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| Type | Subsidiary | ||||
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| Location | Plzeň, Czech Republic | ||||
| Coordinates | 49°44′48″N 13°23′14″E / 49.74667°N 13.38722°E | ||||
| Opened | 1842 | ||||
| Annual production volume | 9.7 million hectolitres (8,300,000 US bbl) (2013)[1] | ||||
| Revenue | CZK 15 billion (2010) | ||||
| Owned by | Asahi Group Holdings | ||||
| Website | pilsner-urquell | ||||
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Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. (pronounced [ˈpl̩zɛɲskiː ˈprazdroj a ˈɛs]; Pilsner Urquell Brewery) is a Czech brewery which opened in 1842 in Plzeň, Bohemia. It was the first brewery to produce a pale lager, branded as Pilsner Urquell,[2] which became so popular and was so much copied that more than two-thirds of the beer produced in the world today is pale lager, sometimes named pils, pilsner and pilsener after Pilsner Urquell.[3] The brewery name, Pilsner Urquell, which can be roughly translated into English as "the original source at Pilsen", was adopted as a trademark in 1898. Pilsner Urquell is the largest producer and exporter of beer in the Czech Republic.[4]
The brewery was part of the SABMiller group of companies from 1999 to 2017. As part of agreements with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller in 2016, Pilsner Urquell was sold to Japan-based Asahi Breweries in 2017.[5]
- ^ "Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. - základní informace" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ^ German Beer Institute, PILS Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Economics Prague, Brewery tour of Pilsner Urquell
- ^ "MAPA: Komu patří pivovary v Česku? Čtyři piva z deseti jsou z Prazdroje". iDNES.cz. 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Asahi Group to buy InBev beer brands for $7.8bn". Financier Worldwide. Financier Worldwide. February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.