In Budějovice
Budějovický Budvar
On foot 35 min · By car 9 min
The brewery on the northern edge of town offers walk-through tours without booking and unfiltered lager straight from the tank. The name Budweiser, which Budvar has disputed with American Anheuser-Busch for over a century, simply means "from Budějovice" — and this is the only place in the world where you need not wonder which of the two beers you will get.
Budvar has brewed since 1895 and nowhere else, even though more than two thirds of the beer leave for roughly seventy-five countries. According to the guides, one brewing kettle holds one hundred and twenty thousand beers, and the lager then matures for ninety days in cellars kept at around two degrees. And the name dispute has a catch: the American trademark is nineteen years older than the Budějovice brewery.
Practical details
- On foot 35 min · By car 9 min
- Opening hours: návštěvnické centrum denně 9:00–17:00; prohlídky pro jednotlivce bez rezervace ve 14:00
On site
The operation is still a state enterprise, one of the last. Tours show the brewhouse, lagering cellars and the brewery's own artesian wells. The firm's most valuable asset is not the tanks — it is the file of trademarks.