The Royal Brewery of Krušovice (, short form Krušovice) is a

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, established in 1581 in

Krušovice Krušovice is a municipality and village in Rakovník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Etymology The initial name of the village was Krušejovice. It was derived from the personal name Kr ...

History

The brewery was established in 1581. It was sold to Emperor

Rudolf II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...

in 1583, and the

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became part of the company's logo. Arnošt Josef Waldstein bought the brewery in 1685. After 1945, the Krušovice Brewery was a state-owned company. The brewery was privatised in 1993, and began exporting to the

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and

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. The company was acquired by

Heineken N.V. Heineken N.V. (), branded as The Heineken Company is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, re ...

in 2007.

Brands

*Krušovice 10 – a pale 10.3° draught

beer Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...

with 4.2%

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*Krušovice Lager – a pale 12°

lager Lager (; ) is a Type of beer, style of beer brewed and Brewing#Conditioning, conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be Pale lager, pale, Amber lager, amber, or Dark lager, dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially availab ...

with 4.8% ABV *Krušovice 12 – a pale 12.3° lager with 5.0% ABV *Krušovice Dark – a dark 9.7° beer with 3.8% ABV *Krušovice Mušketýr Filtr – a pale 10.9° draught beer with 4.5% ABV. *Krušovice Mušketýr Nefiltr – an unfiltered 11.8° lager with 4.9% ABV. *Krušovice Malvaz – a semi-dark 13° lager with 5.6% ABV *Krušovice Pšeničné – an unfiltered 11.5°

wheat beer Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German and Belgian ; other types include Lambic (made with wild yeast), Berliner Weisse (a c ...

with 4.3% ABV.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Royal Brewery of Krusovice Heineken brands Breweries in the Czech Republic Beer brands of the Czech Republic 1581 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

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