Budweiser Budvar Brewery

This article is about the Czech brewery. For the US-made Budweiser beer, see Budweiser.
Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik
Budweiser Budvar Brewery
Formerly
  • Czech Joint-Stock Brewery (1895–1930)
  • Budvar-Czech Joint-Stock Brewery České Budějovice (1930–1967)
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryAlcoholic beverages and brewing
Founded1895; 129 years ago (1895)
HeadquartersKarolíny Světlé 512/4,
České Budějovice
,
Czech Republic
Key people
ProductsLager varieties, such as pale lager, dunkel and eisbock
Production output
Increase 1.6 million hL of beer[1] (2015)
RevenueIncrease CZK 2,470 million[1] (2015)
Increase CZK 349.8 million[1] (2015)
254,927,000 Czech koruna (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets5,327,842,000 Czech koruna (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
653[1] (2015)
Websitewww.budejovickybudvar.cz
Former brewery logo

Budweiser Budvar (Czech: Budějovický Budvar [ˈbuɟɛjovɪtskiː ˈbudvar]) is a brewery in the Czech city of České Budějovice (German: Budweis), best known for its original Budweiser or Budweiser Budvar pale lager brewed using artesian water, Moravian barley and Saaz hops.[2][3] Budweiser Budvar is the fourth largest beer producer in the Czech Republic and the second largest exporter of beer abroad.[4]

The state-owned brewery and its Budweiser pale lager have been engaged in a trademark dispute with Anheuser-Busch over the right to market and sell the beer under the name Budweiser since the start of the 20th century,[5][6] and consequently is imported as Czechvar in some countries. The brewery is incorporated as Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik ("Budweiser Budvar, national enterprise").

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  2. ^ "Wem gehört das deutsche Bier?". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  3. ^ Redmayne, Nick (2017-11-09). "How Budweiser Budvar became the heart of Czech beer culture". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  4. ^ "MAPA: Komu patří pivovary v Česku? Čtyři piva z deseti jsou z Prazdroje". iDNES.cz. 14 October 2015.
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