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Nadrazni ul., 262 72 Breznice
Phone:+420 318982546
Fax:+420 318982546
http://www.heroldbeer.com
Founded: cca. 1506, by Zdenek Malovec
Owner: Pivovary a sladovny, vyzkum a sluzby, a.s.
Types of beer: Herold 8% light beer, 10% light, 10% semi-dark, 12% light, 12% wheat beer Hefe Weizen, 13% dark.
Annual production: 30,000 hl
Exports to: Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Cuba.
Miscellaneous: Manufactures Herold Mix beer-lemonade with grapefruit flavor.
The 13% dark beer was won first prize in the dark beer category as judged by an independant panel of experts and journalists at the Great International Beer Festival in Stockholm in 1996. Headlines in the Swedish newspapers even declared Breznice's beer the "Best Dark Beer in the World."
The 12% light beer took second place in the PIVEX Gold Cup in 1995, and again in 1999.
In 1993, they were the first and so far only producer of 12% wheat beer, known as Hefe Weizen.
Exports beer to Cuba.
Produces a condensed beer concentrate for use in home brewing, as in the original style.
Chyne 28, 253 01 Hostivice
http://www.pivovarskydvur.cz
Founded: 1992, by Miroslav Hojda
Owner: Miroslav Hojda
Types of beer: Dvorni 10% light, Dvorni 10% dark, Granat 12% lager
Annual production: 2,000 hl
Miscellaneous: The first restaurant microbrewery, the smallest brewery in the Czech Republic, provides beer to the government and parliament of the Czech Republic. The crew of the Zemak campaign bus during the 1996 Senate elections awarded it first place among beers, and the certificate signed by Milos Zeman (Chairman of the Social Democrats) hangs in the restaurant.
294 15 Klaster Hradiste nad Jizerou
Phone: +420 530 676-7782
Fax: +420 530 677-0555
email: info@klaster.com
http://www.klaster.com/home_page.htm
Founded: 1570, by Jiri Labunsky of Labun
Owner: Pivovar Klaster, a.s.
Types of beer: Klaster 8% light beer, 10% light and dark, 12% light
Annual production: between 50,000 - 100,000 hl
Exports to: Germany, Russia, republics in the former Soviet Union
Miscellaneous: Parts of the brewery are 18 meters underground and the beer cellars are cut directly into the rock.
270 53 Krusovice
Phone: +420 313569229
Fax. +420 313564426
Email: sekretariat@pivo-krusovice.cz
http://www.krusovice.net
Founded: 1581, and in 1583 it was purchased by the emperor Rudolf II for the Czech Crown and was associated with the Krivoklat estate.
Owner: a corporation whose major shareholder is Binding Brauerei AG Frankfurt am Main.
Types of beer: 10% light and dark beers, 12% light lager
Annual production: 740,000 hl (1996)
Exports to: Germany
Miscellaneous: In the last four years, production has more than tripled in quantity. A matter of some prestige is the brewery's regular delivery of beer to the Office of the President of the Republic, Vaclav Havel.
Ringhofferova 1, 251 69 Velke Popovice
Phone: +420 323 623 111
E-mail address: pvpkozel@czn.cz
http://www.beer-kozel.cz/
Foundation: 1874, by Frantisek Ringhoffer
Owner: Pivovar Radegast, a.s. is the largest shareholder with more than 85%.
Types of beer: Velkopopovicky Kozel 10% light beer, Velkopopovicky Kozel 10% dark beer, Velkopopovicky Kozel 12%, Velkopopovicky Kozel 14% dark, Velkopopovicky Kozel non-alcoholic beer.
Annual production: almost 600,000 hl
Exports to: Slovakia, Russia, Finland, Austria, Sweden, USA
Miscellaneous: The current embodiment of the brewery's goat mascot is named Olda.
Vodickova 20, 110 00 Praha 1
Tel./Fax: +420 2222 32448
email: sails@npivovar.cz
http://www.npivovar.cz/
Founded: 1993, by Novomestsky Pivovar, s.r.o.
Owner: Novomestsky Pivovar, s.r.o.
Types of beer: 11% light and dark yeast lager
Miscellaneous: This brewery is inside a restaurant reminiscent of "Old Prague." Something of a Czech "brew pub" in that sense.
Pivovar Ferdinand, Benesov
Taborska 306, 256 43 Benesov u Prahy
Phone: +420 317 722 511
Fax: +420 317 723 529
E-mail: bnmarketing@iol.cz
http://www.pivovarbenesov.cz/
Foundation: 1897, by Archduke Francis Ferdinand D'Este
Owner: Pivovary Bohemia Praha, a.s.
Types of beer: Ferdinand 8%, 10% and 12% light and 11% dark beers, Rytir light beer, Staroceske Pivo 10% and 12% light beers.
Annual production: 175,000 hl
Exports to: Ukraine, Russia, Belorussia, Moldavia, Lithuania, Germany, Italy, Spain, to Holland in the summer - export makes up 3.5% of sales
Miscellaneous: The Congress of Czech Brewers was launched here on May 6, 1938.
Pivovar Lorec Kutna Hora, s.r.o.
U Lorce 11, 284 15 Kutna Hora
Phone: +420 327 513 801-3
Fax: +420 327 514 104
http://www.drinksunion.cz
Founded: 1573, by Vaclav Dacicky of Heslov, brother of the famous Mikulas Dacicky of Heslov
Owner: DRINKS UNION, a.s.
Types of beer:Lezak Dacicky 12% light - app. 40% of prod., Kutnohorske Svetle Vycepni Pivo - 10% light draught beer, Knutnohorsky Havir - 10% dark, Knutnohorske Lehke Pivo - light beer, Old Bohemia Beer - 10% and 12% light, Lorec - 14% special light beer only during Christmas season.
Annual production: 200,000 hl
Exports to: Russia, Lithuania, Italy, Ukraine
Miscellaneous: - supplies beer to the Dvoracky chalet in Krkonose
- has its own wells for beer production.
Pivovar Nymburk, s.r.o.
Prazska 581, 288 25 Nymburk
Phone: +420 0325 517 200
Fax: +420 0325 512 077
http://www.postriziny.cz
e-mail: nymburk@postriziny.cz
Founded: 1895, by townspeople with brewing privileges
Owner: Pivovary Bohemia Praha, a.s.
Types of beer:Doktorova 8% light beer - 1,000 hl, Pepinova 10% light beer - 127,000 hl, Tmave Pivo 10% dark beer - 4,000 hl, Zlatovar 11% light - 3,000 hl, Frantinuv Lezak 12% lager - 20,000 hl.
Annual production: 150,000 hl
Exports to: England, Spain, Italy, France, Albania, Ukraine, Russia (export: 8% prod.)
Miscellaneous: - from 1935 to 1951, the manager of this brewery was the father of recently deceased writer Bohumil Hrabal, who spent his youth there. His novel "Postriziny" is based on life at that brewery, and every beer from the brewery carries the label "Postrizinska."
- the brewery has its own 40 meter-deep artesian well.
Podkovan 21, 294 30 Dolni Cetno
Phone: +420 326 356 222
Fax: +420 326 356 231
E-mail address: acpodkovan@podkovan.cz
http://www.podkovan.cz
Founded: 1434, by Lord Bohus of the Kovan Estate
Owner: A+C, spol. s.r.o.
Types of beer: 8% and 10% light beers, 12% light lager, 14% holiday light lager, 10% dark, Dia low-sugar beer, non-alcoholic beer.
Annual production: 80,000 hl (mostly 10% light - 55,000 hl)
Exports to: Sweden, Germany, Poland
Miscellaneous: The brewery bottles Aqua Plus water, which is suitable for newborns, even without boiling.
Nadrazni 84, 150 54 Praha 5
Phone: +420 257 19 11 11
Fax: + 420 257 19 14 11
E-mail: jan.vosta@ppivovary.cz
http://www.pivovary-staropramen.cz
Owner: The majority stockholder is the british company Bass Plc., which holds 55%.
Annual production: 2,620,000 hl, of which the Prague breweries produce 1,800,000 hl, Ostravar 360,000 hl, and the others 460,000 hl.
Pivovar Branik
Udolni 212/1, 147 00 Praha 4
Phone: +420 24446 1841 - 45
Fax:+420 2460842
Founded: 1898, by the Prague brewers
Owner: Prazske pivovary, a.s.
Types of beer: 10% Branik, 12% Branik lager
Miscellaneous: - after extensive reconstruction, the brewery is now the most modern operation of its type in the Czech Republic.
- the only bewery to process the beer yeast waste and prepare a multi-vitamin preparation from it called Pangamin.
Pivovar Staropramen
Nadrazni 84, 150 54 Praha 5
Phone: +420 25719 1111, 24591317, 24591410, 24591411
Fax: +420 224511136, 24511032
Founded: 1869, as a joint-stock brewery
Owner: Prazske pivovary, a.s.
Types of beer: 10% light Staropramen, 12% light lager, Dia
Exports to: Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, USA, Austria.
Miscellaneous: - the Staropramen brand makes up 95% of the total exports by the Prague breweries owned by the company. Export has grown from 109,000 hl in 1994 to 290,000 hl in 1996.
- during the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Czech Republic in March of 1996, her husband the Duke of Edinburgh made a visit to the Staropramen brewery in Smichov. He added his signature to the other famous signatures in the guest book reserved for famous visitors, led by the Emperor Francis Joseph I in 1880.
- Staropramen is the main sponsor of the Extraliga ice hockey league, which carries Staropramen in its name as of this year (1996).
Prvni Prazsky Mestansky Pivovar
U pruhonu 13, 170 04 Praha 7
Phone: +420 22439 9111
Fax: +420 2801 168
Founded: 1898, as the Prvni prazsky mestansky pivovar.
Owner: Prazske pivovary, a.s.
Types of beer: Mestan 8%, 10%, 12% light and 11% dark beers
Pivovar Ostravar
Hornopolni 57, 728 25 Ostrava
Founded: 1897
Owner: Prazske pivovary, a.s.
Types of beer: Velvet 12% beer, made according to a recipe similar to Guiness, Ostravar 10% light and dark beers, 12% light, and Rallye non-alcoholic beer.
Exports to: Russia, Slovakia, Canada, USA, Poland
Pivovar Svijany
463 46 Svijany
Phone/Fax: +420 48 517 71 41
E-mail: pivovar@volny.cz
http://www.pivovarsvijany.cz/
Founded: 1564
Owner: Prazske pivovary, a.s.
Types of beer: Svijanska Desitka 10%, Svijany 11%, Zamecky Maz 12%
Kvetnove nam. 5, 252 43 Pruhonice
http://www.ubezousku.cz
Founded: 1995, by Ing. Z. Knap, R. Zelnicek
Owner: Ing. Zdenek Knap, Rene Zelnicek
Types of beer: The brewery produces under licence from the Bernard brewery in Humpolec the following beers: Bernard 10% light unfiltered - 500 hl, Bernard 11% semi-dark unfiltered - 250 hl, Bernard 12% light unfiltered lager - 250 hl.
Annual production: Brewery capacity: 1,100 hl
Miscellaneous: - smallest restaurant brewery in the Czech republic.
- won the Strany pratel piva contest for 12% beer in its first year of production.
252 62 Vysoky Chlumec 29
Phone: +420 318-865 321
Fax: +420 318-865 330
e- mail: pivovar@lobkowicz.cz
www.lobkowicz.cz
www.lobkowicz.org
Founded: 1466, Lobkowicz family took posession of the brewery in 1474
Owner: Roudnice branch of the Lobkowicz family
Types of beer: Princ 10% light, Knize 12% light, Baron 12% dark, Special 14% light, Kaiser Premium 12% light.
Annual production: 71,000 hl, 80% Klasik, 15% Knize, 5% other
Exports to: Germany, England, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Austria
Miscellaneous: In 1996, grew from one of the smallest breweries in the country to one that's increasing its production every year.
Breweries in the Czech Republic
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