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TOUR OF THE PILSEN BREWERY – PILSNER URQUELL

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Don´t miss the tour of the brewery, visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists from all around the world every year! And it’s no wonder! The tour is proud holder of the award for the best brewery tour in Europe for 2024. The recognition was granted within the international World Travel Awards! Among other things, the tour will take you to see a modern brewhouse with a daily capacity of almost 3,000,000 beers , a packaging plant with a capacity of 120,000 bottles per hour , and you will taste unfiltered Pilsner Urquell straight from lagering kegs in the famous lagering cellars!

Get to know the unique story of Pilsner Urquell

Get acquainted with the history of the beer that changed the world – Pilsner Urquell, the first golden lager, which saw the light of day in 1842. It became popular mainly thanks to its typical full-bodied taste. Pilsner Urquell is still brewed using the same high quality Czech ingredients and the same original process. The original recipe has never changed, and that´s why our lager is unique. Take the tour of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery and find out more about how Pilsner Urquell is brewed. Visit the historical cellars and the packaging plant, get a closer look at the brewing process, and taste the beer at the end of the tour. The tour of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery will impress true beer lovers as well as visitors with a lukewarm relation to lager – come and see for yourselves.

What to expect during the tour

• Bottling facility – You will take a bus from the brewery courtyard to see the bottling facility one of the most modern of its type in Europe. You will see a line where beer is packaged into bottles at an impressive speed of 120,000 bottles per hour.
• Exhibition of ingredients – After visiting the packaging plant, you will take the biggest personal elevator in the Czech Republic to a unique panoramic cinema. You will get to know the secret of Pilsner Urquell brewing in a short film, and then you will find out with all your senses what ingredients are used to brew this lager.
• Brewhouses – While wandering through the beer production plant, you will also stop to look at historical brewing kettles from 1931 . You will also peek into a modern brewhouse from 2004 with a daily capacity of almost 3,000,000 beers, and naturally there will be a presentation of the entire Pilsner Urquell brewing process.
• People of Pilsner Urquell – Do you know how many people work on brewing the beer? It´s not only about the brewmaster. There are plenty of brewing professions without which you wouldn´t be able to drink Pilsner Urquell. You will find out what their everyday job involved and what was necessary for them to succeed. Diligence, enthusiasm and persistence are handed down from generation to generation in Pilsen.
• Brewery cellars – You will also visit the brewery cellars, which are 9 kilometres long. You will learn what a fermenting tub is and what we call a beer blanket. Plzeňský Prazdroj still brews some of its beer in these premises just like the first brewmaster, Josef Groll, did by fermenting beer in open tuns and maturing it in oak barrels.
• Tasting of unfiltered beer – What kind of tour of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery would it be without tasting its lager? Adult visitors will have a chance to try unfiltered and unpasteurized Pilsner Urquell poured straight from an oak barrel. You can try this beer only during the brewery tour or   the experience programme in Šalanda

If you still haven’t had enough of beer even after this 2-hour tour, you can visit  the Brewery Museum in Pilsen   or   the historical underground  or go to our   Na Spilce Pub .

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Pilsner urquell brewery tour + brewery museum tour, pilsner urquell brewery tour + gambrinus brewery tour.

If you are interested in booking a tour more than one month in advance, please contact us at   [email protected]  or +420 377 062 888.

During tours for individual visitors, it is always necessary to respect the assigned language of the tour and it is not possible to interpret into other languages.

Additional tour information

Map of brewery premises

Not to be missed, brewery museum tour.

Enjoy the medieval atmosphere in the only museum of its kind, located in an original authentic brew house from the 15th century.

Pilsen Historical Underground

The Pilsen Historical Underground, with its nearly 14 km of corridors, is one of the largest historical underground systems in Central Europe.

Tours and educational programs for schools

The Brewery Museum has prepared three interactive learning programmes for first and second-grade pupils about the history of Pilsen and traditional trades.

For tour times, see below.

Plzeňský Prazdroj reserves the right to modify the times of public tours. Currently available time slots  can be verified online  or by calling +420 377 062 888.

For larger groups, we can also provide the following languages: ES, IT, FR

• Reduced admission: children up to 6 and under 15, students under 26, pensioners over 65, TP, ZTP, HI YHA cardholders
• Children from 3 to 6 years of age are charged CZK 50 per visit
• Free admission: children under 3 years of age, ZTP/P card holders + their escort (1 person)
• Family ticket: max. 2 adults + 3 children up to 6 and under 15
• 15% discount on the price of a ticket for two or more of our various tours (brewery, Gambrinus Brewery, Brewery Museum, Pilsen Historical Museum) on one day. This offer does not apply to school groups

For 1 to 19 persons it is possible to buy the ticket online   for the given times. On-line purchase of tickets is possible no later than 1 hours before the start of the tour; card payment is the only option.

Cash (EUR) and payment cards are accepted when purchasing tickets upon arrival at the Visitor Centre or the Brewery Museum.

We offer tours for groups of 20 or more  in these language variants:   Czech, English, German, Russian and French. You can choose a date based on your requirements. Tour times outside the regular opening hours of the Visitor Centre may be arranged for   an additional fee of CZK 50 per person. Please order the tour at least 3 days in advance.

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The best brewery tour: Meet Pilsner Urquell in Pilsen

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This museum, one of a kind in the world and housed in the original 15th-century brewery building, is also unique in terms of the range of exhibitions it offers. Hundreds of unique exhibits portray the history of brewing beer from ancient times to the present day. Visitors can learn more about the history of Pilsen’s pubs, tour the malt house, malt kiln, drying shed and laboratory and see a range of beer-related curios (such as the smallest beer mug in the world).

The historical underground of Pilsen

With almost 14 kilometres of passageways, the historical underground of Pilsen is one of the largest historical underground systems in Central Europe. The underground tour circuit is around 800 m long and runs at a depth of 9 to 12 metres under the historical centre of the city of Pilsen. Discover mediaeval life under the city and reveal the secrets of the authentic finds and nooks hidden underground.

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The Pilsner Urquell Origins Tour

The Pilsner Urquell Origins Tour is one of the most important parts of Tapster training. This is where our Tapsters learn what it takes to harvest Saaz hops. And it’s harder than you think!

It all begins when the Tapsters come to the Czech village of Stekník, in Žatec, where Saaz hops begin their journey from tall green bines towards a glass of Pilsner Urquell.

Saaz hops are known as a ‘noble hop’ and are prized for their wonderful flavour and aroma. Beer lovers know their spicy, elegant, slightly citrusy fragrance and clean bitterness. But getting them to our brewery can be a challenge!

The hop harvest takes place during August and September. When the hops are ready, the harvesting machine runs up and down the rows, pulling the hops down into the back of the trailer. From here they go to the processing plant where the hop picker pulls off the flowers, separating them from the leaves and vines. Next these are slowly dried and packed, ready to go to the brewhouse.

Sure, we could do it all with machines, but we like to give Tapsters hands-on experience with our ingredients. They’re up for the challenge of picking all day in the summer heat, and they love seeing the hops close up and smelling the floral, citrusy aroma they recognise from Pilsner Urquell!

The acids and oils in the hop flower are the key ingredients for our beer. That’s why we add Saaz hops three times when we brew Pilsner Urquell – first to give the beer bitterness and then to add aroma.

But you didn’t have to read all of this to learn about Saaz hops. Just ask your Tapster!

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Herlinda Heras with Raven Brewery guests. The brewer and co-founder of Pivovar Raven, or Raven Brewery in Pilsen, Czech Republic are our guests today on Brew Ha Ha with Steve Jaxon and Herlinda Heras. They are Ladislav Vrtiš, co-founder, and Jiri, which translates to George in English. Miroslov Puc is also in the studio but we won't hear from him on the broadcast. They are friends of Lana Svitankova, Herlinda’s fellow international beer judge and a recent guest on BHH. The crew from Raven Brewing in Pilzen is on a beer tour of California. First they spent 5 days in San Diego, now it’s Sonoma County and environs, including Beer City, Santa Rosa. Sierra Nevada and Russian River Brewing Co. are on the itinerary too. They just came back from a driving tour through Yosemite National Park. Czech Pilsner and German Pilsner are different. For the Czech, they have softer water, especially in the town of Pilzen. Second, the brewing process, they use decoction to brew the beer. The Germans and US use infusion. See our sponsor Victory House at Poppy Bank Epicenter online, for their latest viewing and menu options. Pivovar Raven, or Raven Brewery The Raven brewery was founded in Pilzen in 2015. A law was proposed to require bars that serve beer to also offer a non-alcoholic beverage at a price that is lower than the cheapest beer. But the law did not pass. Visit Homerun Pizza, home of the Knuckleball! Fresh pizza dough made from scratch daily, la pizza è deliziosa! Pilsner Urquell is still a very popular brand in Czechia. It might cost $3 in Prague. In smaller cities, you can get a good local pilsner for a buck. The local bars are also the meeting place for social life and also to find service people. Russian River Brewing Co. is open in Santa Rosa on 4th St. and at their big Windsor location. Visit their website for up-to-date hours, menus, beers and more. The California IPAs are a bit strong, around 7 or 8 ABV. The Czech beers are lighter.

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We are located right at the bottom of the Wenceslas Square. The exact address is 28. října 377/13, Prague. Check the map on the link: https://goo.gl/maps/UiHtPCrnrbJ7qLsu9

Yes! The Original Tour is very informative, and your children will enjoy it, too. However, we don't serve beer to anyone under the legal drinking age (18 years), but don't worry - two non-alcoholic beverages are available instead.

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We serve hot and cold food both in the Výčep U Zvonu and at the end of The Original Tour in the Beer Hall. The well tapped Pilsner Urquell beer is of course matched with well-known classics of Czech gastronomy such as freshly mixed beef tartare with fried bread, fried cauliflower, or Pilsner goulash. But you can also find other specialties here. You can order a great strudel with your coffee or traditional sweet buns with vanilla custard. Enjoy.

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