Staropramen Breweries
Commercial Brewery
in Praha 5,
Prague,
Prague,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by
Molson Coors
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1869
Contact
Description
Staropramen Brewery's history begins in 1869 when a corporation was formed on September 6, 1869, The brewery building was completed and beer first brewed in 1871 and the brand name Staropramen, literally meaning “old spring”, was registered in 1911.
Extensive modernization took place from 1933 to 1937 lead by masterbrewer Josef Paspa. The fermentation rooms with cooling vessels and large wooden barrels were replaced with modern steel tanks. In 1933, thanks to its volume of 800,000 hl of produced beer, the brewery became the biggest brewery in Czechoslovakia.
With socialism after the Second World War Staropramen was nationalised. After socialism ended in 1989, the brewery, along with the Braník and Měšťan breweries, became in 1992 part of the Prague Breweries group (Pražské Pivovary), which by 1996 came under control of the Bass company. Bass brought Ostravar into the group in 1997, then in 2000 sold its brewing operations to Interbrew, later AB InBev. In April 2012, Staropramen was bought by Molson Coors
Extensive modernization took place from 1933 to 1937 lead by masterbrewer Josef Paspa. The fermentation rooms with cooling vessels and large wooden barrels were replaced with modern steel tanks. In 1933, thanks to its volume of 800,000 hl of produced beer, the brewery became the biggest brewery in Czechoslovakia.
With socialism after the Second World War Staropramen was nationalised. After socialism ended in 1989, the brewery, along with the Braník and Měšťan breweries, became in 1992 part of the Prague Breweries group (Pražské Pivovary), which by 1996 came under control of the Bass company. Bass brought Ostravar into the group in 1997, then in 2000 sold its brewing operations to Interbrew, later AB InBev. In April 2012, Staropramen was bought by Molson Coors
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
At Chriso’s pre GBBF tasting 09. Yes, my palate was tired, yes it was late, but this was still not a very good lager. 1.5/5 Re-rate as Co op Czech Lager. I like it. Decent pils, not wonderful but does me on the train ride home from Folkestone to Ashford. Refreshing and has sufficient bite on the finish. Fine
Tried
on 06 Oct 2009
at 14:34
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
0.33l can at some random gas station in the Czech republic. Poured a slightly darker gold colour, medium thick fluffy white head that went away slowly. Soggy cornflakes nose, Watery taste, very light soap, cardboard, sweetish, very weak lemony hops. Drinkable, but lacks beery characteristics.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2009
at 12:03
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Pours a dark gold with a finger of fluffy head and very weak aromas of skunky hops and light grain. The mildness of the skunky hops that greets the nose turns into a rampaging 400 lb skunk monster that tramples the palate. There may or may not be malt in this beer... can’t tell.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2009
at 21:26
2.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Golden with a lasting hite head. Aroma of malt, with cardboard. Sweet cardboard flavour ith a grassy touch
Tried
on 12 Sep 2009
at 17:01
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops and straw.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2009
at 14:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught: Deep amber coloured with a firm off-white head, quite restrained aromas of dark and roasted malt, becoming more detectable when the beer gets warmer, light dry bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, shy toasty aromas - again - in the short sweet-malty finish. O.K., but a very inoffensive brew....
Tried
on 09 Aug 2009
at 02:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On draught:Deep golden,a bit unclear, firm and lacy off-whie head, fruity-yeasty aromas with a tinge of vegetables and cardboard, the bitterness seems to be be well covered by these dominant aromas, light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, slightly increasing bitterness towards the short, dry finish. Not a must..........
Tried
on 08 Aug 2009
at 18:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Orangeish golden colour, small biege head. Aroma is hops, grass, some caramel. Flavour is quite much the samme. pleasant stuff, though a bit sweet,m and probably atleast a year after bbe.. not sure though
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2009
at 19:31
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
(Bottle 0,5l) Clear golden color. Minimal white head. Spicy and hops aroma. Medium bitterness, badly balanced. Fizzy carbonation. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2009
at 07:19
2.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
(Bottle 0,5l) Clear yellow color. Quickly done, almost no white head. Looks like yellow water. Light hops aroma. Waterry body. Very light bitter, almost not detectable flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2009
at 07:55