  4.4% 11° Dark lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Brewed from malt, sugar, hops, hop extract and sweetener E954.  
Eso 4.7% 11° Amber lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Brewed from malt, sugar, hops and hop extract.  
Konrad 11°  4.8% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Brewed from malt, sugar, hops and hop extract.  
Konrad 12°   5.4% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Pasteurised. Brewed from malt, sugar, hops and hop extract.  
Jocker  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen. Pasteurised. Brewed from barley malt, wheat malt, sugar, hops and hop extract.  

Independent brewery. Closed by Pražské Pivovary in 1998. It was bought by Hols in 1999 and restarted brewing in 2000, though on a much smaller scale.


Pivovar Vyškov (Jihomoravské pivovary)
Čsl. armády 116/4,
682 11 Vyškov.
Tel: 517 326 411
Fax: 517 348 628
Email: info@pivovyskov.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovyskov.cz

Founded: 1680
Annual production: 55,000 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Vyškovské Pivo Atlet  3.3% ° Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Desítka  4.2% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Řezák  4.5% 11° Amber lager - ležák. The name means "Cut". Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Havran  4.5% 11° Dark lager - ležák. The name means "Rook". Brewed from 4 types of malt. Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Džbán  4.7% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Pateurised. Lagered for a minimum of 40 days. The name means "Jug". Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Březňák  5.2% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Lagered for a minimum of 60 days. "Březen" is the Czech word for March. "Březňák" means Märzen or"March hare". I don't know why they use the name for a standard ležák. Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Generál  6% 14° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Märzen. Brewed three times a year. I won't insult your intelligence by translating the name. Pateurised.  
Vyškovské Pivo Jubiler 7.5% 16.8° Pale lager - speciální. Pale Bock. Pateurised. Brewed for the 325th anniversary of the brewery.  

Independent brewery. It seems to be the rump of the old Communist-era South Moravian brewing group, which used to include Starobrno and Černá Hora. One of the few breweries that is still state-owned.

They brew an interesting variety of bottom-fermenting styles.


Minipivovar U Zezuláků
Na hrázce 229,
500 09 Hradec Králové.
Tel: 049 - 526 35 14
Fax:
Email:
Homepage: http://www.

Founded: 1993 (closed 1997)
Annual production:

Brewpub. The brewing kit is now in Ho Ci Minh City.


Pivovar Zlatovar, a.s.
Pivovarská 6,
764 01 Opava.
Tel: 553 606 611
Fax: 553 622 777
Email: zlatovar@zlatovar.cz
Homepage: http://www.zlatovar.cz/

Founded: 1825 ***** CLOSED 2005 *****
Annual production: 60,000 hl (2004)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Classic  3.6% 9° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Desítka Klasická  3.8% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Unpasteurised.  
Max  4.1% 11° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Premium  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised.  
Braun  5.4% 13° Amber lager - speciální. Unpasteurised. A Vienna-style lager.  
Černý Mnich  5.5% 14° Dark lager - speciální. Unpasteurised. The name means "Black monk". Seasonal - Christmas.  

Independent brewery. It still uses open fermenters and horizontal lagering tanks.

The brewery closed for refurbishment in 2005, supposedly for eight months. In the meantime, draught beer is being brewed at Pivovar Litovel and bottled beer at Zubr in Přerov.


Pivovar Zubr
Komenského 35,
750 51 Přerov
Tel: 0641 - 270111
Fax: 0641 - 202264
Email: zubr@zubr.cz
Homepage: http://www.zubr.cz

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 287,000 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Zubr Classic Svetlý 4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Zubr Classic Tmavý  4.1% 10° Dark lager - výčepní.  
Šenkýř   4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Světák  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Canned only.  
Zubr Gold  4.6% 11° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Zubr Premium  5.1% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Owned by PMS a.s. Přerov along with Pivovar Holba and Pivovar Litovel.


Pivovarský dvůr Zvíkov
Zvíkovské Podhradí 92,
398 18 Záhoří u Písku.
Tel: 382 285 660
Fax: 382 285 722
Email: pivovar.zvikov@seznam.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar-zvikov.cz

Founded: 1994
Annual production: 278 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Zlatá labuť 11%    11° Pale lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Zlatá labuť Speciál 12%    12° Amber top-fermented beer. Unfiltered.  
Zlatá labuť Výroční 13%    13° Pale lager - speciální. Unfiltered. Seasonal - Christmas and Easter.  
Zlatá labuť 14%    14° Dark top-fermented beer. Unfiltered.  

Brewpub. Brews an interesting mixture of top- and bottom-fermented beers.

Opening times:
Mon - Sun 11:00 - 23:00


Pivovar Žamberk
Havlenova 10
564 01 Žamberk.
Tel: 465 611 918
Fax:
Email: intero@zamberk.alberon.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovarzamberk.wz.cz/

Founded: 1997
Annual production: 560 hl (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Žamberecký kanec 10%  3.7% 10° Pale lager - výčepní. Filtered but unpasteurised. Draught only.  
Žamberecký kanec 12%   4.8% 12° Pale lager - ležák. Unpasteurised. Comes in filtered and unfiltered versions.  
Žamberecký kanec 13%  5% 13° Amber lager - ležák. Unfiltered.  
Žamberecký kanec 14%  5.2% 14° Dark lager - speciální. Unfiltered.  

Microbrewery in former bus company buildings. Owned by Intero Chmelan, a company selling microbrewing equipment, who use it as a demonstration plant. "Žamberecký kanec" means "Žamberk boar".


Žatecký pivovar
Žižkovo náměstí 81,
438 01 Žatec.
Tel: 415 710 781
Fax:
Email: info@zateckypivovar.cz
Homepage: http://www.zateckypivovar.cz

Founded: 1801
Annual production: 27,416 hl  (2005)

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Žatec Světlé  4.1% 10° Pale lager - výčepní.  
Žatec Premium  4.9% 11° Pale lager - ležák.  
Žatec Premium tmavé     Dark lager - ležák.  
Žatec Baronka 5.3%   Pale lager - ležák.  
Žatec Export  5.3% 12° Pale lager - ležák.  

Independent brewery. Owned by Kordoni Holdings Limited of Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1997 the brewery produced 65,000 hl.


Klášterní pivovar Želiv
Želiv 1,
394 44 Želiv.
Tel: 565 581 074
Fax:
Email: info@pivovar.zeliv.cz
Homepage: http://www.pivovar.zeliv.cz

Founded: 2003
Annual production:

Beer alc Plato Description Score (100)
Castulus    13° Top-fermented beer with honey flaour.  
Siard Falco  5.2% 13° Top-fermented beer with cherry flaour.  
Gottschalk  6.5% 15° Top-fermented beer.  

Microbrewery. In a working monastery and run by monks. They appear - at least if their website is anything to go by - to have been inspired by the Trappist breweries of the Low Countries.


New small breweries in 2004
Restaurace U Zastávky v Dolním Sklenově v Hukvaldech - Hukvaldský ležák
Minipivovar Kopřivnice - Jiří Vaněk starší, Jiří Vaněk mladší - Lašský vulkán
Minipivovar Velké Meziříčí - Lubomír Jurek - zatím bez názvu
Minipivovar Oslavany - Templář
U Bulovky Richter Pub - Pub Premium
Minipivovar U Richarda - Petr Kobzík - Richard 12°

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