The tour route through the Pilsner Urquell brewery

The tour begins with the newly reconstructed historic building of the former “wort cooler building” from 1868. A dominant feature of the hall is the model of the brewery from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. You will also become acquainted with the history of the Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s. company and with its parent company SAB Miller.

From the courtyard of the brewery you will be taken on the brewery bus to see the new bottling plant, which is among the most modern in Europe and has an impressive capacity of 120,000 bottles per hour.

For production process reasons, it is not possible to influence the operation the packaging lines. We cannot therefore guarantee that the packaging lines will be fully functioning at the time of your group’s visit to the packaging hall.

You will arrive at the new exhibition via the largest personnel lift in the Czech Republic. After watching a film on the secrets of Pilsner Urquell beer production in the revolving panoramic cinema, you can learn more about our unique ingredients in the sensory exhibition.

During the tour you will have the chance to see brewhouses from three different centuries. You will visit the historic brewhouse from the beginning of the 20th century and then see the holy of holies itself for Pilsner Urquell beer - the modern brewhouse built in 2004. The process used to brew Pilsner beer is not used in any other major brewery throughout Europe.

This exhibition is located in the brewhouse built in the 19th century and is devoted to the history of the brewery and memorable milestones since the time of its founding and expansion.

Beer is still produced today in the brewery cellars following the traditional method: fermentation in open wooden kegs and maturation in oak-laying down barrels. We offer this beer unfiltered and non-pasteurised for tasting (in accordance with the Act on the Protection against Alcoholism and Other Addictions no. 37/1989 Coll., we do not serve alcohol to minors under the age of 18).