About
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
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Pale golden, decent head - although collapsing. Malty notes, subdued bitterness. Rather pleasant and quaffable - in big quantities...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2005
at 08:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Comes as "Staropramen Desítka - pivo svetle výcepní" at 4,2% ABV. They’re really hard to pinpoint these Czech beers with their odd national names, but I s’pose it’s this one. Classical golden with a nice full although collapsing head. Very pleasant, malty palate and a rather subdued bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2005
at 16:21
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Golden coloured with a fluffy head. Light, malty aroma. When it comes to flavour there’s not much going on. Quite thin with some vague kind of bitterness.
Tried
on 16 May 2005
at 12:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught: Dark golden beer with a fluffy head that disappears with some nice lacing. Weak malt and fruit aroma. Some malt sweetness immediately, but heavily hopped bitter flavour making it very refreshing.
Tried
on 13 May 2005
at 04:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught. Copper coloured, creamy beige head. Citric aroma with some hoppish notes. Malty, citric and a bit papery flavour. Smooth and very plump (filling) palate. Semi-bitter finish.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2005
at 17:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(bottle) Pale golden colour with a small diminishing white head. Grainy malty aroma with hints of honey, but also some glue. Slightly sweet & malty in the beginning and bitterhoppy finish with short length, but a crispy and somewhat creamy texture. All in all a drinkable but average Lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2005
at 02:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Golden colour, thin white head; malty and hoppy (hay,straw) nose; quite well rounded, fizzy; the malty taste ends in a dry, crisp, short bitterness. Not bad, but where are the noble, world famous aromatic hops of Saaz (Zatec)..........?
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2005
at 02:23
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Golden colour, small white foamy head. Malty sweet breadish flavour with hoppy hints. Sweetishbitter flavour, mainly breadish. Sweet malty aftertaste, but also hints of bitterness. Sticky mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2005
at 08:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Very aged sample, label spells it as Branická Desitka Fully clear golden; head gone in secs. Hay, nuts, butter (younger, this would have probably been diacethyl). Nutty (hazel- and walnuts) taste. Was never hoppy to begin with, now the last trace has gone, leaving just (partly oxydized) maltiness. There IS some apple flavour as my learned colleague hereunder states, but in this case more like an overyear dried apple with a hint at its former fruitsour. Very light palated. That the beer falls flat is due to its age, and doesn’t reflect on the marks given. Exactly what it is; a light, cheap session beer for the Praha pubs.Earlier Rating: 3/7/2005 Total Score: 2.8Clear gold, little white head. Bourbon cask nose (which certainly NEVER contained this beer), rest very flat grain. Flat grains taste, even some chaff. Pale malts. Light bodied, bit empty. BO-O-O-OORING pilsner. How can Staropramen use the name of another Prague brewery?
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2005
at 13:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at the brewery beer hall. Served too cold, in the appropriate stylish glass. Beautiful amber colour, moderate head. Fruity aroma with hints of caramel. Some caramel in the flavour too, but not really sweet. Nutty. Tolerably well hopped.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2005
at 09:54