Beer. Czech Republic Beer. Pilsner Lager Beer. Old beer

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Czech Republic Beer
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Czech Republic Beer
Introduction
Beer is considered as a national beverage by the Czechs as well as the part of the cultural heritage. There is a difference in customary Czech beer and other products in terms of the sensorial properties, raw materials and specific technology. Czech beer because of its high quality not only became famous in Europe but also all across the globe. Similarly, the brewing industry in Czech flourished until World War 1 since the production in the year 1912 reached a record level of 11 mill hl brewed. However, the constant growth of the brewing industry in Czech was interrupted by both the world wars. Consequently, a large number of the breweries have been destroyed or badly damaged. Nevertheless, in 1948 the communist regime took control and nationalized the breweries. Even though the breweries lacked adequate finances, they are compelled to use old equipment, they were able to fulfill the demands of the market sufficiently. Along these lines, this paper argues that the Czech Republic beer significantly evolved over the time in spite of all the hurdles. Accordingly, the aim of this paper is to review the history of the Czech Republic beer.[Bobak, Martin, Zdenka Skodova, and Michael Marmot. "Effect of beer drinking on the risk of myocardial infarction: population based case-control study." BMJ 320, no. 7246 (2000): 1378-1379.]
Findings and Discussion
Czech Beer History
The history of the Czech beer dates back to 993, and it first originated at Brevnov Monastery at Prague. Across this period, the monasteries mainly carried out the brewing process since the non-monastic brewing was banned for the past 250 years. This was lifted in the year 1250. Czech beer from the starting utilized hops in the brewing process for several decades. In fact, this technique was also embraced by other beer loving countries. However, the Czech hops were considered as an extremely costly product that cannot be grown in other countries. Following the lifting of the beer ban, rights were granted to the breweries across the country to brew beer outside of monasteries. Initially, the rights were granted to the Svitavy in 1256, Plezen in 1290 and Budejovice in 1265 to brew the beer in the Czech Republic.[Claessens, Stijn, Simeon Djankov, and Gerhard Pohl. Ownership and corporate governance: Evidence from the Czech Republic. Vol. 1737. World Bank Publications, 1997.]
First Czech Beer
Over the past hundred of years, beer brewing has been the part of the Czech culture. Nevertheless, the beer brewed by the first breweries was termed as white beer or bile pivo. High-quality top-fermenting yeast was the original product utilized in the brewing technique, and it produced cloudy wheat beer. On the other hand, bottom-fermenting yeast was used in the brewing of the old beer or Stare pivo.
Old beer
Along with the fading tradition in the Czech Republic, the lagering along with the old beer has also been faded. The conflicts, as well as the wars, badly damaged the Czech breweries in the country. For paradigm, the Brevnov monetary along with the Brevnov brewery in Prague were demolished in the year 1920. In spite of all the damage caused by the wars and conflict, the Czech tradition of the brewing beer sustained, and chief focus was on the top-fermenting beers.
Pilsner Lager Beer
In the mid-19th century, the bottom-fermented beers were brought back from Germany, and this success can be attributed to the enhancements in the trade and traditions. Following this majority of the people Czech Republic forgot the darker beer that was introduced by their ancestor and shifted towards the lighter beer. However, it was found that the breweries still endeavored to develop their own brewing methods for the dark beer. However, the brewers in Pilsen were an exception since they devised their own technique of drying the malt through the indirect heat; thereby, leading to the production of light crispy beer. The other breweries were also inspired from this production strategy and started to switch to bottom fermentation in the expectations to imitate the successful innovative technique. This instigates the revolution of the brewing techniques within the Czech Republic. As the 20th century approach, the Breweries started to consolidate while the wheat beers started to vanish completely.[Lapcı́k, Oldrich, Martin Hill, Richard Hampl, Kristiina Wähälä, and Herman Adlercreutz. "Identification of isoflavonoids in beer." Steroids 63, no. 1 (1998): 14-20]
A rise of Local Mini Breweries
Following the reintroduction of the capitalist approach in the country an increasing number of the breweries and smaller pubs started to emerge in the country and even they started to experiment with new brewing flavors and techniques. Therefore, it can be put forward that the Czech Republic with more than 250 breweries has sustained a long history of beer brewing in spite of restraints as well as setbacks.
Current history of Beer
In the year 2007, Czech Republic was the 16th largest producer of the beer across the globe and at the same time 9th largest exporter of the beer worldwide with unremitting growth. Furthermore, in 2008, the total exports of the Czech beet averaged up to 3.710 million hectoliters whereas the consumption averaged up to 16.2 million hectoliters in the same year. Correspondingly, the average mean consumption of the beer averaged around 160 liters. There are nearly 80 microbreweries located in the Czech Republic and 48 main breweries in the country. The industry holds the capacity to incorporate 7400 employments directly. Additionally, 32000 employment in the hospitality sector can be attributed to the brewing sector, whereas 2800 jobs in the retail sector are related to the beer sales. Hence, in the light of the preceding statistics, it can be put forward that the beer industry in the Czech Republic accounts for nearly 54500 employment with the sales and production sector. The government of the Czech Republic also significant benefits from the beer sales and production as it generates revenues averaging up to 676 million Euros.[Sobotka, Tomáš, Kryštof Zeman, and Vladimíra Kantorová. "Demographic shifts in the Czech Republic after 1989: A second demographic transition view." European Journal of Population/Revue européenne de démographie 19, no. 3 (2003): 249-277.]
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