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
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can. Golden colour with a white head.. Aroma is fruity malt. Flavour fruit, malt, apple.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2006
at 04:14
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Canned. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is soapy dishwatery hops. Flavour is quite sweet malts, hops and paper. Weak metallic hints in finish & aftertaste. Not too pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2006
at 10:44
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can (BB 02/2007). Golden color, small white head. Light papery malty aroma. Woody hoppy with low alco rubbery notes. Finish is watery and metallic.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2006
at 10:41
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
[Bottled] Pale golden, ultra-brief head. Vague papery aroma. Thn and metallic. Corn flakes with water. No hops, or anything else thatI enjoyin my beer. Just cheap-tasting off-flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2006
at 13:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Dark amber colour nearly brown colour. Sweet aroma with notes of caramel, malt. Very smooth tasty flavour with sweet caramel, toffee and with a bitter and little dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2006
at 12:06
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle.Clear, pale gold appearance, average head, nice lacing. Citrus aroma. Sweet flowery flavor and malty. High carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2006
at 12:03
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Can from Tesco, 4.2%, "Staropramen Prazsky". (BB 11/2006) Bright golden color, good white head. Woody, buttery aroma with hints of aspargus. Light to medium bodied. Starts mostly watery, then gets harsh hoppy bitterness. This one has some good Czech pils elements, but is same time bland and cheaply made.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2006
at 13:35
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
[Bottled] To get this strait it never really was half the beer the Pilsner Urquell once was, but at least it used to be a dry, firm and freshly hoppy pilsner. That has chnged. It pours pale golden with average head. Perhaps the slightest hint of saaz hops remains, but it’s really Heinekenized and void of any real character. Medium bodied with somewhat mellow mouthfeel and low-medium bitterness. Hasn’t got much to separate it from the Carlsberg’s of the world anymore. I’ve had my last bottle of it...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2006
at 09:40
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 0,33l. Golden brown colour. A small white head. Some sweet malty flavour. A dry bitter finish. Quite balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2006
at 11:21
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Amber colour. Off-white head. Light aroma of malt and hops. Caramel malty flavour with a touch of dried fruit. Lively carbonation. (The Skibotn drinking session 14.07.2006).
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2006
at 02:21