Pivovar Velké Popovice (Kozel)

Commercial Brewery in Velké Popovice, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by Asahi Breweries
Associated Venue: Velkopopovická Kozlovna

Established in 1874

Contact
Ringhofferova 1, Velké Popovice, 251 69, Czechia
Description
The brewery was established by baron František Ringhoffer in 1874. Since the very beginning the brewery has always had a live mascot, a goat behind its fence. The current goat is named Olda and he is actually on the brewery’s employee list.

In March 1999, the merger of Plzeňský Prazdroj, as with Pivovar Radegast, as the former majority owner of the Velké Popovice brewery, took place. Since 2016 it is part of the Asahi Group.

Velkopopovicky Kozel is the most successful Czech export beer according to the sales and is sold in more than 50 European countries and beyond.

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at the brewery. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter woody flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Draft at Velkopopovická Kozlovna on 25 Mar 2025 at 09:24


6.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at Lokál, Brno. Jet black pour, thick off-white head. Nose is dark malts, coffee, a metallic touch. Taste is moderately sweet malty with an earthy/coffee character. All in all you could tell it’s a macro beer, but it’s definitely one of the better ones.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:22


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap @ Cesky Krumlov, CZ. Dark brown to black color with a dark head. Aroma of malts, sweetness, toffee and coffee. Sweet taste with a long finishing. Low carbonated, easily drinkable.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:06


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0.5 l can from slovakia. A totally average pilsner, a bit heavier on the bitter/hoppy side both in aroma and taste, making it closer to my liking. Light body, lively carbonation.

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:05


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

0.5 l bottle. Pale golden color, no head. Malts dominate in aroma, and its taste is bittersweet. Short finish, light body, lively carbonated. Totally average.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:05


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0.5 l can. Clear golden color, nice white head. Malts dominate in aroma, but some grassy notes are also present. Bittersweet taste, not too complicated, but quite well balanced. Medium bitterish finish, lively carbonation, light body. Nice brew.

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:05


6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 4

Straight outta the 0.5 bottle. For a macro lager, it’s pretty aight, the caramely touch is definitely there. Pretty moderate and held back altogether, but still not the worst around.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:02


5.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Pours semi clear deep golden, white head. Nose is basically non existent, some faint malts perhaps. Taste is more on the sweet side, but nothing extraordinary, bready malts, a touch of caramel - this latter perhaps is not that common in the style. Short watery finish, light body, average carbonation. Extremely characterless and uninteresting yet surprisingly-not-that-bad.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:02


6

RB score 2.9

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 02:48


6.5

RB score 3.05

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2025 at 02:47