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 - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from a supermarket in Krumlov. Looks simple but okay. Beer in the glass with a small head. Starts mild but not washy, modest dry. Background a bit moldy. Finish with some metallical hints. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2007 at 11:47


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

Bottle. Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, brown sugar, dark bread. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (191107)

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2007 at 06:36


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours dark brown with a reddish tint around the edges. Medium beige head with fair retention. Stringy lacing. Light roasted malt and bread in the nose, with touches of fruit. Medium (bordering thin at times) smooth body with sweet caramel malt flavor along with dry fruit and rye. The finish is short and fruity with a lingering sweetness. Solidly average Dunkel all around.

Tried on 24 Nov 2007 at 14:31


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

0,5 l can by my friends Czechs. Yellow colored with some white head. Nice malty aroma, some fruits maybe. Flavor well balanced not bitter at all as it states in commercial. As all Czech pilseners, palate very nice. I could drink a whole casket. Good beer, but there are surely better from that great beercountry.

Tried from Can on 02 Sep 2007 at 07:44


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

Draught. Golden colour, nice creamy head. Aroma is mainly malts, hops and some slight hints of fresh grass. Flavour very much the same. Quite pleasant palate though. Not very interesting, but does it’s work a refreshment.

Tried on 27 Jul 2007 at 03:00


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap in a beach bar in Jurmala, Latvia. Golden colour, moderate head. Distinctly malty aroma and flavour with notes of butterscotch (diacetyl). Moderate hops in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2007 at 15:10


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Mahogany brown colour with huge, beige head, leaving some lacing. Malty, rather sweet nose with notes of dried fruit, brown sugar, caramel and wort bread. Malty, grainy taste with sweetish notes of brown sugar and dark rye bread. Not very bitter, slightly below medium body, rather sweet. Very tasty considering the low abv. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2007 at 14:40


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A golden beer with a nice cream colored head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops, but also notes of caramel - very inviting. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of hops and caramel, the mouthfeel is very crisp. Towards the end the hops gives it a note of straw to go along with the long lasting bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2007 at 15:49


4.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Canned. Pale golden, brief head. Light hay aroma. Sweet with clean hard mouthfeel, faint hay flavour, quick bitter finish. What used to be a fine beer full of character has been turned into a dull industrial lager by the modernizations of the brewery.

Tried from Can on 22 May 2007 at 08:29


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

Very pale yellow in colour, light lager hop, with a malty lagery flavour.its bit average

Tried on 09 Apr 2007 at 14:58