The Czech Republic drinks the most beer in the world.
Czech breweries can count on an incredible consumption of 140 liters per inhabitant per year.
If you would like to try a beer from the Czech Republic, you will find plenty of opportunities to do so in Prague.
Here we have collected the most famous Czech beer brands for inspiration:
8 Brands of Beer from the Czech Republic
Beer is called Pivo in Czech and is considered the national drink.
If you order a beer, you say jedno pivo or velké pivo and get a half-liter glass. If you want less, you say malé pivo and get a 0.3 liter glass.
Na zdraví! - Cheers!
1. Pilsner Urquell
Pilsner Urquell has been produced in Pilsen since 1842. Due to the poor quality of beer at the beginning of the 19th century, the citizens built the brewery in Pilsen in 1842, which was then called the "Civic Brewery". Today, the Pilsner Urquell Brewery is the largest in the Czech Republic.
Hops from the traditional growing areas in northern Bohemia are used for production. The bottom-fermented pale beer is brewed with an original gravity of 11.75% and has an alcohol content of 4.4%.
Popular Ticket Options:
- Tickets for Pilsner Urquell - The Original Beer Experience: Tour + Beer Tasting
- Prague: City Brewery Tour with Audio Guide + Pilsner Urquell Experience Ticket
2. Budweiser
Budweiser beer is brewed in the Budvar brewery in České Budějovice, which was founded by Czech citizens in 1895. However, the tradition of brewing beer in České Budějovice dates back to the 13th century, when monks brewed beer in monasteries.
Budweiser bottom-fermented beer is brewed with an original gravity of 11.90% and has an alcohol content of 5.0%. It is a light beer.
3. Gambrinus
Gambrinus has been brewed since 1869 in Pilsen, in the same brewery that produces Pilsner Urquell. The beer is named after Gambrinus, a legendary king who was considered the inventor of beer brewing.
Gambrinus is a bottom-fermented beer brewed with an original gravity of 11.00%. It has an alcohol content of 5.0% and is a light beer, but it has a rather dark color.
4. Strahov Monastery Brewery
Very close to Prague Castle and is Strahov Monastery Brewery, where beer has been brewed since the 13th century. Here, St. Norbert beer is produced in this family business. It has an original gravity of 13% and an alcohol content of 5.3%.
The seasonal beer selections are interesting, including St. Norbert autumn beer, a bock beer with 6.3% alcohol, which is served from the end of September, and the Easter beer with 5.3%, which is served on the Friday before Good Friday.
Here, you can read more about Strahov Monastery.
Popular Ticket Options:
- Beer Spa with unlimited beer + optional massage
- Prague: Czech Beer-Tasting Experience with Snacks
- Brewery Tour with Lunch and Beer Tasting
- Prague Cycle Boat - The Swimming Beer Bike
- Tickets for Pilsner Urquell - The Original Beer Experience: Tour + Beer Tasting
- Prague: City Brewery Tour with Audio Guide + Pilsner Urquell Experience Ticket
- Ticket Overview for a Medieval Dinner with Drinks
5. Starobrno
As early as 1243, the city of Brno was granted the right to brew beer by the Bohemian King, Wenceslas I. The brewery was built in the town of Starobrno. In 1872, the then owners of the former monastery brewery built a large, modern brewery, which they called the Old Brno Brewery.
Starobrno is still brewed here today by a subsidiary of the Heineken brewery. The pale lager has an original gravity of 11% and an alcohol content of 4%.
6. Radegast
Radegast is produced in a brewery with the same name in Nošovice, a town near the Polish border. The brewery was founded in 1965. Radegast is a pale beer brewed with an original gravity of 10% and has an alcohol content of 4%. It has a slightly bitter taste.
7. Breznak
Breznak is produced in a brewery built in 1753 in Velké Březno in northern Bohemia. The portrait of Viktor Cibich, a former stationmaster in Velké Březno, adorns Breznak beer labels and glasses to this day.
As compensation for permission to use his image, Viktor Cibich received a lifetime pension in the form of 30 beers a week in a pub in Velké Březno, which can be considered one of the first advertising contracts.
Breznak is a bottom-fermented beer brewed with an original gravity of 12.00%. It has an alcohol content of 5.1% and is a light beer.
8. Staropramen
The second largest brewery in the Czech Republic was founded in Prague in 1869. Even Emperor Franz Josef I was impressed by the art of brewers here.
The logo for the brewery was designed by a Czech avant-garde artist. In Czech, Staropramen means "Old Spring". It is a bottom-fermented pale beer brewed with an original wort of 12.00% and has an alcohol content of 5.0%.