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The first written records of the brewery in Protivín date back to 1540. In 1711, it became the property of the Schwarzenberg noble family, where it remained for more than two hundred years. During the Schwarzenberg era, a beautiful brewhouse with copper boilers was built, including an atypical wort pan in the shape of a square, where beer is still brewed to this day. South Bohemian water from its own wells, traditional way of brewing and skills of South Bohemia are for decades the basis of beer brewed here, known under the brand Platan.

In 2008 the brewery became part of the Pivovary Lobkowicz Group.
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3.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Stark herb und bitter, leider auch metallern-säuerlich macht das Bier auf sich aufmerksam. Kann ich drauf verzichten. Test vom 13.8.2006, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 10,5,5,8,-,4 - 5,57
Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2006 at 22:00

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Das Bier macht vor allem mit seinem extrem komischen und unbeschreiblichen Beigeschmack auf sich aufmerksam. Gelungen ist lediglich der leicht röstmalzerne Abgang. Test vom 13.8.2006, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 9,4,6,7,-,7 - 6,57
Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2006 at 22:00

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle 0,5l. Bright golden colour. A white creamy head that disappears. Sweet malty flavour. Hints of caramel. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. A lager with taste.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2006 at 14:50

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, dark orangey brown with a small, creamy, beige head. Lightly sweet aroma of roasted malt. Medium-bodied again with sweet, roasted malt in the flavour. Perhaps some accents of dries fruit as well. No greater bitterness but still perfectly balanced. Courtesy of tbone_. 290706
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2006 at 14:32

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Alko in Muonio, Finland. Dark yellow body with a short lived white head. Fresh aroma with an oily impression. Medium sweet malt and honey flavours. Slightly bitter finish. Medium palate and quite well balanced. An average.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2006 at 01:24

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours pilsener golden with a white head. Malty, lightly sweet nose. Medium-bodied, very malty with a discreet underlying sweetness. Dry, hoppy finish. Courtesy of tbone_. 240706
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2006 at 00:13

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
A yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with a weird chemical note, and the flavor is sweet metallic with a weird note of hops. Not me.
Tried on 26 Jul 2006 at 11:30

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle (Pivni Galerie, Prague): Deep amber coloured, mid-sized off-white fluffy head, slowly diminishing; sweet dark-malty, grainy and caramelly nose, traces of roasted malt and molasses; sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; fruity, but mainly sweet-malty finish with a little lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. A good, pleasant Dunkles.............
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2006 at 01:03

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled. Dark golden colour, small white head. Rye, hay and alcohol in aroma. Flavour of rye, alcohol, hops and malt. Wellbalanced, clean and afterall, for being 10,5% it is very pleasant and manages to hide (or fit in) the alcohol very well!
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2006 at 12:38

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottled (BB 05/2006)
Clear golden color, not much head. Very strong rye aroma in the nose. Sweet ryeish palate. Alcohol presence is not so obvious (for 10.5% beer). Long sweet aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2006 at 09:19