Ostravar Brewery 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
- 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).
See also
- Beer in the Czech Republic
References
- Petr Jiříček. Ostravar slaví 120 let a odtajnil první hvězdy letošních slavností Moravskoslezský deník, 26 April 2017, retrieved 5 September 2017^
- Bill Yenne. Beer: The Ultimate World Tour 2014^
- Milan Polák. Pražské pivovárky a pivovary Libri, 2003^
- Ben McFarland. World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass Sterling, 2009^
- Břetislav Lapisz. Pivovar brzy otevře hospodu pojmenovanou Ostravarna Moravskoslezský deník, 18 March 2016, retrieved 5 September 2017^