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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5.2/10 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

5.9/10 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

6.4/10 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

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
bottle. Golden yellow, large head, malty nose. Very malty flavour, slightly hoppy with hints of bread and grain, hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2007 at 07:29

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
bottle. Light golden yellow, decent head. Malty and slightly hoppy 10°, tastes quite all right for a 10°.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2007 at 07:28

6.1/10 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

4.4/10 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

5/10 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

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
One of the oddest ratings I scored ever. Had it draught at a party at my university’s student club. They usually serve just Pilsner Urquell draught, but they also had this on yesterday. Poured a nice dark (almost black) red colour, with a thick, creamy medium sized beige head that went away slowly. The aroma was pleasant, a sweetish, malty nose with a few hints of hops. The taste was quite one dimensional, but that one dimension was damn pleasant. A soft, sweet malty taste, caramel, hints of hops (Saaz I reckon). Sweetish aftertaste. A lovely light dunkel.
Tried on 17 Mar 2007 at 13:13

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draught, beautifull dark colour but not to opaque, just the right amount of sweetness. complex flavours of chocolate. smooth. long aftertaste. wonderfull brew.
Tried on 28 Feb 2007 at 12:36