Saturday, 1 July 2023

A visit to Proud brewery in Plzeň

After the excitement of the Pilsner Urquell brewery we went on to Proud brewery, housed in the site's old power station. We were an hour and a half late by the time we got there. A problem with taking groups of brewers round breweries is that progress is often slow. Too many questions!


The Head Brewer

Being built by a large multi-national owned brewery no expense seems to have been spared in building Proud. The work on the building alone must have cost a fortune. 

Our tour guide repeatedly told us to look out for the only tiles with hops on so I'm delighted to share the excitement with you:

The brewing vessels were in use so we weren't allowed near them. Boo! The first brew (an English pale ale) was in September 2020.


It's a five vessel system with whirlpool and a wort receiving vessel so they're able to get through six to nine brews a week in two to three days. They have 415 tonne malt silos, which last two months, with speciality malts in sacks and big bags. 

They have cylindro-conical vessels of 30, 60 and 90 hl capacity.


 


Looks like another candle filter to me Al



Wooden barrels, which no respectable craft brewery will be seen without




We had a bit more time for drinking networking here, but still not yet going full gas. 

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