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
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.5l bottle. fresh tasting and easy to drink but certainly not simple. not to heavy, quite dry, smooth, medium body. very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2007
at 12:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5.0% as Branik Lagerbier. Clear dark golden colour. Stable white head. Clean flavour, aromatic hops and quite malty. Some fresh bread, too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2007
at 08:43
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Nitrokeg in Karlovy Vary
Light amber color; creamy head. Aroma like English nitro cans. Very smooth, poor taste, quite bitter. Useless.
Light amber color; creamy head. Aroma like English nitro cans. Very smooth, poor taste, quite bitter. Useless.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2006
at 01:28
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at " Carlsens Skvatter", Odense: Dark brown, nearly black with white head. Sweet malty aroma. Roasted malts , caramel. Watery body. Easy short bitter finish. OK pleasant!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2006
at 08:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at "Carlsens Skvatter", Odense: Golden see through with white head. Little malty & hoppy aroma. Easy sweet taste from malts (caramel) Watery texture. Short light dry bitter finish. Easy drinkable. Defenetly nothing interesting, but OK!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2006
at 08:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half liter can, with nitrogen ball. Opened it and fizzy white head came out. On the label it said that this is made in Slovenia, so maybe it is. Paid more for this than I did for other beers and so I was expecting a lot. Didn’t quite get it. Beer was ok, but was still a dissappointment.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2006
at 21:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
One of my favorite Czech beers. Brought it back for my father and split the bottle. The pour is a delicous orange color with very little noticable carbonation. Taste is extremely smooth and almost sweet. Full bodied beer that I would love to try again as soon as possible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2006
at 14:26
2.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
This is the cheapest beer that I have ever seen. 16 cents a half liter. Tastes what it costs. Low on alcohol and good flavour. Thin useless beer that should only be drank for novelty purposes. Still not as offensive as American equivilents.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2006
at 14:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Plastic bottle (65 cl): Golden coloured, rather quickly diminishing white head; sweet-grassy-bready and hoppy nose; thinnish body, modearate bitter-sweet flavour; short, slightly herbal-bitter aromatic finish: A thin but drinkable brew, all in all nothing unpleasant detectable...............
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2006
at 05:12
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Undated bottle from American Beer Distributors consumed on 9/25/06.
Crystal clear, filtered/pasteurized/force carbonated. Still, a rosy peach-copper body is true enough to style and the white head while not particularly well-retained, laces quite resiliently and is maintained at partial-cover.
Initially, a very hoppy nose shows off dusty saaz hops, but very aromatic and quite crisp and straw-like as well. Spiciness on the end, and a touch of light honey and dough. Not too much crisp yeast either.
Way too much sugar in the flavor, bready, doughy and with a sagging, artificially carbonated texture. Bitterness perks up at the very beginning but is quickly washed out by pale sugars, wateriness and hay flavored hops. Poorly balanced, there is no crisp yeast bite at the end of my bottle. Gets watery very quickly. No alcohol noted.
Crystal clear, filtered/pasteurized/force carbonated. Still, a rosy peach-copper body is true enough to style and the white head while not particularly well-retained, laces quite resiliently and is maintained at partial-cover.
Initially, a very hoppy nose shows off dusty saaz hops, but very aromatic and quite crisp and straw-like as well. Spiciness on the end, and a touch of light honey and dough. Not too much crisp yeast either.
Way too much sugar in the flavor, bready, doughy and with a sagging, artificially carbonated texture. Bitterness perks up at the very beginning but is quickly washed out by pale sugars, wateriness and hay flavored hops. Poorly balanced, there is no crisp yeast bite at the end of my bottle. Gets watery very quickly. No alcohol noted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2006
at 14:03