The idea to build a new brewery in Smíchov had been debated since the mid-sixties
of the 19th century. The decision to go forward and turn the plan into reality
– in the form of a Czech joint stock company – was made on 21 April 1868.
The imaginary clock representing the history of Smíchov beer began to tick
in February 1869 with the granting of a trade permit for the construction
project. A few months later, on 23 October 1869, the engineer Gustav Noback
handed over to the principal shareholders the building plans and construction
started on a complex of brewery buildings on the left bank of the Vltava
River. |
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The history of beer brewing in Prague's Braník district begins several years
later than in Smíchov – in 1898, when a group of owners of small historic
breweries decided to compete with the emerging big breweries. First, a
"limited liability company" was established, and later that was changed
into a joint stock company entitled the "Corporate Brewery of Prague Brewmasters".
Construction began in Braník, which at the time was a village on the
outskirts of Prague on the right bank of the Vltava. In May 1899, the
construction company Nekvasil began, literally on a "green field", to
build a brand-new industrial complex.
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In Ostrava, a plan hatched by local Czech businessmen to establish their own brewery
began to take shape in December, 1896, when the required building permit
was issued. One year later, the first General Meeting of the newly established
"Czech Joint Stock Brewery in Moravská Ostrava" took place. The brewery's
construction was completed during the following year. Unlike its 100% German
local rival at the time, the new brewery was financed exclusively by Czech
capital. The first batch of beer was brewed in 1898. Since then, Ostravar
has brewed beer with a taste and character typical for the Ostrava region. |
