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
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark copper with off-white head. A disappointing aroma, mostly light malty. More interesting flavour, with roasted elements and some licorice that hides in the background. There’s also caramel in the flavour. Nice hops towards the end. (050929)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2005
at 14:47
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught
Copper brown color, decent creamy white head. Aroma has fruity hops, menthol and pear. Velvety, sweetish malty, earthy, mouldy oakyness.
Copper brown color, decent creamy white head. Aroma has fruity hops, menthol and pear. Velvety, sweetish malty, earthy, mouldy oakyness.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2005
at 12:21
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Nitrogen can) Amber coloured with a creamy head. The aroma was hard to get hold of. The flavour was burnt rubber and dry, roasty malt. Some bitterness on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2005
at 02:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled, 5%. Golden colour, small white bubbly head. Hayish malty aroma and same in flavour, along with hops. Kind of cheap-o feeling over this one... 3 2 4 2 6
Bottled@Björntasting. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mildly fruity, some sweet maltyness as well as some slight grass. Flavour is quite similar with some slight toffeeish notes. 6 3 6 3 12.
Bottled@Björntasting. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mildly fruity, some sweet maltyness as well as some slight grass. Flavour is quite similar with some slight toffeeish notes. 6 3 6 3 12.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2005
at 07:49
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled, alc. 5.0% (BB 04/2006)
Golden color, small white head. Ashy, grassy, a bit rubbery nose. Sweet hoppy with odd plastic side flavors. Sweetish hoppy aftertaste.
Golden color, small white head. Ashy, grassy, a bit rubbery nose. Sweet hoppy with odd plastic side flavors. Sweetish hoppy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2005
at 09:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Mostly lasting head, nice amber colour, moderat week aroma, OK flavour. Rerated as 6-3-6-3-11 june-11 2006 without knowing previus rating. So my tasting powers are still intact.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2005
at 16:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(bottle) Clear and pale golden colour with a medium foamy white head. Cookie malt aroma with hints of floral hops. Somewhat crispy mouthfeel but this one lacks a bit character compared to its Czech counterparts. Anyway it has a nice bitterhoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2005
at 14:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Nice beer, mostly lasting head. Yellow colour, OK aroma and flavour. An average czech pilsener.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2005
at 13:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at the brewery tap in Prague: Almost black, big brownish head, very long lasting, fruity, malty-roasted malts- and slightly bitter nose, light bodied, distictive bitter-malty aftertaste. Not bad at all, but a bit watery............
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2005
at 13:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On draught at the brewery restaurant in Prague: Deep amber colour, firm, long lasting head, big aromatic nose: fruity - honey - malts and a tinge of hops, sweetish-malty taste, short sweet-bitter aftertaste. The best one in this pub.......
Tried
on 14 Aug 2005
at 13:17