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
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4
Smallish white head over clear golden body with some ongoing carbonation. Sweetish malty aroma with some fresh apples and a hint of rubber; some toffee as well. Watery, sourish taste with quite a bit of bitterness; some malty sweetness in the background. Chalky, watery mouthfeel. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2006
at 13:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma is hops and malt. Taste is roast malt, caramel and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2006
at 02:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle. Very dark brown/chestnut with beige head. Some sweet malt, some nice hop too, bit of coffee/choc quite watery in mouth. Finish has some burnt malt, a bit of tickly hop and more choc/toffee. Better than the Kozel
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2006
at 16:33
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl bottle brought back from Prague. Amber colour with thin white head. Some toasted malt, bit of toffee aroma. Very clean and crisp in mouth. Hoppy bite on the end. Some good flavours of toffee and hop, but doesn’t really offer much else.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2006
at 07:40
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Prague. Black beer with thin beige head. Lots of dark choc on aroma, coffee creme too. Fullish in mouth although somewhat watery, with a smokey ash flavour on the end. More coffee/choc/cream flavours in the mouth. Dusty and ashy though on the end. Not keen on the ash or the cream elements of this
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2006
at 07:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Medium offwhite creamy head over light chestnut brown body. Light caramel aroma with notes of straw and a little hops. Nice, soft mouthfeel. Burnt, soft caramel taste, somewhat watery, with a dry, bitter aftertaste. Some hops in the background throughout. Well-made, but boring. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2006
at 14:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Dark red colour with a beige head. Malt and caramel aroma.Light sweet roasted caramel flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2006
at 16:42
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled from Tesco at £1 for 500ml you cannot really complain at that price as it’s certainly on a par with similar standard lagers of this type. light golden coloured, not much aroma, easy drinking, nothing special ok lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2006
at 05:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
07-06-03 Had a very nice pint of this in a little cellar bar jazz club on the castle side of the river in Prague. A black beer with creamy white head, nice roasted tast and burnt malt flavours. A very smooth good stout.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2006
at 00:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Dark - almost black beer. Taste is roast malt and a hint of chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2006
at 03:17