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History
of Plzensky Prazdroj

30. 9. 2002 merger completed with the companies Pivovar RADEGAST a.s., and Pivovar Velke Popovice a. s. This resulted in the formation of a single joint stock company called Plzensky Prazdroj, a. s.

1999 Plzensky Prazdroj, a. s. becomes part of South African Breweries plc

1999 Merger approved with the companies Pivovar RADEGAST a.s., and Pivovar Velke Popovice a. s.

1994 Formation of joint stock company Plzensky Prazdroj.

1. 5. 1992 Following privatisation the joint stock company Plzenske pivovary, a.s. is established. Major investment, technological development, rise in output and exports, development of business and distribution network, marketing.

November 1989 Fundamental changes initiated for the company's entire organisation.

1. 6. 1964 Formation of the company Zapadoceske pivovary with registered office in Pilsen. Creation of the national company Plzensky Prazdroj with regard to ownership of trademarks and contact with customers abroad.

13. 9. 1946 Nationalisation of both breweries and creation of a single national company, Plzenske pivovary.

1 June 1945 National administration for companies owned by Mestansky pivovar in Pilsen . National administration took over management of the Mestansky pivovar (afterwards known as Prazdroj) and PAP (Gambrinus).

1933 Two breweries in Pilsen: Mestansky pivovar and Plzenske akciove pivovary (PAP). Majority of PAP shares owned by Mestansky pivovar.

1925 - 1933 Merger of Pilsen breweries.

1913 Output over one million hectolitres of beer, commercial representation in 34 countries.

1910 Svetovar - Cesky Plzensky pivovar akciove spolecnosti v Plzni.

1898 New Prazdroj – Urquell trade mark created.

1869 Prvni akciovy pivovar, today known as Gambrinus.

2nd half of 19th century Brewery expands in Europe, first exports from Pilsen to America.

1. 3. 1859 “Pilsner Bier” brand name registered at the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Pilsen. 

5 October 1842 First brew of Bavarian type beer, bottom-fermented beer, so-called pale lager.

15. 9. 1839 – autumn 1840 Construction of the Burgess' Brewery, forerunner of today's brewery.

1839 Burghers in Pilsen decide to found the Mestansky pivovar (Burgess' Brewery).

1307 First recorded mention of the existence of an actual brewery with malt house.

1295 City of Plzen (Pilsen) established, beginnings of brewing.

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Pilsner Urquell
From the date on which the first pale lager was brewed in the Mestansky pivovar (Burgess' Brewery) in Pilsen on 5 October 1842, our predecessors sought the right name for this extraordinary, astounding product, which outstripped everything previously brewed anywhere in the world. Plzensky pramen or, Prapramen, Mestanske Plzenske, Plzensky pravy zdroj – these were the brand names that the Burgess' Brewery registered at the end of the nineteenth century. It was another name that stuck, however: Prazdroj.