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The number of active beer breweries in Czechia has increased significantly since 2008, rising from *** to *** by 2019 before declining to *** in 2020. This is a significant increase from the previous year's *** active beer breweries. The number of breweries did not change in 2021. Czech beer has been brewed for more than a thousand years, with the first brewery opening in *** AD.

A nation of beer drinkers

Despite the annual volume of beer consumed per capita falling slightly over the past decade, Czechia is still the biggest beer drinking nation in Europe by far. In 2021, the average Czech beer drinker consumes *** liters per year.

Beer production

In 2019, beer production reached its peak in Czechia with over **** million hectoliters produced that year. However, the following two years saw a sharp decline with production dropping to **** million hectoliters in 2021. Of this, approximately *** million hectoliters were exported, with ** percent arriving in other European Union nations. The country produces various styles of beer, but it is most famous for Pilsner, which originates from the city of Plzeň.