There is no better way to beat the heat than a chilled glass of Pilsner. Well, if you’re at it then why not taste the best that beer has to offer? The tourist season is officially now open in the Czech Republic with its magnificent castles, chateaus, and national monuments aided by a variety of tours at the numerous monuments throughout the country. Year after year, the abundant architectural and cultural heritage of the Czech Republic attracts millions of tourists, both domestic and international.
If you want to get to know the Czech Republic with everything it offers, you must taste a glass of beer which is the golden treasure that the Czechs are most proud of. The Czech Beer festivals are an excellent opportunity for you to do so. It is a tradition that every fairly large brewery has its own festival at least once a year.
Beer festivals in the Czech Republic
There are countless beer festivals held all over the Czech Republic annually. Millions of people visit the Czech cities for enjoying the vast variety of beers and special brews offered during these festivals. The festivals are also a great way of testing out new brews for the breweries by gauging the feedback of a larger demographic of people. The beer is accompanied by a wide variety of local delicacies, sausages, grilled meats and cheese. The program also features cultural and musical performances with usually some kind of surprise event at night. This is the season of enjoying beer and merry-making in Bohemia as from May till September, there will be beer festivals held all over Czechia. However, no beer festival can beat the grandeur and grace of the Cesky Pivni Festival.
Cesky Pivni Festival
The Cesky Pivni Festival is the largest beer festival held annually in Prague in the second half of May which lasts around 17 days. It is a traditional custom of the city, being held in the same place with a rigid schedule since 2008 but always in a more grandiose setting with every passing year.
A unique beer garden complex with an area of 3,900 m is built on Prague's famous Letná Plain 2. Here visitors can taste more than 150 different kinds of domestic draught beers, from dozens of micro, small and medium-sized breweries all over the country, as well as more than 200 different types of beer from international countries such as England, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Poland and more. The brewmaster of the Krušovice brewery brews a special festival edition, which you will not taste anywhere else than at the Cesky Pivni Festival.
The festival offers a comprehensive culinary experience. Besides beer tastings, visitors can also enjoy various Czech wines, mixed drinks and quality coffee from professional baristas. The beer and drinks will be accompanied by traditional Czech dishes and the best delicacies of Czech chefs, butchers and bakers, but also from European, Asian and American cuisine. Cupcakes with special beer flavours will be available in the café. Everyone will be able to check what beer tastes best with a particular dish. The atmosphere of the largest restaurant in Bohemia with 10,000 seats wouldn’t be complete without stylish service by the festival staff in traditional Czech costumes.
The gourmet experience is topped by music performances, weekend afterparty and a tent called Beer Diversity, offering tastes of foreign beers little known in the Czech Republic.
Admission Details
The Cesky Pivni festival in 2023 is supposed to be held from 14th May to 30th May according to social media posts.
The admission fee is 100 Czech Koruna (which is about 4.2 Euros or 4.6 United States Dollars.) This is a one-time fee for all 17 days of the festival. So one can freely leave and return on any day without having to pay another entry fee. The payment can be made exclusively on-site at the time of entry against which you will be given a card as an entry pass for the rest of the festival. You can check out their official website and find tickets here.
The VIP admission fee is also a one-time fee of 400 Czech Koruna (which is about 16.8 Euros or 18.7 United States Dollars). It enables a choice of better seats at musical performances and cultural events and personal booths/tents at the beer garden.
Where: The venue is the same as the annual fare in the famous Letna Park at Letenska Plain 2, 17090, Prague 7.
Contact: For more information about the festival, you can contact the organizers at-
Tel - +420 224 214 775
Email: info@pivnifestivalpraha.cz
Website: https://www.pbfest.cz/
