Pivovar Jihlava

Commercial Brewery in Jihlava, Vysočina Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by Pivovary Lobkowicz
Associated Venue: Pivovar Ježek Jihlava

Established in 1860

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Vrchlického 2, Jihlava, 58601, Czechia
Description
The first real malting statute was confirmed by the municipal council of Iglau, as the town of Jihlava was called till 1948, in 1579. In 1859, all 123 owners of brewing rights in the town and surrounding villages joined in a new brewery, the present Jihlava Brewery. The brewery in Jihlava was opened in 1861, but the brewery considers the year 1860 as the year of its incorporation. From its incorporation the brewery had mainly German owners. After WWII it was nationalised and then privatised in 1995. In 2008 the almost bankrupt brewery was bought by the Pivovary Lobkowicz group. Under the new owners the brewery returned to the production of beer according to old original recipes.

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3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3
Green 0.66l bottle brought from Italy by and shared with ozujsko (thanks!) A big, oily , cheap... aroma... spread through my room as this was opened. Some tiny hints of honey don’t do much to redeem it. Pale yellow/golden colour, medium sized head that went away fast. The taste is not unlike a nonalcoholic beer... watery, same harsh irritating bitterness some of those have, that doesn’t come from hops, oiliness, empty aftertaste. There is some hop thaste though... very weak. Hm. Worthless.... and the fact that it tries to mimic Budvar is even worse.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2006 at 05:54

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Bottled(500ml). -watery brew without anything new to say. Somehow there’s a little sediment of something (probably corn)
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2006 at 03:40

2.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2
0.5l bottle shared with and courtesy of ozujsko (thanks!) Ha, another Hungarian supermarket beer (so, ok, this one is from Czech republic). This poured a golden colour with a medium white fluffy head that went away at a medium pace leaving lots of lacing. Nothing special. The nose is weak, some weak acidity and maaaybe malt if I stretch my imagination a bit. The taste is... oh dear... not again ! Watery, featureless, acidic lemoniness... now when did I drink that last time... oh, right, 5 minutes before, only it was called Jägerbrau. Blagh. At least this had some weak hints of fruit maybe (or maybe I imagined that). So, if that was citric acid dissolved in water, this is citric water dissolved in water that someone added some Nestea Lemon to. Gah. No aftertaste (why did I expect any..). Not offensive, but...
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2006 at 11:31

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottled(500ml). -clear golden coloured, small airy head, usual N.A. nose, sparkling, slight sweet hop aroma, mild bitter watery finish. If we consider that this beer is made for Auchan and moreover that it is alcohol free, then it becomes more then beareble beer.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2006 at 04:18

1.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1
Bottled(500ml). -here comes another new Tesco beer, cheap and one-dimensional, watery drink with unsuccessful attempt to look and taste like beer, ONE MORE BEER TO FORGET AS SOON AS POSIBLE
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2006 at 05:00

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Bottled(500ml). -bought by my friend in Tesco Budapest, cloudly pale golden coloured, no head, strong intensive malty nose, faint hop and sweet sweet corn aroma, awful metallic bitter finish with long bitter aftertaste
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2006 at 04:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Pivni Galerie, Holesovice: Pours deep golden with a firm, mid-sized off-white head; mainly malty nose (honey, bread, also nutty aroma) with some floral hoppy overtones and traces of alcohol; initia maltyl sweetness changes in "the second half": good, distinctive hoppy bitterness leads to a well balanced bitter-sweet finish. Well hidden alcohol, full-bodied and warming, but still refreshing. A goodie !
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2005 at 13:03

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle GBBF 2005. Very dark mahogany colour with some dark malt on nose, nice darkish beer, bit of coffee, slips down easily, but still a little thinnish in the mouth
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2005 at 02:57

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle: Golden coloured, thin, quickly vanishing foamy layer; bready nose with some hints of floral hoppiness; light bodied, bitter-malty taste; short, not too aromatic, bitter-malty aftertaste; a bit bland, but quaffable.......(Jezek means - as stated on the label - hedgehog)
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2005 at 00:49

3.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
(Bottle 50 cl) An ale??? No, I really don’t think so. According to the label it’s a "´Výcépni svetlé" which I believe is a light lager. Anyways, it’s not really worth the effort. Golden beer with a decent head. Surprisingly flat though with a rather harsh hoppiness. Easy to drink, but not very exciting.
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2005 at 09:24