Staropramen brewery

We stayed in an apartment just one block from this place and wife and saw this place during our morning walk around the neighborhood. We decided to go in. Timing was right for us to take the English tour.
Had no idea what the tour would be like. Paid our entrance fee and waited for the start time. We were part of a group of 13 persons. Wife and I were the only North Americans. The other nine were men from Sweden. They made a point to visit this brewery during their Prague vacation.
The tour is basically a self-​guided affair with a pretty good aduio/​visual program. For 90 kc, you get entrance to the tour and a token for a (one) beer afterwards.
I guess paying around $ 4 US for a video tour maybe OK, but I have to get a bit critical about their beer offerings and lack of a real visit to the factory.
All of the previous beer brewery tours I have attended provides samplings. Basically, you can sample just about all you want for no additional charge… they were showcasing their products. Not here.
You get one glass, .3 liter size, from a choice of 4. I would have loved to sample all four but did’t want to both pay for additional servings or drinking that much beer at 1030 in the morning.
I felt sorry for the Sweds who made a special detour to visit this place.

What a let down! The Plzen and Gambrinus tours kick ass over this bizarre multimedia experience. Then the tasting room employees have no people skills.
Although the unfiltered and unpasteurized Staropramen was pretty good.
If you want to have a true brewery experience take the train to Plzen, it is only like an hour, and a short 5 to 10 minute walk from the station.
You can definitely skip this.

This tour was absolutely terrible. Trust me, other than getting attacked my a gypsy, this is a close worst thing that can happen to you in Prague. The visit was so terrible, it was almost funny. Be prepared for the following:
— No guided tours and not actually seeing the brewery, just a «museum» like display
— A bearded guy on tv that has a pretend Czech accent, would have been kinda funny if I didn’t pay money for this tour. Literally, all you see is this bearded guy until the final tasting room.
— A few good beers to taste at the end, but you’ll be so frustrated with how badly you just wasted money over the last 30 minutes, I don’t anticipate any sane person to actually appreciate the beer. I actually stopped drinking Staropramen entirely after this visit.

A bit disappointed since the tour was only 30 minutes with no guide, just a series of videos and audio guiding you through 4 rooms were we have seen only the old office of one important guy of the brewery, four old brewing tanks and a sample of the bottling line. I expected to see some real stuff, for the factory is right across street were the tour is…

I wasn’t too impressed with this tour, the tour lasted about 30 mins and there wasn’t really anything of interest to report on. There was a video on the history of the Staropramen, some empty beer vats and a few diagrams showing how the company is linked with various other beer companies.
There was a quick tasting session afterwards and then the obligatory gift shop (or wall in this case) finish to any tour.
I think it is safe to say that the tour of the factory is nowhere near as impressive as the product that is produced in the factory… now that I do recommend.

It has been couple of years, but tour wasn’t that interesting. But then again, I’m more interested in drinking beer than hearing about it.
And we only got one pint of lager to drink — and had only about 5 minutes to do that. Well it wasn’t a big problem to me of course.

A trip to the Czech republic would not be complete without a brewery tour, would it?
The well-​known Staropramen brewery is one of the most well organised for tours, and whilst not the most atmospheric experience, it’s easily accessible from central Prague. (Na Knížecí tram stop and bus station: southern exit from Andel metro station.)
The entrance for the tours is in Pivovarska street, around the corner from the main brewery entrance: tour times for English and German tours are posted on the door, although it is advisable to book at least a day a head in high season.
The tour itself begins with an audio show, followed by a trip to the old brew-​house, the new (rather clinical) brew-​house, and finally back to the tour reception for some of the beers — you get to sample the standard Staropramen light lager, and the dark-​golden (and rather nice…) Granat lager.
There are plenty of bars to try these and other lagers afterwards nearby.