Pivovar Svijany

Commercial Brewery in Svijany, Liberec Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
Owned by Liberec Investment Fund (LIF Trade)
Associated Venue: Restaurace Svijanský Rytíř - Out of business

Established in 1564

Contact
Svijany 25, Svijany, 463 46, Czechia
Description
In 1564 for the first time a brewery is mentioned in Svijany. In the following years the brewery was owned by different families. In 1912 it was bought by brewer Antonín Kratochvíle. The Kratochvíle family operated the brewery till 1939. After the war the brewery was confiscated and later nationalized. in 1990 the state enterprise Vratislavice nad Nisou was created, which included Svijany Brewery. In 1998 the company Pivovar Svijany was created, which became the new owner of the brewery. In 2005, it was transformed into a joint-stock company. Gradually Svijany became the strongest regional brand with national importance. The popularity of the brewery is increasing and it is gradually being developed into one of the largest independent breweries in the Czech Republic.
Svijany Brewery is wholly Czech owned and remains one of the last in ‚domestic‘ hands.

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Draught at Svijanský Rytír, Prague, 22 July 2008) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty, grainy nose with notes of toffee, caramel and slightly spicy, floral hops. Malty, fruity taste with toffee, caramel and slightly toasty, fruity hints. Bittersweet finish with floral, grassy hops. Perfect balance. Lovely pilsener!

Tried on 02 Aug 2008 at 14:46


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Draught at Baracnika Rychta, Prague, 20 July 2008) Golden yellow colour with foamy, white head. Malty, floral nose with notes of grass and hay. Malty, bready, clean taste with some sweetness, hints of vanilla and a short, grassy bitterness in the finish. Clean and decent pilsener.

Tried on 02 Aug 2008 at 10:32


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle. Pours brown with a small white head. Caramel, toffee & bread. Slightly roasty. Medium bodied. Quaffable!

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2008 at 13:29


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Canned(500ml). –Pale golden coloured, small soapy white head, light bready, cereals and grainy nose. Simple bohemian pils. Malty, grainy, fresh hoppy and light bready with low carbonation and mild bitterness in the finish. Better than Kniže.

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2008 at 05:02


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled(500ml). –Golden coloured, medium sized white haed that went away slowly, dusty hoppy and faint fruity nose. Sweet malty, hoppy and bready with bitter sweet finish. Also touch of green apple in the finish. One-dimensional beer.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2008 at 05:00


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled(500ml). –Pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, strong cereal nose. Weak malty, hoppy and grassy aroma with notes of cereals and odd bitter green apple like finish. Good flavor but unfortunately watery palate.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2008 at 04:59


2.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bottled (BB 11/2008)
Golden color, small white head. Sweet brewing mash aroma. Very watery, cardboardish flavor. Another crappy nonalko.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2008 at 13:12


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle, also purchased at the Hypernova I think. Golden body, lovely carbnonation. Small white head that took its time to go away. Light, ok nose, fruity maltiness, some dusty hop. Sweet malty taste, light...nougat? hm. Very light hop in the background. Some fruitiness..apple? Ok nuff.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2008 at 09:38


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Got it at Hypernova in Plzen I think. Pale golden body, small-medium thick white head that went away fast. Very dusty hoppy nose, grain, alcohol. Dusty hop in the taste as well, appley. The maltiness wasn’t all that quality giving notes of alcohol too. Weak bitterness. Not my type but got better as I drank it (wow this makes sense).

Tried on 17 Jul 2008 at 09:36


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

0.5 l bottle Doggythedog brought from Plzen, thanks a lot! Poured golden body, bit darker than Maj, with smaller-medium white head. Aroma is honey malty, with more hops than Maj, but quite similar. Flavor reminds it as well, but this is much better as it has more body and finer bitterness. Honey, bread, herbal notes, all this can be found here. Quite low carbonation. Finish is more bitter than sweet. Bottle says it’s not pasteurized, but I didn’t feel that at all. Anyway, not bad beer at all.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2008 at 04:27