The History

The tradition of brewing in Nová Paka dates from the first half of the 13th century, soon after the town was established. At that time, beer was produced in a wooden brewery that was located in the town square; it burnt down in the big fire in 1536.

In the year 1870 the citizens of Nová Paka established a joint-stock company, the objective of which was to build a new brewery. They chose a beautiful spot on a gentle slope and one year later the foundation stone was laid. Another year later the Neo-Gothic building, the architectonic jewel of the town, was completed.

In the year 1872 the new brewery made its first batch of beer – that is how the tradition of brewing was re-established in Nová Paka after six centuries. The brewery became one of the prosperous companies and did not interrupt its production of beer even at the times of the hardest crises. In 1948 the brewery was incorporated into the national company Czechoslovak Breweries. Twice it was decided to terminate the production and to gradually close down the brewery, the last decision being made in January 1988. However, the date of terminating the production was successfully postponed till the end of the year 1989 and this moment enabled the opening of the new chapter in the life of the brewery. The whole building has been preserved in its original condition and there have been no changes in its former appearance.

The Brewery today

The year 2001 was an absolute breakthrough for the Brewery Nova Paka a.s. The real modern history of the brewery started to be written then and the trends for the future development of the company were established.

The Brewery Nová Paka a.s. belongs among the group of small independent breweries. Due to the volume of its production, it ranks among small companies. Thanks to the quality of its products resulting from the top input commodities, including in-house water from a 100 metres deep artesian well, but especially from the traditional triple stepped brewing process, it belongs to breweries, which are sought after not only by domestic but also foreign customers.

The beer is brewed with a traditional method of bottom-fermented beers, so called lagers, with characteristic full bread-like taste, adequate natural saturation, golden colour, typical firm rich foam, bitterness and relish.

The Brewery in Nová Paka and a few of other small breweries thus have an ideal opportunity to continue the original Czech process of brewing beer and to offer to the client the „exceptionality” in the form of the real traditional Czech beer. Many awards that the Brewery in Nova Paka has obtained serve as a proof. However, the key award is considered the rising popularity and consumption of Nová Paka beer both in the Czech Republic and abroad.

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