Attractions - Pilsner Urquell Brewery

Region: Pilsen
Category: cultural attractions


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Pilsen is the place where golden lager beer was born in 1842. Since then the whole beer world has been trying to imitate it. Bears wearing names such as "pils", "pilsner" or "pilsener" number in hundreds; however the only original recognized worldwide is Pilsner Urquell.

Plzensky Prazdroj is the leading brewing company in Central Europe. It has the largest beer sales in the Czech Republic and is the largest exporter of beer to almost 50 countries all over the world. Through its brands Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Radegast and Velkopopovicky Kozel, Plzensky Prazdroj sells more beer on the Czech market than any other company. Plzensky Prazdroj, a. s., is a member of the international group SABMiller plc, the second largest brewing company in the world. The group's flag ship for its international portfolio is the Pilsner Urquell brand.

 

 

Plzensky Prazdroj Brewery gate

Brewery tour

We encourage all visitors to experience the Pilsen brewery tour which shows the unique brewing process of Pilsner Urquell, the only original of Pilsner type beer.

 

During the tour a short film on the history of Plzensky Prazdroj will be shown. Afterwards follows a visit of the authentic places where Pilsner Urquell has been produced from the beginning. The tour goes through the heart of the brewery, the brew house, by a labyrinth of storage cellars which have retained the traditional methods for producing beer. An exhibition of the cooper's craft has also been prepared. The tour is combined with a tasting of unfiltered Pilsner Urquell beer in the original cellars.

 

Brewery Museum Courtyard

Na Parkanu Beer House

Also worth visiting is the Brewery Museum located in the authentic medieval brewing house with malt house, which has been declared a cultural monument.

 

A part of the beer tour could be also the Na Parkanu Beer House, which is the only place in the world where visitors can go back one hundred years and taste unfiltered beer - the pale lager Pilsner Urquell - just as our ancestors enjoyed it!