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: II.
- Date: May 30–31, 2014
- Location: Rašínovo nábřeží riverbank, between Palacký and Railway bridges, Prague 2
- Organizer: Archetyp, z. s.
- Participants: 43 small Czech and Moravian breweries and microbreweries, over 140 types of beer and their own lemonades. Quality gastronomy.
- Festival Beer: Vltavský motýlek (Vltava Butterfly Stroke) (12% beer, 300 liters - 200l bottles, 100l keg; brewed by Pivovar Plzeňský Pašák, winner of the 2013 poll). Named after a swimming style.
- Accompanying Program:
- Performances by several music groups (both days).
- Farmers’ market on Saturday.
- Presentation of beer souvenirs in the form of a flea market on Saturday.
- Conclusions:
- Attendance: 15,000 visitors over both days (estimate), despite the threat of flooding in the early morning hours of the first day.
- Results of the Most Popular Brewery Poll:
-
- Slepý krtek Ujkovice
-
- Pivovarský dvůr Zvíkov
-
- U Stočesů Rokycany
-
- Charity: Proceeds from the sale of the festival keg beer (11,500 CZK) were donated to the non-profit organization Ztracené dítě o. s. (Lost Child), which provides telephone assistance to children and adults in crisis situations.
