Staropramen Breweries

Commercial Brewery in Praha 5, Prague, Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by Molson Coors
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1869

Contact
Nádražní 43/84, Praha 5 - Smíchov, Prague, 150 00, Czechia
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

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6/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Staropramen 10 (formerly Staropramen Smíchov) on 17 Jun 2023 at 21:07 - Score: 6
Tried from Draft on 17 Jun 2023 at 21:07

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from local Asda store. Pours unclear orange brown with a decent cream cap. Aroma citrus, grapefruit, spices, Saaz hops Taste: moderate sweet & moderate bitter, wheat, moderate esters, some spices. Medium body with foamy carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2023 at 22:02

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bought a 1,5 l PET bottle at Zimmermann Sonderposten for 1,29 €. BB 27.06.23. Listed with 5.0 % abv. Clear dark red golden in the glass, one finger whte foamy head. Caramel and some grain on the nose. Taste starts with a dry malt bitterness, toasted grain, little bit grassy, some fruity elements and caramel in the background. Less diacetyl than expected. Below average carbonated. Okay. Didn´t drank the whole bottle ...
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2023 at 19:53

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
500 ml can as Praha (Hungarian version). Clear dark golden with a fluffy head. Grassy metallic hops, grain, some corn, slightly metallic. Light bodied, watery texture, lively carbonated, dry grainy metallic bitter finish. Boring.
Tried from Can on 11 Jun 2023 at 20:57

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Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:34

6/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:27

7/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:15

7/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:10

7.5/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 12:09

8.5/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 11:58