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Pivovar Chodovar Founded: 1573, by the Schlick family
Pivovarska 107, 348 13 Chodova Plana
Tel.: 0184/992 811, 992 812
Fax: 0184/992 813
Owner: Chodovar spol. s.r.o.
Types of beer: 10%, 11% 12%, 13% light and 10% dark beers
Annual production: 150,000 hl
Exports to: Slovakia, Germany, Holland, Ukraine.
Miscellaneous: Also produces Il Sano mineral water and non-alcoholic drinks from mineral water.
Plzensky Prazdroj, a.s.
U Prazdroje 7, 304 97 Plzen
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Plzensky Prazdroj
U Prazdroje 7, 304 97 Plzen
Tel.: 019/556 2697 (706 2697)
Fax: 019/556 2786, 706 2786
Founded: 1842, by townspeople with brewing privileges
Owner: Plzensky Prazdroj, a.s.
Types of beer: Pilsner Urquell, Gambrinus, Primus, Purkmistr, Prior, and local brands
Annual production: 1996: 4,046,582 hl. Gambrinus: 2,261,186 hl, Pilsner Urquell: 952,339 hl, Primus: 697,322 hl, Purkmistr: 55,868 hl, others: 79,865 hl.
Exports to: 58 countries around the world, primarily Slovakia, Germany, USA, Great Britain and Russia.
Miscellaneous: Has a Brewery Museum and brewery tour that received 62,000 visitors from 64 countries in 1996.
- retains techniques of fermenting in wooden tubs and barrels in stone cellars.
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Pivovar Karlovy Vary
Smeralova 19, 360 05 Karlovy Vary
Tel.: 017/45024, 45241, 43895, 45075
Fax: 017/45131
Founded: 1879
Owner: Plzensky Prazdroj, a.s.
Types of beer: Karel - 23,233 hl, Primus - 166,077 hl, Wallenstein - 6,013 hl
Annual production: 195,323 hl
Exports to: Slovakia, Germany
Pivovar Domazlice
Komenskeho 10, 344 37 Domazlice
Tel.: 0189/2461-4
Fax: 0189/5409
Founded: 1341
Owner: Plzensky Prazdroj, a.s.
Types of beer: Pisar 8% light beer, Domazlicky radni 10% light, Rychtar 12% light, Prior 12% yeast wheat beer, Purkmistr 10% and 12% dark beer.
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