Festival Goals:
- To introduce the widest possible range of interested individuals not only to the assortment of small Czech and Moravian breweries and microbreweries, so different from the common, often mass production of multinational giants, but also to offer them direct contact with their owners and brewers.
- To emphasize responsible beer consumption and its high cultural level through tasting exclusively from 0.3l glass steins.
- To attempt to combine good beer with excellent gastronomy that pairs well with it, and with undemanding music that does not disturb the tasting.
- Last but not least, to provide space for beer souvenir collectors to present their commendable efforts to preserve a part of our undoubtedly rich brewery history for future generations.
Key Details
- Edition: I. (on Náplavka)
- Date: October 4–5, 2013 (replacement date after cancellation in May due to floods)
- Location: Rašínovo nábřeží riverbank, between Palacký and Railway bridges, Prague 2
- Organizer: Archetyp, o. s.
- Participants: 29 small Czech and Moravian breweries and microbreweries, over 90 types of beer and their own lemonades. Quality gastronomy.
- Festival Beer: Vltavský plavec (Vltava Swimmer) (13% beer, 200 liters bottled; brewed by Pivovar Plzeňský Pašák, winner of the 2012 poll). Named after a swimming style.
- Accompanying Program:
- Performances by several music groups (both days).
- Demonstration of medieval beer brewing on Friday.
- Farmers’ market on Saturday.
- Presentation of beer souvenirs in the form of a flea market on Saturday.
- Conclusions:
- Attendance: Over 15,000 visitors over both days (estimate). The event was held in a replacement autumn date with favorable weather (“Indian summer”). Festival referred to as “Reloaded”.
- Results of the Most Popular Brewery Poll:
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- Plzeňský Pašák
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- Pivovarský dvůr Zvíkov
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- U Stočesů Rokycany
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