Pivovar Herold

Regional Brewery in Březnice, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
Associated Venue: Pivovar Herold - Out of business

Established in 1506

Closed in 2025

Contact
Zámecký obvod 31, Březnice, 26272, Czechia
Description
Pivovar Herold se nachází v Březnici u Příbrami. Patří mezi nejstarší firmy na světě, které nikdy nepřerušily výrobu. První zmínka o něm - jako už o fungujícím pivovaru - je z roku 1506.

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4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
Tap at Burza #4. How did I not try this before? Clear full golden body, thick white head. Apple-driven sweetish aroma with some herbal notes. Yea, not that impressive for a Czech lager, but tolerable... and the taste goes even more down. Malt, lightly buttery, vegetal notes, yeasty-meaty notes. Creamy body, but the taste is simply bad. The mouthfeel, which isn't terrible, keeps it tolerable, but I don't see myself paying for this ever again except maybe, maaaaybe knowingly fresh at the brewery. Maybe. A drainpour I paid a higher-end PU price for.
Tried from Draft on 18 May 2021 at 22:50

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a beige / tan head. Aroma: dough, roasted coffee, caramel, herbal hints. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, dark malts, prune, roast coffee, nutty. Medium body with frothy carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2021 at 18:47

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco OC Nový Smíchov. Beautiful amber-red body, but with an all too fleeting off white head. Soft, light aroma, vague caramel, vague berries, so far so good. The taste manages to be all too dry and rough when cold, but again, with some change in temperature, a vague sweetish caramelly-berry note shows up there, in front of some bitterness. Not unpleasant, okay beer really, but like the other Herold, a grower more than anything.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2020 at 23:47

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from the big Tesco in OC Nový Smíchov. Clear, full golden body, white head. Slightly fruity aroma, clean maltiness generally, vague flowery notes. Lean, very lean taste, very dry body too, so smooth, sliding on a vaguely herbal note and almost disappearing before hitting a bitterish herbal finish that's metallic here and there at times and extremely vaguely tart. It's a more interesting trip than it seems at first, the hoppiness breaking through here and there, the odd notes countering. Within the same glass it went from 2.6 to 3.2, but say that this is roughly right. For a macro(ish) brewery, a good one.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2020 at 22:46

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
# 2260; 9/2020. Malty, herbal and yeasty aroma. Briliant gold body; persistant white head. Malty, herbal and floral, slightly spicy and yeasty. Good bohemian pilsner. 0,3 l, draught, multitap pub, Pilsen (Bohemia, CZ).
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2020 at 13:25

6.8/10
A hoppy czech style amber lager. The malt is balanced, and all is clean. The hops are decidedly czech but not astringent. Pivovarsky Klub
Tried on 09 Jul 2020 at 19:20

3.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 3
# 2009; 5/2020. Yeasty to mouldy aroma. Brilliant gold body, creamy head. Mouldy, light bodied, malty, glucose syrup. Very poor bohemian lager. 0,3 l, bottle, local pub, Míšov (Bohemia, CZ).
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2020 at 18:56

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
# 1776; 1/2020. Malty, celar. Gold, clear body. Malty, spicy, high carbonation, worty finish. Bad bohemian lager. 0,5 l bottle, beershop, Prague. Definitely not czech amber lager - it is bohemian pilsner.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2020 at 21:28

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
# 1775; 1/2020. Malty, caramel, spicy. Copper, clear. High carbonation, spicy, caramel, malty. Very good czech amber lager, but nothing special. 0,5 l bottle, beershop, Prague.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2020 at 20:38

1.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
# 993; 3/2018. Velice nedobrý nealkoholický pivo. Silná skunková mladinovost soupeří s nepříjemně surovou bylinnou hořkostí.
Tried on 24 Jan 2020 at 17:56