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A well-known brewer declared: “The real Pilsen beer brewed in the city of Pilsen differs from all other brands in taste qualities that cannot be analyzed and scientifically determined. Just as it is impossible to determine these specific properties, it is impossible to exhaustively describe those factors which are decisive for them. However, it can be argued that these factors are only local, which means that in no other brewery can they exist in the same form as in Pilsensky Prazdroj. "
The history of brewing in Pilsen began at the end of the 13th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, a scattered network of small breweries successfully existed in the city, which already at that time began to experience great difficulties in selling their products. The reason for this was the higher quality and cheaper beer imported from Bavaria and Saxony, which foreshadowed the inevitable collapse of Czech brewers. The reason for this lag lay in the fact that the Germans were more mobile, and more quickly introduced into production those innovations that had already appeared in Europe by that time. So, they introduced a new method of bottom fermentation of beer, invented by the Austrian brewer Anton Draeger, which made it possible to significantly improve the quality of the drink, and also for the first time made it possible to produce light and light beers.
A crucial moment in the history of Pilsen beer is the speech of the innkeeper Vaclav Mirwald, who called on the brewers to unite and build a brewery on shares. The foundation stone of the "City Brewery" was laid in 1839, and in 1842 the first brewing of beer was already made on it.
At that time, the plant had no equal in Europe in terms of the technical equipment of the enterprise. However, there was a problem with the production technology. Therefore, in order to work it out, they invited the German brewer Josef Groll, whose fame thundered throughout Bavaria. The German was an unsurpassed specialist in the field of making dark beers, and was also known as a very conflicted and obstinate person. Therefore, when he arrived in Pilsen, he immediately set his condition that he would not brew dark beer, and would try to help only with the technology for the production of light beer. For the production of the first batch, raw materials were brought from Bavaria, and the beer was brewed strictly according to Bavarian recipes. However, a year later, barley and hops for Pilsen beer began to be grown in the vicinity of the city, and the excellent taste of the resulting beer was explained not only by the talent of the brewer, but also by the natural quality of local raw materials. Special mention should be made of water. It has specific properties, is very soft, and is taken from artesian wells located on the territory of the plant from a depth of 90 meters.
It seems that there is no great secret of the "Pilsensky Feast", because access to the plant is open to anyone who would like to learn the production technology. Many tried to establish the production of Plzeň beer, cultivated the yeasts of the Pilsen brewery, bought Žatec hops and malt, but the resulting product had nothing to do with Prazdroj. In search of a secret, meticulous Americans even took soil samples from the walls of fermentation tunnels.
Today Pilsensky Prazdroj produces 4,000 hectoliters of beer per year. The group includes four breweries: Pilsensky Prazdroj, a plant producing the world-famous Gambrinus beer brand, the Radegast brewery and the Velkopopovicky Kozel beer brewery, whose dark beer is considered the best dark beer in the Czech Republic.
Photo: Pilsen Prazdroj Brewery
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For more than a hundred years, Pilsensky Prazdroj has been producing beer of the famous Pilsner Urquell brand, as well as several other varieties of this intoxicating drink that are no less popular. Its plant is located in Pilsen - the center of Czech brewing - and is open to visitors. During a tour of the brewery, which is located on the right bank of the Radbuza River, you can learn the secrets of producing a reference lager beer, get acquainted with the history of the local brewery, and try a drink from the legendary company. Since you have to go down to the basements, where the temperature is set to low, you should take care of warm clothes.
Access to the Plzeński Prazdroj factory is only allowed with a guide. The excursion program includes visits to several objects and is designed for an hour and a half. Inspection of the factory premises begins with an excursion center, which was built in 1868. It recreated the workshop of the brewery of the end of the 19th century. There are also information boards that tell about the history of the company producing the most famous Czech beer. On a sightseeing bus, tourists are taken to the bottling shop, where you can watch the operation of ultra-modern machines that produce about 120,000 bottles of beer per hour. Before visiting the brewhouses, which are decorated in different styles, guests are shown a film about the production of local beer. The Hall of Fame demonstrates certificates and awards received for the high quality of products.
Finally, in the cellars of the plant, you can see with your own eyes the barrels in which the divine drink ferments and matures. The tour ends with a tasting of several beers.
September 13th, 2013
On the last day of August, we stopped for a day in Pilsen to visit the legendary Czech brewery "Pilsen Prazdroj", where 170 years ago, on October 5, 1842, a Bavarian brewer first brewed a light lager at the Měšťanský pivovar brewery. This beer has since been called a pilsner or pilsner-style lounger. This is the most popular beer in our time.
At the famous gate leading to the legendary "Pilsen Festival". Here it is the birthplace of pilsner - the most popular beer in the world.
The old brewery in Pilsen has been turned into a real attraction for tourists. There are guided tours in different languages. In wooden barrels, beer is stored at a depth of 13 meters in cold cellars dug in the sandstone under the brewery back in the 19th century, but this beer matures exclusively to treat tourists. And the real modern beer production takes place in another place on the territory of the plant, which is not shown to tourists.
In 1999, the plant was acquired by the South African company South African Breweries. Today, the plant is owned by the same multinational company, renamed SABMiller. She brews Pilsner Urquell beer here. Headquartered in London, this beer giant now owns hundreds of beer brands around the world. In the Czech Republic, she also owns breweries that produce beer under such popular brands as Gambrinus, Radegast and Velkopopovicky Kozel.
SAB Miller has four breweries in the Czech Republic, which brew beer under the brands Pilsner Urkvel and Gambrinus (in Pilsen), Velkopopovicky Kozel and Radegast. I prefer the weaker beers that are brewed with 10 and 11 degree wort.
The entrance to the workshop, where tourists are shown the operating lines for bottling beer into cans and bottles.
These are the main trademarks of SAB Miller in the Czech Republic. But she has others.
In addition to the mentioned brands, SABMiller is trying to promote the premium brand of Master beer in two types - with an initial wort gravity of 13 and 18 degrees.
This is a brand of non-alcoholic beer.
Automatic beer bottling lines look very similar everywhere - an interweaving of pipes and mechanisms.
Pilsensky Prazdroje uses its own unique yeast strains.
Live yeast in the museum can be admired through microscopes.
The hops here, of course, are used by Žatetsky, grown near Pilsen.
Here it is - Zhatetsky hop.
Old brewhouses, no longer in use. These are museum pieces.
And this is a modern brewery of the brewery. On the occasion of Saturday, no one was visible here, but this is working equipment.
Prazdroj for consumption in the Czech Republic is brewed here today. This is the most common brand of beer in the Czech Republic. For example, this particular beer is served in the "At the Golden Tiger" pub in Prague.
And this is the most valuable exhibit of the museum - it was in this copper vat that the first pilsner was brewed in October 1842.
The bottom of the vat is strewn with coins of tourists from all over the world.
Underground cellars of the Pilsen Feast, where the sun lounger was kept in the cold until fully ripe. This beer is called a sunbed (in German Lager) because it must lie down for several weeks to several months in a barrel in a cold cellar. Icy water flows through the grooves in the floor. The air is quite cold - tourists were advised to dress warmly. And the air is very humid, saturated with water vapor. Water is constantly dripping from the ceiling.
Once in these cellars there were more than nine thousand huge barrels, each containing 3-4 tons of beer. Now there are only about three hundred left - for clarity and to treat tourists with fresh beer.
The cellars are dug in sandstone at a depth of 13 meters. The length of all passages reaches 9 km.
Scheme of the cellars where the Plzeň sunbed ripened in the past.
Here museum staff brew some beer for tourists for educational purposes. In these vats, open fermentation takes place.
Fermenting beer wort. The sugar in the wort is gradually converted by the yeast into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Every day the temperature in the vat is measured and recorded on the wall.
Now you can taste the beer.
A typical wooden beer barrel has a capacity of 41 hectoliters, i.e. 4.1 cubic meters.
From the barrel poured to taste the young beer.
Until the end of the 1920s, the cellars of the Pilsen Prazdroj were cooled with ice, which was stored on the river in winter and dumped into this ice chamber. The river flows directly over the cellars. So much ice was prepared that it gradually melted for a whole year, until the next winter, cooling the beer ripening in the cellars.
Ice harvesting was a special seasonal profession of local peasants. They stored thousands of tons of ice on the river, brought it in carts and dumped it into the cellars of the brewery. For peasant boys, this was a good income.
After visiting the museum, tourists can fill out a questionnaire and note their impressions. For this, a gift is due - a can of beer.
And three weeks later, this video appeared on the network, introducing the brewery.
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