Ostravar Brewery

Coordinates: 49°50′19.6″N 18°16′25.3″E / 49.838778°N 18.273694°E / 49.838778; 18.273694
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Ostravar Brewery
Ostravar
Ostravar
Ostravar Brewery (1912)
Ostravar Brewery (1912)
LocationOstrava, Czech Republic
Coordinates49°50′19.6″N 18°16′25.3″E / 49.838778°N 18.273694°E / 49.838778; 18.273694
Opened1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Websitewww.ostravar.cz
Ostravar beer

Ostravar Brewery (Czech: Pivovar Ostravar) is a Czech brewery located in the city of Ostrava. Ostravar was founded in 1897 as a joint stock company in Moravská Ostrava,[1] and the first beer here was brewed in 1898. In 1997 the brewery was acquired by Bass,[2] after a merger with the company Pražské pivovary a.s, which also brews Staropramen.[3] It is one of the few Czech breweries which produces a dry stout, branded Kelt.[4]

For most of its history the beer was only sold locally around Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian region. In 2016 the brewery opened its first restaurant, called Ostravarna,[5] and started an initiative to start selling the beer in other parts of the Czech Republic.[1]

Products[edit]

  • Ostravar Original – a pale draught beer with 4.1% ABV (in Czech: 10° or Výčepní).
  • Ostravar Mustang – a pale lager with 4.9% ABV (in Czech: 11° or Ležák).
  • Ostravar Premium – a pale lager with 5.1% ABV (in Czech: 12° or Ležák).
  • Ostravar Gavora – a special edition 11.4° wheat beer with 5.0% ABV (in Czech:Pšeničné).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Jiříček, Petr (26 April 2017). "Ostravar slaví 120 let a odtajnil první hvězdy letošních slavností". Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Yenne, Bill (2014). Beer: The Ultimate World Tour. p. 77.
  3. ^ Polák, Milan (2003). Pražské pivovárky a pivovary. Libri. p. 126.
  4. ^ McFarland, Ben (2009). World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass. Sterling. p. 138.
  5. ^ Lapisz, Břetislav (18 March 2016). "Pivovar brzy otevře hospodu pojmenovanou Ostravarna". Moravskoslezský deník. Retrieved 5 September 2017.