Photo: Archive of Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s.
The first batch of Kozel beer was brewed 150 years ago in Velké Popovice. The brewery was established in 1874 by František Ringhoffer II, a notable industrialist, businessman, politician, mayor of Smíchov, and member of the Bohemian Provincial Assembly. The inaugural batch was brewed in December of that year, marking the beginning of an unbroken tradition of beer production in Velké Popovice.
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