The Staropramen Brewery in Prague.

A beer enjoyed: traditional Staropramen in official glass.

Staropramen’s Kvasnicak: this turbid, yeasty beer is available only in the brewery’s pub.

Pivovary Staropramen a.s. is the second largest brewery in the Czech Republic, situated in the Smichov district of Prague. It was founded in 1869 and the brand name Staropramen, literally meaning “old spring,” was registered in 1911. It is owned by Inbev and its products are exported to 37 countries across the globe, mostly in Europe and North America. It has become one of Ireland's favorite premium lagers served as liberally as Guinness. So popular is this fine beverage that it has a strong following dedicated to drinking it. This group known as The Order of Staropramen even have their own theme song dedicated to the drink. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (777x601, 136 KB) Summary The Staropramen Brewery in the Pragues district Smichov Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (777x601, 136 KB) Summary The Staropramen Brewery in the Pragues district Smichov Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 709 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (908 × 768 pixel, file size: 171 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Staropramen in one of the pubs in Prague File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 709 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (908 × 768 pixel, file size: 171 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Staropramen in one of the pubs in Prague File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (769x679, 81 KB) Summary The Staropramens yeast beer in the brewerys pub Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (769x679, 81 KB) Summary The Staropramens yeast beer in the brewerys pub Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation... The entrance of a brewery. ... Nickname: Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: , Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area  - City 496 km²  (191. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... InBev (Euronext: INB, NYSE: ABV) is the largest beer company in the industry. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Lager beers are alcoholic beverages of German and Czech origin, taking their name from the German lagern (to store). Lagers are brewed principally from malted barley (without cane sugar, an adjunct), hops and water at low temperatures (usually between 5°C and 15°C) that cause bottom-fermentation. ...

Product line

• Staropramen Premium Lager—a traditional Czech pilsner
• Staropramen Granat—a semi-dark pilsner
• Staropramen Dark—a Bavarian style dark lager
• Kvasnicak—fresh, very turbid yeasty beer available only in the brewery’s pub
• Braník
• Velvet
• Kelt
• Ostravar Original
• Ostravar Premium
• Ostravar Strong
• OSTO6

In Prague, it is still common for a pub to serve a single brand of beer; one can get a sense of the popularity of Staropramen beers in the number of pubs that serve them. Staropramen comprises a large portion of the national beer market, which it shares with Pilsner Urquell, Budvar and Krušovice. Lager is a well attenuated beer brewed in cool conditions using a slow-acting brewers yeast, known as a bottom-fermenting yeast, and then stored (or lagered) for a period in cool conditions to clear away particles and certain flavour compounds to produce a clean taste. ... Pilsener or pilsner is a type of lager beer. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Budějovicky Budvar is a smooth, slighly malty Czech beer produced in Ceske Budejovice, also known as Budweis in German. ... The Royal Brewery of KruÅ¡ovice (cs: Královský pivovar KruÅ¡ovice, shortform KruÅ¡ovice) is a Czech beer brewer, established in 1517 when Jiří Birka from Násile inherited a farm that had a brewery in the village of KruÅ¡ovice. ...

In Britain, Staropramen is sometimes informally abbreviated to “Star.”

External links

• Czech site
• International site