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Pivovar "U Husku"
503 46 Belec nad Orlici
Founded: not revealed, Ing. Bretislav Nozicka
Owner: Ing. Bretislav Nozicka
Types of beer: Yeast beer Belecska 12%
Annual production: 200 hl/yr, brewery capacity 1000 hl/yr


Mestansky Pivovar Havlickuv Brod
Dobrovskeho 2027, 580 01 Havlickuv Brod
Tel.: 0451/252 13
Fax: 0451/252 13
E-mail: rebel@hbnet.cz
Founded: 1333, by the award of brewing privileges by John of Luxembourg
Owner: Mestansky Pivovar, a.s.
Types of beer: 8%, 10%, and 11% light beer, 12% light and dark beers.
Annual production: 140,000 hl
Exports to: Japan, Great Britain, Germany, United States.
Miscellaneous: Their 11% won a gold medal at the Pivex in 1998
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Pivovar Rychtar Hlinsko
Resslova 260, 539 01 Hlinsko v Cechach
Tel.: 0454/22117, 23117, 22626
Fax: 0454/21866
Founded: 1913, by Spolecensky Pivovar, a.s.
Owner: IMEX Premium, s.r.o. Hradec Kralove
Types of beer: Rychtar 10%, 12% light beers, 12% dark
Annual production: 80,000 hl, 10% light beer - 55%
Exports to: Poland


Pivovar Dobruska
Krovicka 267, 518 01
Tel.: 0443/21371, 21876, 21621
Founded: 1870
Types of beer: Rampusak


Pivovar a Sodovkarna Jihlava
Vrchlickeho 2, 586 01 Jihlava
Tel.: (+420-66)7164 201-71
Fax: (+420-66)73 10 090
E-mail: jezek@ji.cz
Founded: 1860, by maltsters from the city of Jihlava
Owner: the majority share is held by brewer Karl H. Schwarz Jr.
Types of beer: 8% Jezek Konzumni (Consumer's) light beer, 10% Jezek Formansky (Carrier's) light beer, 10% Jezek dark beer, 10% Pivoj light beer, 11% Jezek Stribrny (Silver), 12% Jezek Zlaty (Gold), 14% Jezek Vanocni (Christmas)
Annual production: 136,000 hl
Exports to: Austria, Germany
Miscellaneous: In 1996, the plant was completely converted with sizeable investments to the most modern methods of brewing beer, with the aid of cylindrical-conical tanks, achieving an uncommon stability of taste, as well as longevity. The word 'jezek' means hedgehog in Czech.
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Knizeci Pivovar Lanskroun
Pivovarska 160, 563 01 Lanskroun
Tel.: 0467/6605 (521077)
Founded: 1700, by Jan Adam Lichtenstein
Owner: Jan Ladr
Types of beer: Zlaty Beran - 10%, 11% and 12% light beers, General Laudon - 10% and 11% light beers, Knizeci Koruna - 12% light, Rybrcoul - 10% and 12% light.
Annual production: 25,000 hl
Exports to: Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia


Pivovar Maly Rohozec
511 01 Maly Rohozec
Founded: 1848, by Ferdinand Ungr
Owner: Zdenka and Pavel Korbel
Types of beer: Korbel - 10%
Annual production: 25,329 hl (1996)


Pivovar Nachod
Dobrosovska 130, 547 40 Nachod
Tel.: (+420-441)407 236, 407 111
Fax: (+420-441)407 271
E-mail: obchod@primator.cz, marketing@primator.cz
Founded: 1871, by the town of Nachod
Owner: The Town of Nachod
Types of beer: Primator 12% - light and dark lagers, Primator 10% - light draught beer, Primator Jubilejni Lezak 15% semi-dark lager, Primator Lezak Exklusiv 16% light lager, Primator Rytirsky 21% light lager, Primator Double 24% special dark lager, Diamant low-sugar beer, Pito - non-alcoholic beer.
Annual production: 190,000 hl
Exports to: Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, USA, Hong Kong, Russia - 4% of output exported.
Miscellaneous: -their beer is made with water that's "clean enough for newborns."
-the only brewery in the Czech Republic that produces a 16% light lager
-Nachod's beer has taken a prize at two recent International Beer Festivals in Sweden (1996 and 1997), as well as in Great Britan, Germany, Italy, Israel, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Minsk.
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Mestsky Pivovar Nova Paka
Pivovarska 400, 509 01 Nova Paka
Tel.: (+420-434)620 731-2
Fax: (+420-434)621 100
E-mail: broucek@novapaka.cz
Founded: 1872, by Pivovar Nova Paka, a.s.
Owner: Mestsky pivovar Nova Paka, a.s.
Types of beer: Bohem 8%, Broucek 10%, Krystof 11%, and Kumburak 12% light beers, Granat 12% dark, Svetozor 12% herbal malt beer.
Annual production: 80,000 hl
Exports to: England, USA, Canada, Ukraine
Miscellaneous: Every year since 1993, the brewery has held a water-sprite celebration, during which the townsfolk welcome a water sprite called Pivilko, who emerges from the brewery's pond.
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Pivovar Pardubice
Palackeho 250, 530 33 Pardubice
Tel.: (+420-40)511 321-4
Fax: (+420-40)514 421
E-mail: pivovar@pernstejn.cz
Founded: 1871
Owner: Pivovar Pardubice, a.s.
Types of beer: Pernstejn 9%, 10%, 11%, 12% light beers, 10% semi-dark, 19% Porter, Dia Pernstejn low-sugar beer, Pito Pernstejn non-alcoholic beer.
Annual production: app. 190,000 hl
Exports to: Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Germany
Miscellaneous: The special 19% Porter beer is the strongest beer made in the country.
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Mestansky Pivovar v Policce
Pivovarska 151, 572 14 Policka
Tel./Fax: (+420-463)725 575, 724 601
E-mail: pivovar@pivovar-policka.cz
Founded: 1517, by townspeople with brewing privileges
Owner: Mestansky pivovar v Policce, a.s.
Types of beer: Hradebni 10% light and dark beers, 11% Otakar light lager, 12% Zavis light lager
Annual production: 45,700 hl (1996)
Miscellaneous: President Vaclav Havel and German president Roman Herzog toasted each other with beer from this brewery on their visit to Policka on September 4, 1996.
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Pivovar Meloun
Svinistany 1, 552 01 Dolany
Founded: 1991, by Milan Meloun
Owner: Milan Meloun
Types of beer: Svinistany 12% light beer


Pivovar a Sodovkarna Svitavy
Pivovarska 1, 568 02 Svitavy
Tel.: 0461/530 953 (domestic), 541 190 (export)
Fax: 0461/530 671
E-mail: pivovarsy@svt.czn.cz
Founded: 1888, by townspeople
Owner: Pivovar a Sodovkarna Svitavy, a.s.
Types of beer: Svitavak - 8%, 10% - light beer, 11%, 12%, 14% - dark, Bruno - 10% light, dark, 12%, GWC - 12% light
Annual production: 130,000 hl
Exports to: Croatia, Slovenia, USA, Italy, Russia, Turkmenistan, Moldavia, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden
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Pivovar Krakonos, Trutnov
Krizikova 486, 541 01 Trutnov
Tel.: (+420-439)830 114
Fax: (+420-439)811 265
E-mail: pivo_krakonos@volny.cz
Founded: 1582, by townspeople with brewing privileges
Owner: Krakonos, s.r.o.
Types of beer: Krakonos 10%, 11%, 12% light and 12% dark beers, and 14% light for Christmas and Easter.
Annual production: 161,000 hl
Miscellaneous: - in 1974, current Czech President Vaclav Havel was employed here.
- water comes from artesian wells.
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Pivovarska Basta / Rodinny Pivovar / Vrchlabi
Horska 198, 543 02 Vrchlabi
Founded: December 1995, by Pavel Zeman
Owner: Pavel Zeman
Types of beer: Krkonossky Medved - 12% light and dark beers
Annual production: 5 - 6,000 hl
Miscellaneous: A modern brewery linked with a restaurant and hotel in Spindleruv Mlyn by road from Vrchlabi.


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