Legendary "Krusovice" - beer with a rich history

Beer "Krushovice", reviews about which are exceptionally positive, almost the most recognizable drink. Royal quality of beer - this is the distinctive feature of the world-famous Czech beer "Kruszowice". On the way on the road from Prague to Karlovy Vary, there is a village called Kruszowice, where the history of the famous brewery, founded in 1517, began.

History and distribution

The legendary "Krusovice" is a beer that has been brewed since the 16th century, when the law came out that aristocrats can brew beer on their farms, which was what Jiri Birka used. But the most important date for the plant was the purchase of it by Rudolph II in 1583, from this moment the formation of a truly royal quality of beer began. It is well known that from time to time the factory received requests from His Majesty himself, he asked for three barrels of light. Owner The plant took care to ensure that raw materials of exceptionally high quality were supplied for the production of beer , and also monitored the growth of production volumes.

Serious industrial production began only in the middle of the 18th century, when the brewery was taken over by Prince Fürstenberg, who equipped it with all the necessary modern equipment. Since that moment the popularity of Kruszowice has increased - beer has been supplied not only to neighboring cities, but also to Germany, and production has reached incredible volumes up to this point - 100 lots per year. Beer did not stop cooking even in troubled times, neither the war, nor the fire, nor the plunder of mercenaries stopped the process. The highest mark of recognition of the royal quality of the drink "Krushovice": beer was awarded this award in 1891 at the Jubilee Industrial Exhibition in the capital of the Czech Republic. But World War I still forced, albeit briefly, to suspend the production of beer, although it even allowed to further increase production. Since 1945, the plant has passed into state ownership, but it still remained the leader among the breweries. In 1993, the German food company Dr.Oetker completely privatized Kruszowice and updated the equipment in accordance with world standards. The owner was again replaced in 2007, it was the Dutch company Heineken. The Royal Brewery was recognized as the largest exporter of Czech beer. He, as before, is a national treasure and a source of pride for more than one generation of Czechs.

Quality worthy of the King

Even the kings paid tribute to "Krushovice" - beer has unique taste qualities and useful properties, because it uses exceptionally high-quality raw materials, and technologists strictly follow the observance of all technological processes. There are a number of nuances that provide the beer with a wonderful taste and aroma, for example, water is extracted from the purest Krušovice source, and barley malt is prepared according to special secret recipes. Famous Zhatets hops are collected only by hand, it gives the drink useful bactericidal and tonic properties. Only natural ingredients, and no foreign additives. If you do not even pasteurize Kruszowice, beer can still be stored for a very long time. At us in Russia in free sale there are only two basic grades - light and dark. Beer "Krušovice", the price of which is small, is an object of special pride in the Czech Republic.