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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can 0,5ltr: Golden clear colored brew with an nicely bitter taste, decent hints of maltiness and hoppiness. Bought it at one of the many minimarkets around touristcity of Praha-2.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can 0,50 ltr: Clear golden coloured brew with an soft dry bitter taste with some faint sweetness, faint hints of caramel, bit of lemon and slightly aroma of grass.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:12


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Piwo jak to w czeskim podejsciu do warzenia to i piwa bezalkoholowe sa dobre, nawet czasami drozsze niz inne jedenstki czy dwumastki. W tym przypadku mamy dobra jakosc piwa bezalkoholowego, kolejny kolor kapsla z rogatym kozlem do kolekcji --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kozel Non-Alcoholic on 06 Apr 2023 at 19:26 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5. Original review text: Bottle. Spora piana, niczym obecna powierzchnia wszystkich panstw Nato. Barwa bursztynowa, ciemna, karmelowe, nieco korzenne, nawet chmielne, dobre piwo bezalkoholowe bez zadnych dodatkow, smakuje bardziej jak polotmave.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2024 at 15:43


3

Too sweet

Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2024 at 00:36


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

0,5 l bottle. Clear dark golden in the glass, small one finger white head. Caramel and nuts on the nose. Taste has some caramel, malt, increasing mid bitter hop. Some czech diacetyl. Low toasted nuts. Expected a little bit more deepness.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2024 at 21:08


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0,5 l bottle. A darkest red brown in the glass, one finger pale beige head. Sweet malty aroma, some hop in the background. Taste starts toasted malty, sweet Blockmalz, increasing dry due to the bitterhop. Little bit bready. Below average carbonated. Pleasant stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2024 at 19:55


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

I got a 500 ml can at Albert supermarket near the Hilton in Prague. Lifting the cap and tilting into a room drinking glass, pretty classy, huh? Bright gold body, fluffy head of absolutely white foam and plentiful carbonation. It smells like Pilsners usually do. The taste is also mostly standard in the style. Light malt, grain, perhaps some hops. More bitter than sweet but much of either. At dinner last night a 50 cl glass of Kozel cost less than my wife’s 33 cl bottle of Coke Zero. Culture adjustment I guess.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2024 at 15:29


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

Can Rather generic non-alcoholic beverage. Malty, not really hoppy. Okay though

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2024 at 08:16


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

Keg at pauseteria. Pours deep amber, nose is bready, malty, grassy, taste is bready, bitter, toffee.

Tried on 21 Jun 2024 at 15:48


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

500 ml bottle, as Velkopopovický Kozel 0,0%, from EkoMarket, Bryne. Deep copper colour, small white head. Aroma of malts, grain and wort, hints of baby porridge, over-cooked vegetables, brown bread and caramel. Malty flavour, not too sweet, some fruitiness, notes of brown bread, a hint of caramel, very moderate hops. Could have been worse. --- Beer merged from original tick of Velkopopovický Kozel 0,0% on 31 May 2024 at 16:03 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3. Original review text: 500 ml bottle, as Velkopopovický Kozel 0,0%, from EkoMarket, Bryne. Deep copper colour, small white head. Aroma of malts, grain and wort, hints of baby porridge, over-cooked vegetables, brown bread and caramel. Malty flavour, not too sweet, some fruitiness, notes of brown bread, a hint of caramel, very moderate hops. Could have been worse.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2024 at 17:50