Staropramen Breweries
Commercial Brewery
in Praha 5,
Prague,
Prague,
Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by
Molson Coors
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1869
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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
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 50cl.Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, toffee, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (050908)
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2008
at 02:53
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin white head. The arom is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and so is the flavor. The body is thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 16:43
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Bottled. Clear pale yellow, rich airy head. Neural aroma. Medium sweet with clean hard mouthfeel. Dull and lifeless malt character, no bitterness. Typical InBev lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 11:03
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Light herbal hops on bready malt aroma. Amber brown, velvety offwhite layer on top. Very lightbodied, bready, light minerally notes. Slight citric finish, roasted aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2008
at 02:50
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Canned. Pale golden, rich head. Fruity nose. Swet and lightly grainy. Light bodied and fruity with some dextrose and lifeless sloppy mouthfeel. Finishes with unrefined resiny bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2008
at 13:24
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Biggish white head. Yellow body. Oily vegetable aroma. Dry-acidic watery grainy grassy taste with straw and pepper notes. Harshish watery mouthfeel. Thin body. Dry metallic grainy grassy aftertaste. Much too thin and watery. (0.5l can, Maxi mat, Charlottenberg.)
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2008
at 05:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. It pours a clear, golden body, topped by a finger-thick, diminishing, white head leaving lacings. Grassy hops with some citrus dominates the aroma, where also some hay, flowers and pale malt shows up. It’s more or less going the same path regarding flavor, with the added joy of hoppy bitterness. Pleasant sweetness too. Fruity and bitter finish with a sweet touch. Full body. A really pleasant pilsner, especially considering this being a beer brewed also with malt extract and hop extract. That’s usually not a proof of quality. Quenching and more-ish. (080826)
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2008
at 10:41
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle (as Branik Světlý): Golden , nohead to speak of, lazy carbonation; grainy-hoppy nose with vegetables underneath; light - or better - weak bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied to watery with the faintest idea of a malty base; very light bitter-sweet finish. A former Bohemian Pilsener, converted to swill by InBev......
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2008
at 12:12
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Had this as "Branik Lagerbier". The bottle looks terrible, like a cheap beer. The beer in the glass much better. Zippy, nice head. Starts mild, modest spicy, finish a bit sourish. Very drinkable and good beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2008
at 01:24
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Light toast nose. Goldem, fine pearling, low cream. Lightbodied, a hint of bittering hops, esaily forgotten after a sip.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2008
at 11:31