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
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
chiara buona schiuma piuttosto persistente aromi delicati di malto e erbacei in bocca malto e luppolo non molto amara ma buona presenza di luppolo non marcata
Tried
on 09 Jul 2008
at 10:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Deep ruby red colour, mediumsized brown creamy head. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel, some toasted notes as well as notes of black, mild coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, coffee, some balancing up flowery and grassy hops. Aftertaste is toasted and quite much coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 05:07
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is metallic, hoppy and also has some grains in it. Flavour is hops, grains and rubber. Very cheap feeling to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 04:47
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is cardboard, hay and some mild paperyness. Flavour is also cardboard, grass and hay. Very mouthdrying brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 04:26
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden with a small white head. Grain and hay aroma with a metallic twang. Thin and metallic sweet malt flavour.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2008
at 15:58
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
50 cL bottle. Pours clear golden orange witha slowly collapsing yellowish head. Dry cardboardish aroma. Flavour is dry malty with a light cardboard note but not as bad as others. Ends mild dry breadish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2008
at 01:00
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Yellow with a lasting white head. The aroma has vegetable and other sulphur notes, a metallic edge adn some malt. Sweet an thin drainpour flavour.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2008
at 11:44
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottled. Clear golden, airy head. Aroma of raisin and dough. Sweet and sweaty with some rye bread and menthol . like stale wort. Harsh salty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2008
at 05:56
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
First rating(50 cl bottle bought at Tesco in Plzen)Sampled on the train between Plzen and Praha on June 30, 2008Clear pale golden color, fluffy white head. Sweet, malty, stale, cheeze scent. Sweet, a bit flat, malty taste. A bit thin mouthfeel, low bitterness.4/3/4/2/8=2.1Rerate(Bottle at a beer tasting at rickgordon in Göteborg)On July 5, 2008Clear golden color, white head. Apple and sweet scent. Thin malty watery taste. Thin mouthfeel, low bitterness.3/3/3/2/6=1.7Rerate(Bottle in Plzen)On June 27, 2008Pale yellow color, small white head. Weak sweet scent. Weak metalic taste. Moussy mouthfeel, low bitterness.4/2/4/2/7=1.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2008
at 08:29
2.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Drunk in front of Vinarna Hrozen at the RBESG tasting from a glass (!), after someone decided to inflict it to the general populace. So thank you anonymous benefactor. Poured a gold-yellow body with a small white head. Oily nose. Tasted like oil and rotten meat but the sheer wateriness made it not as offensive as it might have otherwise been. Still, it’s damn ugly. And now I regret not having the Ambrosius Special which is apparently worse.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2008
at 06:41