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Pivovar Velké Popovice
(Anheuser-Busch InBev)
Bar/Tasting RoomRestaurantBeer To Go (Off-License)
Ringhofferova 1
CZ-251 69 Velké Popovice
Telephone: +420 222 710 159
Hours: April-September: Open daily 10:00am-6:00pm. October-March: Open daily 10:00am-4:00pm.
Brewer: Vojtěch Homolka, Jiří Bernat, Václav Vonka
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Notes

Opened: 1874

Annual Production: 1,500,000 hl

Contributors: J-C Scholtes, jarobb, Jiří Drápela

Located about 5 km from the Strančice station on rail line 221.

Pivovar Velké Popovice merged with Plzeňský Prazdroj in 2002.

Updated: October 15, 2022

Beer List

  • Klasik
    3.60% abv.
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    Kozel 11°
    4.60% abv.
    • Date: October 6, 2022 (#11162)
      Package: canned
      Place: Grocery & Tabacco Store, Praha
      Score: 17 points
      Appearance (3)
      Brilliant amber. Creamy head.
      Aroma (3½)
      Mildly grainy. Floral.
      Mouthfeel (8)
      Medium body, moderate carbonation. Lots of toasty, grainy malt, some sulfur. Floral hop flavor, low-medium bitterness. Dry, grainy finish.
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Real good beer. My first ever beer in the Czech Republic.
  • Kozel Černý
    3.80% abv.
  • Kozel Medium
  • Kozel Premium
    4.80% abv.
    Awards:
    • Date: April 19, 1998 (#2738)
      Package: bottled
      Place: Sam's Wine and Spirits, Chicago IL
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Golden, moderate carbonation, thick head. Sweet, faint hop aroma. Thick, malty. Some hop flavor in the middle fades quickly. Lots of good malt flavor, but nothing to balance it.
  • Kozel Světlý
    Bohemian-Style Pilsener
    4.00% abv.
    Awards:
  • Primus
    Bohemian-Style Pilsener
    4.20% abv.