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
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Black with creamy head. Roasty coffee nose. Dry and grassy with notes of chocolate and somehwat thin mouthfeel. Metallic finish with more coffee and a fair amount of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2004
at 15:40
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
A yellow beer with a fine though disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet malty - rather boring and so is the flavor. The body is thin. All in all a boring version of a czech pils.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2004
at 04:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle (says 4.4% ABV, also tried this draught in Prague)
Dark-brown and red colour. Small quicky vanishing slightly tanned head. Lots of CO2 makes this Coke look-a-like. Sweet dark chocolate aroma, not very strong. Delicious coffee-chocolate and smoked flavour, ending too quickly. (8/3/8/3/13 3.5)
Draught
Dark brown, creamy brown head. Fresh lemony hoppy nose. Strong oak and earthy flavor, dry aftertaste. Something wrong with this? (6/4/5/2/10 2.7)
Re-rated, bottle (BB 06/2005)
Dark brown-ruby color, small creamy tanned head. Aroma has coffee beans and dark chocolate. Light body. Roasted cold coffee flavor. Some late roasted bitterness. (8/4/6/3/14 3.5)
Dark-brown and red colour. Small quicky vanishing slightly tanned head. Lots of CO2 makes this Coke look-a-like. Sweet dark chocolate aroma, not very strong. Delicious coffee-chocolate and smoked flavour, ending too quickly. (8/3/8/3/13 3.5)
Draught
Dark brown, creamy brown head. Fresh lemony hoppy nose. Strong oak and earthy flavor, dry aftertaste. Something wrong with this? (6/4/5/2/10 2.7)
Re-rated, bottle (BB 06/2005)
Dark brown-ruby color, small creamy tanned head. Aroma has coffee beans and dark chocolate. Light body. Roasted cold coffee flavor. Some late roasted bitterness. (8/4/6/3/14 3.5)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2004
at 11:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This one wasn't skunked (tried this on several occasions) so I'll have to assume that it was representative of the beer other than some possible freshness loss. Good golden color and a head that lacked a bit of retention. Good maltiness with the proper balaance of bitterness, but not quite as crisp and to the front as the flavor profile of a PU. A good Boh Pils just the same.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2004
at 12:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
(500 ml can, flown in from Praha/Prague). Typical pils golden colour, good to moderate head. Some Saaz aroma, but not very strong. Light bodied, as expected from a pils with only 4.0% ABV, but it has a decent hop balance which leaves a pleasant aftertaste. Refreshing, but the ordinary Staropramen Lager (Lezák) is better.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2003
at 05:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear orange color. Aroma is sweet and amber-like. Bit malty taste, but also a quite bitter palate, sharp and acidic.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2003
at 05:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy dark color, brown head. Aroma is malty, typical dunkel like. Taste is soft creamy, licorice, bread, malty. Soft palate. Good brew.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2003
at 05:32
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bit flaw for a pilsener. In the Czech Republic you can definitely find better.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2003
at 07:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
The aroma is creamy, slightly sweet, and with notes of straw. The color is amber and it has a fine head. The flavor is very flowery, sweet malty, and rather hoppy though without being bitter. It ends on a slight prickling bitterness. A very smooth beer due to the nitrogen. I like the combination of English ale and Czech Pilsener.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2003
at 14:44
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled. Brownish amber. Lightly appley nose. Sweet, clean and one-dimensional with medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2003
at 01:01