| 1842-10-04 |
On 5th October 1842 in the new Burghers’ Brewery the brewer Josef Groll brewed the first batch of the new Pilsen beer that would soon conquer the world. |
| 1843年03月 |
In April 1843 the Prague tailor Jakub Pinkas has his friend Martin Salzmann bring in two buckets of Pilsen lager. He falls for its magic, gives his original trade the boot and opens a pub. The beer proves so popular that the premises soon needed to be extended into the neighbouring building. The pub would later be visited by prominent figures such as Dobrovský, Palacký, Baťa and many more. |
| 1858年 |
So, in 1859 the Burghers’ Brewery had “Pilsner Bier” registered as a trademark, although this is also used by other beers from Pilsen. |
| 1868年 |
The Gambrinus brewery was founded in 1869 by twenty prominent entrepreneurs led by Emil Škoda. |
| 1870-06-30 |
The Burghers’ Brewery later becomes the official supplier to the imperial court; a storehouse opens in Vienna on 1st July 1870. |
| 1870-10-14 |
A year later, on 15 October, the First Pilsner Joint-Stock Brewery (today Gambrinus) started its operation. |
| 1870年11月 |
The first trademark, Erste Pilsner Actien Brauerei – Pilsner Bier, was registered later in December. |
| 1873年 |
František Ringhoffer buys a brewery with a mill, fermenting cellar and malt kiln for his estate in Kamenice, and founds the Velké Popovice Brewery. |
| 1874-12-14 |
The first 60hl batch of beer sees the light of day on 15th December. |
| 1875年 |
By 1876 the Burghers’ and the First Joint-Stock Brewery are leasing and later purchasing their first railway wagons from the State Railway. |
| 1895年 |
The Burghers’ Brewery buys a locomotive in 1895. |
| 1897年 |
Measurements conducted by a Swiss laboratory in St. Gallen in 1897 record the qualitative parameters of Pilsner Urquell beer. |
| 1898年 |
The Plzeňský Prazdroj – Pilsner Urquell trademark was registered in 1898 to protect the unique brand. |
| 1899年 |
In 1899 the Burghers’ Brewery builds its first bottling plant, which will keep running for the next 70 years. |
| 1900年 |
At the World Exhibition in Paris the Burghers’ Brewery presents its model refrigerated beer wagon. |
| 1900年 |
From 1900 the ‘beer train’ starts to make the run from Pilsen to Vienna every morning. |
| 1902年 |
a figure which increases to 80,000 hectolitres of beer after extensive reconstruction work in 1902. |
| 1904年 |
In 1904-1907 the Burghers’ Brewery carries a grand project, which will make it self-sufficient in supplies of electricity and water for decades to come. |
| 1912年 |
In 1912 the Brewery is awarded the honorary title of “C.K. court supplier”. |
| 1914年 |
By 1914 the brewery owns 388 wagons as well as its first cargo truck and car. |
| 1936年 |
In 1936, Pilsner brewmaster Štěpán receives an offer from the Škoda Works to buy modern aluminium barrels to transport beer in. |
| 1942年 |
An iron conveyor is added in 1942 to improve the extraction rate, which increases to 100 tons of ice per hour. |
| 1958年 |
Ivo Hlaváček (pictured), was the chief brewmaster from 1958 to 1987 and later the production director. |
| 1960年03月 |
In March 1960 the first tanker truck leaves the brewery, and beer is bottled outside the brewery. |
| 1978年 |
Jan Hlaváček worked in the Pilsen Brewery and Gambrinus Brewery from 1978. |
| 1987年 |
The last block of ice for the Pilsner lager cellars was extracted in 1987. |
| 1987年 |
Ivo Hlaváček's tenure as chief brewmaster ends in 1987, after serving from 1958 to 1987. |
| 1995年 |
In 1995 Prazdroj establishes a chain of restaurants that strictly observe the correct principles when storing, pouring and serving Pilsner Urquell lager and that properly care for its historical legacy. The first branch of the Pilsner Urquell Original Restaurant (PUOR) is opened in the Kolonáda Hotel in Karlovy Vary. This is followed abroad by restaurants in Moscow, Düsseldorf and Vienna, amongst others. The first PUOR in Asia opened in 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam. |
| 2000年 |
In 2000 period materials are discovered in the gateway, and documents describing the modern history of the brewery are walled up in it as a message to future generations. |
| 2004年 |
The installation of cylindrical tanks in 2004 increases production capacity to 1.5 million hl of beer. |
| 2008年 |
The same results were also confirmed by its successor Labor Veritas in 2008. |
| 2015年01月 |
Since January 2015 visitors have been taken on the tour around the Plzeňský Prazdroj Brewery in Pilsen by a new bus running on compressed natural gas (CNG). This modern SOR BNG 10.5 bus in the Pilsner Urquell colours is powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), which greatly reduces emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulates in exhaust fumes. |
| 2015年 |
In 2015 over 882 thousand visitors went on one of the tours or programmes prepared by Plzeňský Prazdroj in its breweries. The most popular destination was Plzeňský Prazdroj, which was visited by a record 750 thousand people. The brewery tours or events for the public at Velké Popovice were visited by 88 thousand people, while almost 44 thousand visitors came to Nošovice. |
| 2018年12月 |
The traditional coopers’ craft is an inherent part of Plzeňský Prazdroj. The Pilsen brewery is the only one in the world that maintains this traditional profession and continues to employ coopers. Thus, in December 2018, cooperage was rightly registered on the national List of Intangible Elements of Traditional Folk Culture of the Czech Republic. It is therefore a further step towards the dream goal of being a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| 2019年 |
Where should one go to make sure their draft beer has enjoyed the most excellent care? To places where they have the Brewers’ Star: a new comprehensive award, awarded in 2019 to pubs for their exemplary care for beer and perfect pouring. The best of the Czech Republic can be proud of this title for one year. |
| 2021年 |
Since the beginning of 2021, Prazdroj no longer uses PET plastic bottles, which means saving over 1,300 tonnes of plastic yearly. The beers of all our brands are now packaged only in kegs, tanks, glass bottles and cans. |
| 2023年01月 |
More storage space and quicker dispatch of bottled and canned beer. This has been ensured thanks to the fully automated warehouse in our brewery in Pilsen since January 2023. It covers 10,000 m2, which equals 1.5 football pitches. With its self-supporting rack system and the other equipment used, it is the most modern Prazdroj warehouse and one of the most modern warehouses of this type in the Czech Republic. |
