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
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle from Co-op Honiton. Clear golden yellow colour, white head. Solid malty body, finishing with some rather mediocre hoppy flavours.
Earlier Rating: 6/16/2007 Total Score: 2.8
bottle. Golden yellow, medium-sized head. Malty nose, malty flavour, slightly hoppy, especially towards the finish and aftertaste. Standard and average Czech lager.
Earlier Rating: 6/16/2007 Total Score: 2.8
bottle. Golden yellow, medium-sized head. Malty nose, malty flavour, slightly hoppy, especially towards the finish and aftertaste. Standard and average Czech lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2008
at 11:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with medium creamy beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor with fairly hard roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, coffee and hops finishing it off bitter.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2008
at 09:47
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet aroma with fresh wort, caramel and grainy notes. Sweet flavor with grainy and brewing cereal notes.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2008
at 09:42
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Clear golden with large white head. Swet aroma with grainy notes. Sweet and somewhat watery flavor with grainy and mild cardboard notes.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2008
at 09:13
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Clear amber with medium white head. Metalic aroma. Metalic flavor with grainy notes.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2008
at 09:11
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
2017 rating. They rebranded this recently, and I got it nearly by mistake, not seeing somehow I'd rated it under a different name. Golden body, big white head. Light aroma, a bit of flowery hop on a malty background. Clean maltiness, vague citric and herbal hops. Dirt average, clean, drinkable. And better than the regular Staropramen brewed in Croatia is 99% of the times.2008 rating. 0.5l can that ogivlado got somewhere in Plzen and shared it (thanks!) Medium sized fluffy white head on top of a slightly pale gold colour. Light malty nose, light hop too. And then I have to use "light" again, this time describing a maltiness that even reminded me of tropical fruits for a second, but that feeling was soon gone, never to reappear and I wonder where it came from. A bit oily, somewhat hoppy and dusty. Extremely ordinary 10°. 4/2/5/2/9
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2008
at 04:58
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Light sour grain aroma, a hint bittering hops. Golden, light carbonation, low white layer. Lightbodied, light fruity hay base, a bit hops, nutty in the back. Light sparkly mouthfeel. Dusty retronasal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 12:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Mild hoppy and light spiced, vague cardboardish note in the aroma. Flavour is medium dry, light spiced and mild cardboardish. Mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2008
at 02:34
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Golden with a small white head. Bready malt aroma. Sweet and thin sugary flavour with a cardboard note, but at least with a nice hoppy finish.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2008
at 16:05
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
(6/28/08) Bottle on the RBESG08 bus. Golden-colored. Grainy wort aroma with notes of vegetables. Sweet flavor with some cardboard and a bitter metallic finish. Light-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2008
at 12:13