CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #997 | | | Name | Budejovický Budvar, n.p. |
| | Address | Karoliny Svetlé 4 |
| | City | Ceské Budejovice (Budweis) |
| | State/Province | Jihoceský kraj |
| | | | | | Extra info | The history of brewing in Ceské Budejovice (Budweis, Kingdom of Bohemia) dates back to the 13th century, when the city received the brewing rights. The original Budweiser Bier or Budweiser Bürgerbräu (Czech:Budejovický meštanský pivovar), was founded here in 1785. The company began exporting to the United States in 1871. In the U.S., Anheuser-Busch started using the Budweiser brand in 1876 and registered it two years later.
A second company (now named Budvar) was established in 1895 in same town by mainly Czech brewers, which also started exporting beer under the name Budweiser (being the German way of referring to something from the city such as a beer, while "Budejovický" means the same in Czech). These exports into the US market led to the Budweiser trademark dispute. Negotiations between the three companies, the two from the original town and the American Anheuser-Busch, about using "Budweiser" reached an agreement in March 1938 that allowed Anheuser-Busch to use the brand "Budweiser" only in North America.
After the fall of communism, the company owned rights to "Crystal", "Czech Beer Crystal", "Biere Tcheque Crystal" and "Samson", but soon reacquired national naming rights and international Protected Geographical Indication, in 1991 to "Budjovický meštanský pivovar" and "Budweiser Bürgerbräu", and in 1993 to "Budejovické pivo", "Budweiser Bier", "Biere de Budweis" and "Budweis Beer".
Since July 2001, the company is called Budejovický meštanský pivovar a.s. (Budweiser citizens brewery), which corresponds to the original German name. The company uses German naming like "Budweiser Bier" also in Czech[7] and English[8] context, also stating that the hops comes from the "Czech city of Saaz (Žatec)"[9][dead link][citation needed] despite this city also has an old Czech name (Žatec).
Since 2005, due to the legal situation, the brewery offers its beer in the USA as "B.B. Burgerbräu", described as "Budweis City Bier"[10] rather than "Budweiser beer". |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | Name 1 | Budejovický Meštanský Pivovar a.s. |
| | | Name 2 | Budweiser Budvar, National Corporation |
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