Ostravar Brewery Explained

Ostravar Brewery
Logo Alt:	Ostravar
Image Alt:	Ostravar Brewery (1912)
Location City:	Ostrava
Location Country:	Czech Republic
Coordinates:	49.8388°N 18.2737°W
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Ostravar Brewery (Czech: Pivovar Ostravar) 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.

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

1. News: Jiříček. Petr. Ostravar slaví 120 let a odtajnil první hvězdy letošních slavností. 5 September 2017. Moravskoslezský deník. 26 April 2017. Czech.
2. Book: Yenne. Bill. Beer: The Ultimate World Tour. 2014. 77.
3. Book: Polák. Milan. Pražské pivovárky a pivovary. 2003. Libri. 126.
4. Book: McFarland. Ben. World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass. 2009. Sterling. 138.
5. News: Lapisz. Břetislav. Pivovar brzy otevře hospodu pojmenovanou Ostravarna. 5 September 2017. Moravskoslezský deník. 18 March 2016.